<p>Well, I mean, some would argue that physicians (especially specialists) are overpaid.</p>
<p>I will have, at the end of my training, a 4-year undergrad degree, a 6-year Ph.D., and a 5±year postdoctoral fellowship. I’ll have been paid during both the Ph.D. and the postdoc, but even the postdoc payscale is significantly lower than the resident payscale – a first-year postdoc is paid about $40,000, while a first-year resident is paid $57,000 at my hospital. I’ll never touch the earning potential of a physician.</p>