Who's the "dummy" now? Me. I stupidly went into medicine. I make about what a master plumber makes. And if he owns his own business, he's doing very well.
He's not going to get sued by a disgruntled patient/client.
And if a customer doesn't "feel" like paying him for his work, he can tear out the sink he just installed.
As it happens my son in law is a plumber and I am related to two physicians. My son in law earned about 80k last year, the Dr’s a multiple of that.
Now it is nice to have some quick MD advice and a prescription called in, but when something serious happens, like a broken water pipe, you know who I call.
The best is they all work steady and enjoy their work.