<p>Would you rather have a stressfull life like oh say, as an Ibanker or lawyer, or something stress-free such as pharmacist or dentist?</p>
<p>Stressful because I despise science with a fiery passion.</p>
<p>I would need to have a balance between both</p>
<p>i think it would be extremely stressful to have a profession as BORING as a pharmacist/dentist. ibanking/patent law hands down.</p>
<p>your job doesn’t necessarily dictate your stress levels…</p>
<p>for ex:</p>
<p>a lawyer who truly loves his/her job, is financially stable, and has a loving family…</p>
<p>vs. a pharmacist who hates his/her job, has many debts, and has been through an ugly divorce…</p>
<p>“i think it would be extremely stressful to have a profession as BORING as a pharmacist/dentist. ibanking/patent law hands down.”</p>
<p>That’s a pretty biased opinion, pharmacists don’t just help doctors decide what medicine is right for a patient and hand them out, they also need to do alot of reading and research on new medicines that are released in order to stay up to date.</p>
<p>ha. you think pharmacy isn’t stressful?</p>
<p>Scraping teeth and dispensing medicine=BORING!!!</p>
<p>I would pick investment banking or corporate law hands down, no contest.</p>
<p>It depends on your priorites.</p>
<p>If you would rather work 24/7 and not get to see your family that much go with investment banking/lawyer.</p>
<p>But if youd like to go to your son’s soccer game or take some time off, pharmacist/dentist is probably the way to go.</p>
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<p>Listening to your rants is boring. My dad is a dentist, works 4 and a half days a week and makes enough money for my family to live in a $900,000 house. Shut it already.</p>
<p>Exactly, with Ibanking and being a lawyer you have no life. And top of that the stress is gonna make you old. And do you honestly think that pharmacists, who require 6-8 years of school, and are paid 100K a year, simply dispense medicine?</p>
<p>And on top of that, Money Magazine placed pharmacy on their top 10 list for best jobs in America.</p>
<p>See, the way I look at it, it’s more than just about the money. It’s also about your role in society. We’ve all got our time on this planet numbered, and I want to make the biggest impact in society that I can. The irony is that I think that stressful fields might better accomplish this than the typical “good-person-in-society” (physician, etc).</p>
<p>The two big basins of power - and with them, the greatest ability to change the way we live - I feel exist in politcs and business. To rise to the top of either requires a great amount of hard work and equal amounts of stress. Yet the things you can do at the top can very well affect the way hundreds of millions of people live their lives. </p>
<p>In politics, you use the legal machinery to contribute to society in a way that allows for its betterment. In business, the products you commercialize (or in banking, help others commercialize) can change the way billions of people around the world view their world. You have the power to mold society. Granted, very few make striking changes. Yet most have the ability to change society in ways that those in non-stressful fields absolutely do not.</p>
<p>Personally, I think you should just choose a profession based on how well you would fit in it. I think a majority of people would definitely choose a stress-free environment, but stress=money alot of the time. Honestly, I’d prefer either one based on which one I’m more comfortable with or fit the best with.</p>
<p>I agree and disagree with Gallo. I agree that business and politics may be the “basins of power” in the world. But in all honesty, screw society. Don’t feed the power-hungry, insatiable monster known as society, help the people in it. If you feel like you need to impact something, help the people. I personally believe that you would make a greater impact if you were a physician and you just gave that cancer victim hope to live than handing that guy an iPod you just helped some guy endorse. All money aside, if you want to impact “society”, IMO start with humanitarian effort first. Yes, business can be beneficial, I’m not saying it isn’t, but there are more effective ways to impact then to commercialize a new cell phone. That’s why when I see someone who has dedicated their lives to the Mission field or some sort of humanitarian effort, I have an unbelievable respect for them because they aren’t attached to “stuff” and money like we are. We can never have too much “stuff”. But these people are saving lives daily and they are so underappreciated. Did you know that the number one killer in the world is dysentery? DYSENTERY. That’s absurd in the United States to die of diarrhea. There are so many parts of the world and so many people that need so much help out there. These people are in so much need of such basic things that we take for granted that it almost seems selfish to talk about marketing products and a government when so many people are dying from mosquito bites.</p>
<p>I’m not trying to sound like a Mother Theresa nor am I trying to bash business. I have many friends going into business, many respectable classmates going into politics. I just feel like there are definitely other ways to impact society then going into business or politics if that’s the sole reason for your career. Other than that, I’ve been advised to follow your heart and keep in mind that eventually there is some degree of stress in every job. I’ve been to parts of Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, Bolivia, and even New Orleans on volunteer missions trips just recently, and let me tell you there is alot of work to be done. I hope I didn’t offend anyone going into business or anything, no intention to bash anything in this post. Which reminds me of a quote from one of my favorite movies of all time “Schindler’s List”.</p>
<p>“He who saves one life saves the world entire.”</p>
<p>i like how people seem to think biglaw and IB is less tedious/boring than dentistry/pharmacy. at least in those you’re helping people and dealing with normal people. have fun playing with powerpoint or doing doc review for 80 hours a week with IB/biglaw.</p>
<p>At least ibanking/biglaw isn’t science. God…I hate science.</p>
<p>hate = not good at?</p>
<p>science = progress…ibankers = the folks riding the coattails</p>
<p>dentistry is so stress free that they have high suicide rates? … mmk.</p>
<p>hate=ABHOR AND horrible at</p>