re: I’m 46 and I just applied to med school

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I am a pharmacist making 150k. My salary was dropped last week (along with everyone else’s) from 185k. Another drop is coming and maybe the it drops to zero. I’ve been studying the job market for months and the salaries are getting really low for a 6 to 8 year degree. The writing is on the wall. I’m sick of standing up and grinding all day getting interrupted 3000k times a day. It’s very robotic and unsatisfying.

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So, you lose $150k a year for three years ($450k), plus pay for school at least $100k (in state LSU caliber price). You are out $550k. ($100k more if you have to pay interest on student loans after you finish).

You do a residency for 3 years at $60k a year (so losing another $90k a year for three years). So, in those six years your net income is $820k less than it would be if you kept working for 6 years. Plus you may be strapped with SL interest.

You’d have to work at 250k a year for 8 years just to break even. At that point you are 60.

Not sure it’s worth it, but only you can decide that, because it’s more than about money. Just know all jobs are shite to some extent. Same circus, different clowns.

Have you looked at smaller non-big box chain pharmacies? I have a friend that left CVS for a small compounding pharmacy and LOVES it. Actually feels like she’s using her degree and education instead of pursuing unrealistic and wacky big box chain policies and quotas.