Originally Posted by Palebluedot

Passion alone can't feed family and other meaningful fulfilment such as provide a comfortable standard of living for aged parents. In fact, low pay is acceptable if it is commensurate with the cost of training for the job and output of the actual work. How can HO's pay remain relatively the same for 17 years? Is the medical fraternity think current landscape is optimal in term of pay, job progression vs workload and responsibility? 10 yrs is short but it does not guarantee success thereafter too if one get stuck as a MO and can't find GP job, for whatever reason. Unless you can vow that this won't happen?