re: Medical Rep Overview

I think the industry as a whole is over-generalized. I'm a trauma guy and on my team there are ex-college athletes and there are guys who can't walk a straight line. There are guys who dip into the party culture (esp at national sales meetings) and some that are at church every Sunday and don't drink at all. We have guys that consistently go on company vacations because of their performance and we have guys that have attached themselves to one big Dr. and rode that wave for their whole career.

The industry varies so much from company to company, division to division, and territory to territory that its silly to say "everyone that works for a $70BB company acts this way." Like anything else - people tend to remember the outliers and proclaim them as the norm.

What I can say without a doubt is it's very competitive, hard to break into, and even more difficult to still be around after one year. The industry is mentally, physically and emotionally demanding and no one has the time or energy to worry about you as an individual. It's very easy to determine very early whether someone will make it or not.

But, if you have the dedication to your craft you'll find very few jobs that are more rewarding where you can make this kind of money.