Neurosurgeons?

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Would you become a neurosurgeon if you were accepted to become one?

  • Yes

    Votes: 23 31.5%
  • No

    Votes: 50 68.5%

  • Total voters
    73

Condraz23

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I've just recently found out that neurosurgeons earn over $18,000 a week, or roughly $1,000,000 a year.

Every day, the neurosurgeon earns enough money to purchase any one of the following...

1 used car.
1 plasma television.
4 new computers.
2 new water-cooled gaming computers.
13 new PlayStation 2's.
42 new games for his PlayStation 2.
1 ton of grocery shopping.
1 luxury cruise.
3 days at a resort hotel.

Every week, the neurosurgeon earns enough money to purchase any one of the following...

1 new car.
2 ultra-large plasma televisions.
30 new computers.
10 new water-cooled gaming computers.
90 new PlayStation 2's.
300 new games for his PlayStation 2.
9 tonnes of grocery shopping.
8 luxury cruises.
3 weeks at a resort hotel.

What we have got to realise is that there are people who live their lives like this and earn so much money while doing so. Sure, they may have to study for 12 years at university and work over 90 hours per week but in the end, it's the money that counts.

So, the question is...

Would you become a neurosurgeon if you were accepted to become one?
 
While the money would be positively awesome, the hours and responsibility wouldn't. Neither would the schooling to get there.
 
No, I wouldn't become one. First and foremost reason, I'm not much of a medical type person and I would much prefer to go into something I know I'll enjoy.

This might not apply to you since your location says New Zeland, but here in the US, people like to sue each other. If you screw up ever so slightly, you're going to have your whole life savings wiped out. Plus a lot of what the neurosurgeons earn go to medical insurance (yes, doctors have insurance in case they make a mistake), and probably paying off the debt incured to go to medical school.
 
Sure. I would love to dig into a few people from this place and try to figure out why they are the way they are.
 
Condraz23
Also, keep in mind that about 10% of all your patients will die or become severly disabled due to the surgery.
Not to mention the people who will probably try and make a quick buck off you through a law suit when this happens.

Not for me. WAY too much pressure.
 
I was on my way to becoming one. But I spent too much time in College. :lol:

But yeah, being a surgeon was one of my dreams. Too much responsibility? Yes. Too much stress? Yes. Kick-ass job where you and only you of the hundreds of doctors in your area can save that person's life? Hell, yes.

The money's just a bonus.
 
Condraz23
Sure, they may have to study for 12 years at university and work over 90 hours per week but in the end, it's the money that counts.
In the end, it is not the money that counts. Like niky said, the money is just a bonus. Malpractice insurance is outrageous. Your student loans are insane, and that is if you can get into a neurosurgeon program (your MCAT has to be through the roof.). You have no home life so you might as well forget a wife and kids. what good does all that money do? sure There are some neurosurgeons that do it for the money. I'd also be moderately willing to bet there are some that do it because they want to help people.

I vote no.
 
It takes a serious commitment to become one. Especially a specialized one.

It takes, what, four years of college, four years of med school, 6 years of special education and training for neurosurgery, at least one year residency, plus special education for a specific field of neurosurgery which is 4 more years, then fellowship for two. That's 21 years of training and preparing.
 
$18,000 a week, for neurosurgery is a handsome wage, but it is not obscene. Neurosurgeons spend years in University studying, and many will probably tell you that they were not doing it for the money, so I say more power to them. 👍

Sports stars on the other hand, can earn vastly more than that for having questionable talents that are only of any use while they are young. Footballers in the Premiership can earn ridiculous wages that make a neurosurgeons wallet look like it has asthma! Top drawer players can earn as much as £100,000 (approx $150,000) a week! Is it deserved? I don't think so.
 
My hands are kindy shaky so I doubt anyone would want me waiving sharp implements near their brain... :trouble:

Also, surgery is icky.
 
The real money would be as a lawyer for the neurosurgeon.

A few years back I used to work with the wife of a neurosurgeon. She basically worked a secretary for a few hours a week as something to do. Ryan was a funny guy but had a different edge to him. As much as he would relax, there was always a very stern, sharp and serious side in the corner of his eye.

That much pressure and knowledge can warp people, and it did to him. Not that he'd go lulu and run around smearing himself with green jello and whack people with golf clubs, but he was a bit offkey.

So... No, I wouldn't become a neurosurgeon.
 
Der Alta
The real money would be as a lawyer for the neurosurgeon.

A few years back I used to work with the wife of a neurosurgeon. She basically worked a secretary for a few hours a week as something to do. Ryan was a funny guy but had a different edge to him. As much as he would relax, there was always a very stern, sharp and serious side in the corner of his eye.

That much pressure and knowledge can warp people, and it did to him. Not that he'd go lulu and run around smearing himself with green jello and whack people with golf clubs, but he was a bit offkey.

So... No, I wouldn't become a neurosurgeon.

I'm in luck, then. I love and have a lot of green jello, and have a set of golf clubs I never use for golf since I hate playing the game. 👍
 
That's a lot of money. It's not exactly rocket science either...
 
Yeah, but rocket science isn't quite as hard on the nerves.

Screw that... I'd rather be bomb squad.
 
Nuclear Engineers make nearly that much a week. And just think, you get to be badass and work near radioactive waste!

I'd be a Nuclear Engineer for the thrill of it. But the first time a reactor melted down I'd be out of there :lol:.
 
MachOne
Nuclear Engineers make nearly that much a week. And just think, you get to be badass and work near radioactive waste!

I'd be a Nuclear Engineer for the thrill of it. But the first time a reactor melted down I'd be out of there :lol:.
And imagine the money you'd save on contraception!





I have a mate who wanted to be a doctor. He's smart, real smart (Also good at sport, hence getting a scholarship to Clifton College) and probably wouldn't mind the extra college years for the eventual pay off.

Personally, I couldn't stand 5-7 years of med school. I think getting a MEng in 4 years will stretch my tolerance of being a student.
 
I don't know. My family is a doctor/nurse/surgeon family (mom nurse, her father is a surgeon, her mother a doctor, and her mother's mother was one too), so I don't want to be one too. I know a guy who is a neurosurgeon. Actually, while making lots of money (70,000NIS is about equal to the 18,000$ above), they work a LOT. Insane hours. He sometimes starts at 6AM, and returns at 8PM, sometimes later. Plus, even on free days, he sometimes has to check his patients. After this has been said, it's not that bad being a neurosurgeon. Most people won't sue you - everybody knows that such operations are extremely dangerous, and they are willing to take that 1:10 chance (can get worse), since sometimes, the chances of survival without that operation could be much worse.
 
i'm alreafy somewhat "offkey" and the money is tempting, although I'm not a medical person either. My dad wants me to be a doctor but I don't see much in it, but If I were accepted...
 
MachOne
Nuclear Engineers make nearly that much a week. And just think, you get to be badass and work near radioactive waste!

I'd be a Nuclear Engineer for the thrill of it. But the first time a reactor melted down I'd be out of there :lol:.
No, Nuclear Engineers make $60,000/yr about with no experience and a bachelor's degree right out of college. Experience can get you a lot more money, but nowhere near $1,000,000/yr. Not even $500,000 unless you became the CEO of an energy firm and happen to have a degree in nuclear engineering...

I know, I was very close to switching to Nuclear/Plasma Engineering. VERY close...
 
Wouldnt it really really suck to get all the loans, do the years and years of college and when you finaly land a job at a hospital you get sued and lose your medical license in the first week...
 
Event
No, Nuclear Engineers make $60,000/yr about with no experience and a bachelor's degree right out of college. Experience can get you a lot more money, but nowhere near $1,000,000/yr. Not even $500,000 unless you became the CEO of an energy firm and happen to have a degree in nuclear engineering...

I know, I was very close to switching to Nuclear/Plasma Engineering. VERY close...
$60,000 without experience? Hmm....:D
 
Event
No, Nuclear Engineers make $60,000/yr about with no experience and a bachelor's degree right out of college. Experience can get you a lot more money, but nowhere near $1,000,000/yr. Not even $500,000 unless you became the CEO of an energy firm and happen to have a degree in nuclear engineering...

I know, I was very close to switching to Nuclear/Plasma Engineering. VERY close...
In teh UK I think you can expect ~£30K out of University. But it's not just the money over here, it's the likely increase in job positions as the goverment is looking to make Nuclear enegery a major engery generator to replace the old oil, gas and coal power stations.
 
My brother is studying neuroscience as an alternative to Pre-Med, but will seriously consider neurosurgery or a similar prefoession.

*McLaren*
Not to mention the people who will probably try and make a quick buck off you through a law suit when this happens.

In Canada, where I live, healthcare is federalised so any doctor accused of malpractice has a massive iron wall protecting them. I've seen cases of blatant and very harmful malpractice lawsuits in Canada where nothing ever happened.

But if you want higher-than average salaries with minimal schooling, go into underwater welding, where you make decent 6-figures, and after a certain amount of years your body cannot take the conditions and you get promoted to an easier supervisor position.
 
Yes I would and not only for the money. It sounds very challenging, ever changing environment, you get to help people, and of course the money. I would rather be a neurosugeon than a cubicle guy that got paid the same. Mundane everyday is the same bla bla bla, shoot me in the head please. Although the time spent working to get to that position would be longer than I have been alive it would still be a challenge.
 
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