 Do I make enough as a full-time doctor? Now currently, as a full-time hospitalist, I make about 250K plus or minus a year. So the real question is, is that enough? And for me, the answer is simply 100% yes. But here is the most important part about this question, why so many people are interested in actually knowing the answer. It's this difference between your happiness and your effort level. Everyone wants to know, are you happy doing what you are, making the amount of money you are? For me, absolutely yes. I love being a physician, make good money, check, check there. The second part is, am I happy knowing how much effort it took you to get to the spot? The answer for me is absolutely yes. Being a doctor allowed me to put the amount of effort that I wanted while I enjoyed the ultimate work that I do. And so anytime I hear somebody talk about being a doctor and money, it's usually because they're trying to rationalize the difference between happiness and effort level. Somebody who's happy being a doctor may not be happy of how long it took them to actually get to that level. And on the flip side, somebody may have been okay with the effort level, they're not actually happy with the job and thus the money is not valuable to them. If you guys enjoy this breakdown in behind the scenes as my life as a full-time doctor, go ahead and hit that like and follow for more content just like this one.