I know one brillant kid who is seriously considering changing his plans to enter medical school next year. He’s been accepted and now he is scared of the “profession.”
He should definitely NOT do it. He will be saddled with huge debt and will not be able to pay it back (if he’s joe blow average med student).
Because it has gone from MAGNIFICIENT OBSESSION to NIGHTMARE BUREAUCRACY.
If he has the money to get his degree, great. Then he can go to work for the government as a policy guy.
Otherwise, he might want to use his brains to figure out how to make money that the govenment cannot steal, in other words, how not to be a government slave.