Lawyers vs. Doctors

most people would probably say that lawers are richer, and more cunning and doctors more ethical and honest. there's plenty of exceptions to this though -and i don't know if you can describe the entire professions this simply...jb

Hmm this is a tough one. It depends on what kind of lawyer you are, and I assume what kind of doctor you are. I know that associate lawyers - lawyers who work in firms, but haven't made "partner" - "only" make about 100,000 a year - whereas partners or lawyers who run their own successful firms make 5 million a year or more - depending on bonuses. I'm considering taking that career path, and so that's why I know a little more about it than most. It also depends on what kind of lawyer you are; I hear that certain "good will" lawyers (like those in environment law, poverty law - or whatever fields those are called) make MUCH less because they work for the government. Also, if you're a public defender or if you work for the state - and your clients AREN'T bigwigs who can afford to pay you thousands of dollars an hour..You might end up with only an adequate salary. I don't think one is necessarily richer than the other. I don't have very much knowledge about doctors so I can't help out too much there. But I really think it depends on the FIELD of law/medicine you go into, your rank in the company, and the clientele that you have and who you work for. I think both career paths can make you wildly rich; it's about making the right choices when you get out of law/medical school.

Doctors are more everything. Lawyers are like mosquitos, there are too many of them and all they do is suck. They feed off of people's misfortunes, and often will lie, mislead, cheat, not because they believe in the cause, but because winning gets them paid. A doctor works to save a patient first, and then reap the reward of his hard work later. If doctors lose, its not just money on the line, its your conscience. Doctors have to look at a case from every angle, they dont have witnesses to tell them it was colonel mustard with a pipe in the billiards room, they have to figure everything out for themselves. If you couldnt guess, I aspire to be a doctor.

Lawyers are the people who save with words. While doctors are those who try to heal with science. No-one really is leaching off the other. The lawyer is more ethical and the Doctor is more rich. I think that the Lawyer is a harder studier while the Doctor is by far the smartest.