<p>Please don’t let that article in any way affect your decision making; it’s got so many holes it would make Swiss cheese envious. It’s one anecdote after another, with not real research-but the little actual research cited is years-sometimes over a decade-old. When the “update” mentions the economic crash of 2008, you know you’re dealing with old information.
And seriously, comparing a UPS driver with a physician. The entire article glosses over little things-like the fact a UPS driver spends most of his time driving congested roads and lifting heavy packages and s/he is stuck outside in the freezing cold and the blistering heat, heaving packages all day long. The UPS trucks aren’t air conditioned and the heat is a joke; it’s a job that definitely allows you to feel Nature’s whims.
So ask yourself this: is there a single MD in the US who could honestly say that they’d wish they’d become a UPS driver instead of going to medical school?</p>