Why I Advised My Daughter Against Becoming a Doctor or Lawyer? Part 2: FAQs & Common Disagreements *

Your FAQs and Counterarguments, Answered.

In this series:

• Part 1: My reasons

• Part 2: FAQs & Common Disagreements

FAQ

1. “Medical doctors’ income is a lot higher than software engineers, right?"

It depends; it is partly covered in Part 1.

You can check the average software engineers (at different levels) on Levels.fyi.

A principal software engineer's total annual income at Amazon US. Source: https://www.levels.fyi/companies/amazon/salaries/software-engineer/levels/principal-sde

“The average age of an Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE) at Level 7 (L7) in the United States is typically between 35 and 40 years old. - ChatGPT

Don’t forget that stock options are also available at tech companies. If you’re very lucky, you could achieve financial freedom in just a few years.

2. “Your base is not correct. To landing a FAANG job extremely competitive?”