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Feb 24, 2021
3:21
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Ham
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POLL: What would you do?
After incurring a bunch of debt to get a professional degree (let's say JD, MD, DDS specifically), you begin working and discover you hate your profession. You're unhappy all the time, and feel like you've made a terrible mistake. What would you do?
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POLL: What would you do?
Ham
2/24/21 3:21pm
If I left, I think I'd be unhappier I wasted time and money. If I paid off debt first, I'd feel better about leaving.
Jimo Dashen
2/24/21 3:22pm
Can't there be adjustments made to like a career better?
ditch
2/24/21 3:22pm
Buy GME and ride it up the moon. Plus, I’d venture to guess most find out they hate their profession after graduating,
Texas Hammer
2/24/21 3:23pm
also, let the government pay off your debt. So, go buy yourself a Tesla with all
squidmark
2/24/21 3:26pm
Work until I pay off my debts and then leave.
byuluvr
2/24/21 3:27pm
What if that's 15-20 years?
endy
2/24/21 3:35pm
Then you spent way too much getting to this point.
byuluvr
2/24/21 3:49pm
Not enough info...
volleyjiver
2/24/21 3:28pm
Yeah, you can't use one subset of your circumstances to justify bailing on the
russkiejedi
2/24/21 3:43pm
Narrator: “The money did not take care of itself.”
valleus
2/24/21 3:29pm
This one hits too close to home... I’ve decided to take the
cougfanz
2/24/21 3:32pm
6.5 years in I don't enjoy it any more than when I started but my debt is less.
endy
2/24/21 3:32pm
Very rarely will it ever be that black and white. Most people's job is not
Cougero
2/24/21 3:33pm
work sucks basically. Your new career may suck just as bad
Agnostic-alumni
2/24/21 3:44pm
Yep. Work is called work for a reason.
Alister Mackenzie
2/24/21 3:54pm
Probably depends on a lot of factors...
Heath Squashwell
2/24/21 3:55pm
Work is something I do to make enough money to do the things I really want to do
kotacoug
2/24/21 3:59pm
RE: POLL: What would you do?
Clark Addison
2/24/21 4:26pm
Suck it up, make it work or find a different way to earn equivalent income that doesn’t require any more schooling
TEXAS
2/25/21 11:30am
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