Later in Life Doctor MD/DO

[GameSlinger]

I was Pre-Med up until I got into the management field and I would have been 50+ when finishing Med School. I created a spreadsheet that helped me calculate the expected earnings over the rest of my anticipated remaining working years. My health was failing so I knew I would not be able to remain a long haul truck driver for another 20 years. I was making well over $100K USD a year but couldn't sustain that. I calculated in my expected costs of schooling (I talked the VA into paying for Med School) as well as several years without income and low income due to residency. My break even point was going to be age 65 so I said why not and went for it.

After getting offered the position of Operations Manager, I had to recalculate my earnings potentials and my break even point was now 70+ so I switched from Pre-Med to Business courses. That combined with my huge amount of credits from the military training me for electronics is how I have over 200 credits, but didn't have a bachelors degree. I am now working on combining all those random credits into a laundry list of different degrees to force my new employer to give me even better roles. I am hoping to get into their Space Exploration group.

Good luck to everyone that decides to go for Medical school. I believe there is no wrong answer for if it is too late, it is only too late when you believe it is for your situation.