A student in Zhihu asked a question: Architecture vs Medicine, which major is worse? In just a few days, it triggered a heated discussion between the two sides, to be precise, an argument. From the beginning, the major is worse than the major, and it is worse than the major. Up to now, the total number of views on this issue has approached 300,000.
Both sides are trying their best to win the "worst" to their own names. It seems that as long as it is the worst, it will be favored by the public. They spit out their harsh industrial environment and the huge physical and mental pressure from it. Architects complain that working overtime makes them pale and thin, and doctors complain that they are choked by patients' families.
Some people say that it is hard to be an architect all your life.
Some people say: Persuade people to study medicine, and the sky thunders.
Some people even wrote this line:
In my impression, architects and doctors belong to two different worlds.
One is a craftsman and the other is an angel; One is responsible for building homes and the other is responsible for saving lives. They have a common lofty ideal-to create a good living environment for mankind.
In the eyes of outsiders, how can these two glamorous and noble professions be so arrogant and swear the worst?
Behind the "terrible", what unknown helplessness and pain do they suffer?
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Overestimated by the outside world.
Influenced by various movies or media, most people have only a superficial understanding of architects and doctors. Everyone's high status and high income seem to be the standard of both.
These compliments are like dog skin plasters, you can't get rid of them. Although many times, architects and doctors have acquiesced in a wry smile.
Because they know: I told you, and you don't believe me.
The architect in the eyes of the public may be like this:
But in reality, it is basically like this:
Doctors in the eyes of the public seem to be like this:
But in reality, many times it is like this:
Terror index
Architect: ★★★★★☆.
Medical students: ★★★★★☆.
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A long career growth period
Architects and doctors are highly professional jobs, so people who have worked for less than five years either do odd jobs or indirectly do odd jobs.
It's like a long race. A few people left in a hurry in the early stage, and most people were devastated in the middle stage. Those who persist to the end are the real winners.
Most of the undergraduate courses in architecture and medicine are five-year, which is the only two five-year undergraduate courses in almost all majors of higher education in China.
However, in today's elite education, for architects and doctors, a bachelor's degree often can't help you find a suitable job in a first-tier city.
What followed was graduate school and even doctoral studies. Especially for doctors, graduate school is basically the normal state of the industry. The long learning cycle has pushed the career forward again and again, resulting in great physical and mental pressure.
The long career growth period has led to these two occupations becoming more and more popular with age.
If you are tired, you can't stick to it. Many people want to escape. For a man in his thirties, it takes more than courage to change careers. The monthly mortgage of 5,000 yuan may be off, and the family's incomprehension will make life in trouble.
Terror index
Architect: ★★★★★☆☆
Medical students: ★★★★★★★
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Overload working intensity
"Da, da-di, di-di-",the hand is connected with the keyboard and mouse smoothly. Architects do this day after day, year after year. Perfect cooperation, like a machine.
With a wave of his sword, the big head of profits is directly taken away by the leaders, and there is no suspense. On the road of dividing up the surplus profits, architects are extremely tired.
Machines will collapse and people will be crushed to death. Not long ago, a young architect committed suicide by jumping off a building.
The dead are gone, I just hope there is no design institute in heaven.
Architects, a huge but small group, can do nothing about what is happening in front of them.
Compared with architects, doctors are afraid to work harder. In the middle of the night, with a call from the emergency center, you have to wake up from your sleep, pick up your clothes and go out in a hurry.
Some time ago, a picture was swiped in the circle of friends.
Chen Lei, a urologist in the Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, performed organ donation surgery for patients and worked continuously for more than 12 hours.
After that, sit outside the operating room and drink glucose to replenish your strength.
As a netizen wrote:
I am not afraid of working late every day, being scolded by crazy patients' families, and not afraid of not making money, because my family can still support me. I am only afraid of the painful expression on the patient's face, the distorted posture, and the human nature test brought by death in the hospital.
Terror index
Architect: ★★★★★★★
Medical students: ★★★★★★★
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The salary is unstable.
Five years ago, the annual income of architects who worked for five years was basically around 200,000, almost 6.5438+0.5 million. Since the 20 14 construction market entered the cold winter, the income of architects has shrunk rapidly. After one year, only a few ordinary architects can get 6.5438+0.5 million.
Even if this year looks good, it is impossible to judge the benefits of the coming year, and the design units that can ensure a bumper harvest of drought and flood are even rarer.
Last year, Shanghai UA International defaulted on wages, which still haunts me. /kloc-a design firm with more than 0/40 people, with only 30 people left. Why?
Back pay.
A colleague saw the picture above, lit a cigarette and silently said:
"To tell you the truth, this tortoise figure is still very interesting.
Dude, even if he is impatient, he hasn't lost the design foundation. The composition is symmetrical and the key points are prominent: UA+ tortoise; The text is concise and the intention is clear. If it is used as a report, it will capture the heart of Party A at once!
Let's look at the doctor's situation again.
Due to the particularity of the profession of doctor, birth, illness and death are problems that everyone will face. Coupled with the huge population base, the demand for doctors in the market has been in short supply.
So the market influence of regular hospitals will not fluctuate too much.
Compared with architects, doctors' salaries are relatively stable.
Take a doctor who has worked in Shanghai 3A Hospital for five years as an example.
Salary per month 1200,
The monthly bonus varies from 4000 to 10000 depending on the benefits.
The duty fee is 700 to 1000 per month.
Going out to the clinic can get a drug rebate ranging from 2000 to 5000 every month.
Counting, the annual income of general practitioners who have been in the business for five years is still relatively optimistic. Just last year, private design companies failed to pay wages for three consecutive months.
It is worth mentioning that architects basically pay monthly+commission at the end of the year. The monthly income of 4,000 Yuan You, excluding rent and living expenses, is very small, and this situation will last until the end of the year. What is even more worrying is that most people don't know how much money they can get before the end of the year.
I stayed up for a whole year and worried for a whole year.
This is the inner portrayal of many architects.
Terror index
Architect: ★★★★★★★
Medical students: ★★★☆☆.
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Uncertain industry future
With the national large-scale construction wave gradually receding, the decline of architectural design market has been recognized by the industry. The project cycle is long, and it is inevitable that the design collection is difficult.
Recruitment by stages, seasonal disguised layoffs.
The seemingly quiet office is secretly full of ideas. Architects' past beliefs began to waver. They have either changed careers or are on the way to change careers.
Unlike hospitals, most design units are private enterprises. In China, the government's attitude towards state-owned enterprises and private enterprises is well known. One is a son and the other is a grandson. Undeniably, it has improved in recent years.
The so-called market economy is nothing more than freedom of buying and selling, giving life to the market. The government is basically indifferent to private design enterprises. I don't care whether you play or not. However, some state-owned design institutes rely on government resources in their hands to operate behind the scenes and can get large-scale projects without bidding. They call this routine "bidding".
This is not a situation that can be reversed by sudden death or a jump. At present, this surging scene, I don't know whether it is a bottoming out for many years or a real improvement.
On the contrary, the medical industry is very different.
Because the medical industry is directly related to the life and death of the general public, as a livelihood cause of social development, most hospitals are public hospitals. Whether it is the improvement of the working environment or the handling of the contradiction between doctors and patients, the whole country attaches great importance to and participates in it.
Looking back at the present time, we can think that the industry environment of medical treatment will only improve step by step, while the industry environment of architectural design is unpredictable and uncertain.
Terror index
Architect: ★★★★★★★
Medical students: ★★★☆☆.
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