/biz/ - Business & Finance

>>56065848
80/20 rule

>>52241993
I'm from the US. I went to high school with a guy who I thought was fucking retarded and he ended up getting into the UTSA dental school and now I'm sure he makes about $200k a year in his practice. I make the same amount in tech sales but it took me a little while to get where I am. My job is WFH though, so I win.

Anyone can definitely make it with the medical route but if you enter the medical professions, your undergrad days will be devoid of 90% of the fun that literally every other major gets to have since you are too busy studying to make A's and a high MCAT so you can get into a good med school. Then, 4 years of medical school will be pure hell. 16+ hours of studying daily. You have to be REALLY good at memorizing shit to really succeed. If you are not so good, it's Family/Internal medicine for you, which is the bottom paying rung of all the medical professions. By the way, even after you have a fucking professional doctorate, enjoy getting paid like a teacher (~$50k/yr) for 4 years while working 16+ hour days while you are a resident bitch at some shithole (think Jasper, Texas) hospital until you actually have the right to earn full pay, which should start about about $180k for a basic family medicine doc. If you are some kind of savant genius (top 1% of a high ranked med school), you could get into a top residency neurosurgery and $700k after a SEVEN year residency. This is definitely an edge case though; these folks are not normal.

Personally, I suck at memorizing but have highly desired analytical and tech skills. I also know to speak to customers and do consultative selling (hint: it's nothing like car sales). I am ok with my job. It's easy, pays pretty well for my area (Texas), and I can even work on my size /biz/ at the same time. I seriously thought about becoming a doctor and realized that the ROI is not really worth it for me. For some people, I guess if you have a photographic memory, and really want to give back, it can be worth it.

>>50919944
im sure europe and other developed nations will accept the top 0.001% of africans that actually contribute value to the world economy. the rest will work paying tribute to china and will be paid in bowls of gruel, thanks to the 一带一路 initiative.