Yeah exactly, it depends on the individual @Anhad
Yes most of healthcare professionals are being hired as unpaid associates it s moved a stage where getting paid as interns or associates is being felt as a privilege rather tahn basics.
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Thanks for sharing your thoughts @Rafiya
Yes our medical field carry immense responsibility yet often earn less than IT professional.The society shows how innovation is valued over care.Hope things change
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Honestly, I too feel hard work we put in is initially overlooked and underpaid. Often, the toil for years, sleep-deprived study hours, and the time-demanding training period go unnoticed. Yes, the quicker rewards, offers IT its charm and attract youngsters, but there’s something profoundly satisfying in caring for lives. Money does matter, but sometimes a patient’s smile from relief does reward you more. Needless to say, if given a chance again, I’d still choose healthcare.
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In India, it’s not just the healthcare sector — almost 80% of people are underpaid. If you’re not from a Tier 1 college, you have to struggle to land a high-paying job. Exploitation exists across nearly every field. Jobs are advertised as 9-to-5, but in reality, it’s often 9-to-9 — or even longer — with no additional pay or recognition.
Even with work-from-home options, the responsibilities are heavier, not lighter. It’s frustrating how some people still view WFH as a luxury. If you’re okay with strict schedules and prefer a structured routine, work-from-office (WFO) can work well. But if you’re expected to travel 3–4 hours a day, work an 8-hour shift, and then continue working after that — it becomes physically and mentally exhausting, and frankly, unsustainable.
Instead of constantly comparing every profession to IT, we should focus on improving conditions within our own fields. Every sector deserves fair treatment, not just the high-paying ones.
No one should feel guilty for taking care of themselves. Everyone deserves time for their mental and physical well-being — and time with family. Do your best during your work hours, but don’t let your personal life get exploited in the name of professionalism. It’s not about working less — it’s about living a life that’s balanced and respectful of both career and self.
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Lets hope and try to change this system @Chithu
Thats a brave choice and great POV. @DivyaRanadev
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“Healthcare deals with lives, where mistakes are costly, so growth is steady, experience based, and responsibility driven.”
When the responsibility is associated with life of a human and not just a system, don’t you think the rewards and value should be more inclined towards healthcare??!!
Are systems more valuable than a human life?!
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Very well, it was balanced, insightful, and thought-provoking. 
You captured the core contrast perfectly: instant rewards vs. long-term purpose.
Yes, society often undervalues healthcare early on because its returns are human, not financial. Still, I’d choose healthcare again it may pay slower, but it pays in meaning. 
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Even gettimg so much study you hve to work in less in the healthcare that is the main reason of many student and young generation to incline themselve more on other sector.
Healthcare sector not even because of money but level of effort and hardwork for pursuing this make it a difficut to think more about it
Health is everything…
Respect is everyone need..
but
effort good only at one limit> as everyome has a family to take care
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Absolutely not. No system should ever outweigh the value of a human life. Healthcare demands precision, empathy, and accountability , its rewards should reflect the gravity of that responsibility. Lives aren’t just data points; they’re everything. @Dr_Triveni
Exactly. The true reward in healthcare isn’t in numbers it’s in impact. Choosing meaning over money speaks volumes about your values and the kind of change you’re here to make. @DrAnshul27
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So true. The intense effort and long years of study in healthcare often don’t match the early rewards, making it hard for many to choose or stay in the field. @Varsha2002
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It is one of the frustrating negative of healthcare jobs. People work so hard to get a healthcare degree only to be underpaid during the initial years of their career. This among many other reasons makes one rethink or second guess their career choices.
Yeahh , it’s really feel unfair at the beginning. Healthcare professionals study for a longer period of time , deal with patient lifes and still get low payment. While IT sector freshers begins with a huge package. But still healthcare professional have to remember that healthcare growths with experience and trust. Once they are established, respect, stability, money everything comes.
Because of less increase in health care sector compared to IT and corporate sector globally. Which makes it more work less pay despite of high demand for health care professionals.
Indeed, both careers have different benefits, while one is about system, other is about people’s health. However, there’s several new innovations using AI which are useful medically. Hence, without tech, it wouldn’t have been possible. I am afraid, but here we are comparing two major ends, both are important for us.
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Healthcare has always been close to my heart. As a kid, I always knew what career I wanted to get into. Talking about the payrolls, I think healthcare professionals do get less, which is unfair. Years of studying, staying awake till late, treating the patients and still not getting enough in return. It’s not about healthcare vs IT, it’s about getting what you deserve and what you worked for.
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Low pay of healthcare workers are justified by the job market by saying that they are late entries into the market and they can work till their last breath and earn money unlike IT sector where new young minds are replacing the older ones.
But the truth is far behind and the doctors are still underpayed even in the later stages of their career. Even though they have the right kind of expertise and skills they are valued less in the job market but high in the society.