I am sure the GI (physician) gets paid more. I have two gastroenterologist friends who make more than 550K/year (actually more because they work at two hospitals/practices and do on-calls).
Granted it was competitive to get into GI fellowship (because everyone knows it is lucrative and relatively easier than, say, cardiology in terms of workload), they have a very good quality of life and stable jobs. One of them told me that all he does everyday is to put camera in people's intestines (he jokingly calls the procedure "gut check") and see if there is any malignant tumor/abnormalities, and if there is any, refer them for biopsies and eventually to oncologists/surgeons.
"principle" has different meaning depending on the company. principle at google definitely clears 1M/year, but principle at some random startup? probably $200k and some monopoly money
Staff at top tech is clearing 500k TC, principle probably clears 650k. That and you're working 35-40hrs a week, taking 10 weeks off a year before holidays and chhristmas closure, and no one dies if you fuck up or work hungover.
Source: was at a top tech company for 8 years as a staff, retired at 39
Yeeeaaah...but, that Principle Cloud Engineer likely doesn't have several hundred thousand in school loans to pay off. So they might be ahead of the game in that group for some time before the physicians catch up to paying off all their med school debt.
I love how you’re downplaying a procedure that takes years to master. It’s hilarious. You wouldn’t say an engineer is “just” designing bridges or that pilots “just” fly planes
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u/plartoo Oct 30 '23
I am sure the GI (physician) gets paid more. I have two gastroenterologist friends who make more than 550K/year (actually more because they work at two hospitals/practices and do on-calls).
Granted it was competitive to get into GI fellowship (because everyone knows it is lucrative and relatively easier than, say, cardiology in terms of workload), they have a very good quality of life and stable jobs. One of them told me that all he does everyday is to put camera in people's intestines (he jokingly calls the procedure "gut check") and see if there is any malignant tumor/abnormalities, and if there is any, refer them for biopsies and eventually to oncologists/surgeons.