Who is more successful in the present scenario– a doctor or an engineer?

In our society, generally parents decide the career of their children. Normally they prefer the career of a doctor or an engineer.

Engineer

An engineer fetches well-paying jobs after four years of study at a decent college. An IIT engineer or an engineer with MBA even gets a package of crores in foreign companies. At present, there was continuous increase engineering colleges that increased engineer students and the value of engineer reduced. So an engineer either does not get a good job or remains jobless. Mostly engineers are unemployed in our country due to a continuous increase of engineering students.

Doctor

A medical student takes five years of basic medical study including M.B.B.S from best colleges and becomes a doctor. After graduation, he has to do post graduation in specialization and other courses so he has to do another five to six years of study. Demand of doctors is ever increasing in our populated country, but it requires to make reputation in the society of the doctor which takes many years to build.

Thus medical profession is very difficult. They work long hours in their clinic as compared to engineers. If a doctor gets a job in a big hospital then he gains experience and easily open his clinic in the local area with which he earns more money. The disadvantage in the medical field is that it is very expensive course as compared to engineer courses.

Doctor vs Engineer

Now coming to the question that who is more successful - a doctor or an engineer. Doctors will always be in demand. Choosing the career of a doctor requires patience. Doctors can work lifetime and cannot retire as compared to an engineer. Moreover a doctor can do social work in his old age and gets more respect in our society but an engineer cannot get respect and retire after 60 years.

Engineers become successful after getting a job in a multinational company in a very short time but gain less respect in the society while a doctor is considered as God in his area of working.

Doctors and engineers are among the most successful persons in the world. Most of the young candidates choose medical (doctor field) or non-medical ( engineering field) as their career option. A doctor is a person who cures or maintain the health of organisms. And the engineer is a person who create, design and maintain machines or tools.

Income:

If we talk about money, the doctor is considered as more successful. According to studies, people who complete MBA from reputed institutions manage to get 15 to 40 lakhs of starting package. On the other hand, non-medical engineers get the highest starting package of around 5 lakhs. However, people who love mankind and think about changing human’s life earn very high money in the doctor’s career.

Working Environment:

Doctors and engineers are provided with different types of environment. In comparison to engineers, doctors find it easy to develop in the environment. Doctors have the option of developing their private clinics. But engineers need to stay and work in the disciplined corporate environment.

Struggle:

If you are choosing the doctor as your field, you certainly need to put more efforts. Just by completing your bachelor's, you cannot become a better doctor. You are required to finish your masters, clear entrance exams and get some experience before working as a better quality doctor. On the other hand, after completing four years in engineering, you can get a decent type of job in the industry.

Growth:

 Again, engineers get more growth in lesser time. But, if you are a doctor, you need to spend some time for availing higher success or growth. Multinational companies or industries offer increment to engineers after every 3-6 months.