Colorado Technical University

Is it worth it to switch careers if miserable even though the cost of education is high?

I know there are a lot of jobs within engineering, but the only reason I got the degree was pressure from my family. I think it had to do with my family being all engineers and becoming company owners, or high ranking members within corporations. My grandpa has a design build engineering company, my dad is the vice president of that company, and my uncle is a CEO of a design build company that specializes in building and updating industrial plants, office buildings, and other structures. What I really want to do is be a doctor, and with all the pressure my family puts on me to do a certain thing, it seems unreasonable to tell them what I want to do. I find no interest in engineering, whether it be technology, building, or designing. I am good at math and science though, so the degree was not too challenging for me. Even though my family has decent money, they may still make me pay for my education, would the salary of a specialist outway the decision for more schooling with loans? Would more schooling be a bad idea?

Public Comments

1. Specialists make almost double what general family practitioners make. So yes, it's worth the extra time it takes to become a specialist.
2. do what YOU want to do . and what makes YOU happy. afterall your living for yourself aren't you follow your dreams :)
3. After 15 years in IT and earning good money to support my family, I'm in the process of going into healthcare because it's always interested me. (I should have done it years ago.)Go back to school. The tuition is worth an emotionally fulfilling job!! If you fail out of med school later, you have a fallback plan.