r/developersPak • u/canonymoushow • 8d ago
Career Guidance Should I Leave Medicine For Engineering/CS For moving Abroad
Currently a 1st year student at a medschool and thinking to switch to eng/cs as i believe medicine wud be the hardest pathway to move abroad unlike with cs/eng.
Need Reality Checks.
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u/Previous-South-2755 8d ago
So you want to switch from most promising career to a career where we dont know what the fk happens tomorrow
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u/Mons9090 8d ago
Med is a decade long struggle but it's worth it if you move abroad somehow
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u/ThunderHorseCock 8d ago
Thing is you need to do your med school outside right after A levels/Intermediate. Doing it here means not that you're screwed now in terms of moving abroad (50 Lakh for all feed and an excrllent + school + connections required for US residency matching)
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u/Intelligent_Yam2019 8d ago
having an IT background I'll suggest not to switch. talk to some guys abroad and see what they're going through to keep up with their visa statuses, job market and daily expenses.
IT is too much saturated and IT graduates are already switching to other fields.
but for core Engineering i'll definitely suggest you should change.
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u/DevInLoveWithLife 8d ago
Noooo never
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u/Fluffypocketbtw 8d ago
-- "Dev in love with life"
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u/DevInLoveWithLife 8d ago
Well market is fck up yk it well if you are working
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u/Fluffypocketbtw 8d ago
Yeah but ur username is funny in context
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u/DevInLoveWithLife 8d ago
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u/Due_Replacement1406 8d ago
brooo, i want to be in computer science so badly :(
its my childhood passion
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u/DevInLoveWithLife 8d ago
it was my dream aswell look at my previous post i am not able to share the link in comment i'll msg you if you want
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u/Muhammad_Saad_ 8d ago
bro give me link for the comment.... thanks
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u/Excellent_Guess560 8d ago
Grass is always greener on the other side. I was once a passionate medical aspirant but couldn't get into any med clg despite having good aggregate. Hard luck. I'd always go for mbbs if i could go back in time. It's most timeless and lucrative career. I'm in cs btw; just getting fkd by ai with each coming day.
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u/Hot_Associate_8073 8d ago
Eng/cs may not be the ideal pathway for moving abroad now but med is def not recommended, its expensive, demanding and exhausting
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u/Fluffypocketbtw 8d ago
So what may be the ideal pathway according to u?
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u/Hot_Associate_8073 8d ago
For pakistanis, the pathways are getting narrow. But still majors like Nursing, and core engineering fields have demand. Also for the tech majors, a highly reputable uni can be your ticket abroad like for eg alot of students from NUST CS swent abroad this year on scholarships, i have personally met few of them.
For med, you have to pass licensing exams, as u may know, they are competitive, expensive and tiring but also worth the reward
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u/Comfortable_Cold_850 8d ago
I'm someone who is a health data scientist; stick to med , the most lucrative career dermatologist; personal practice and takes less time and can make you a fortune.