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How much a $300,000 doctor salary is worth in the US? Is this lambo money, or just FIRE at 35 money (I'll start residency at 25~26, so I'd start working at 30yo at the very least in the US).
I'll be able to work or start residency in Brazil in 10 months, but I could just as easily take the steps and do residency in burguerland. Single. White. No debt. Italian dual citizenship.
I would be top 0.001% earner in Brazil. Should I bother?

>> No.26424227

>>26424114
The pay gets totally neutered by debt. Enjoy your half a mill in student loan debts. Source - about to graduate residency

>> No.26424255

>>26424114
Definitely not Lambo money lol, plastic surgeons and some derms maybe.

>> No.26424286

>>26424227
I have exactly zero debt.

>> No.26424395

$300k is a middle class lifestyle in San Francisco area. Its comfortable but not rich. In less expensive areas its good money, but they also pay less.

>> No.26424420

>>26424227
Don’t forget malpractice insurance

>> No.26424460

>>26424395
Exact opposite. Specialists in rural areas get paid 2x more than city doctors.

>T. Specialist that works in bumfuck California

>> No.26424464

>>26424255
Yes... That's the kind of problem I'm getting at at this point in my life. I could easily become a plastic surgeon here and have a great lifestyle, but my overall net worth would obviously be lower (in US$). Best case scenario here is ~US$110,000 in these specialties. Cost of life is certainly lower and prostitutes will be cheaper, but rampant inflation would destroy my earnings one way or another. I'm very confused if the effort is worth it. I'm already scoring ~240 on the NBMEs and haven't started Uworld yet.

>> No.26424605

>>26424114
>>26424227
>>26424460
You mean to tell me that this braindead board full of autistic NEETs actually has real live doctors?
>clown world is real

>> No.26424727

>>26424395
I don't think I'd be able to be very successful as a Latin American in SF. Specialty-wise, I would probably be relegated to doing IM and best case scenario cardiology with a possible interventional fellow because of my research output up until now.
A realistic pathway for me in the US would be IM in one of the Miami programs, but I have no idea if that's a good lifestyle. I fucking hate soccer, hate the rampant ignorance of my fellow Brazilians, hate Brazilian music, instagram culture, etc.
Man, I'm really fucking lost.