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I'm an anesthesiologist. Two years ago I switched to doing 100% software engineering. I had already worked in software, but not full time. There were many reasons. More time with my family was a big one. Work not being intellectually challenging was a another.

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Having worked in software before must have made it easier to change profession? I have not so I think I need formal training, I am a programming hobbyist writing in python and did some SQL for databases for research. I guess I need to have really tough problems to solve, when I succeed, there is almost nothing like it, the feeling of accomplishment.

I had already contributed to some open source projects and had also done some fairly large freelance projects. I'm sure this made me more hireable.

I'm not sure I will give up anesthesiology 100%, in the end I'd like to combine and work on "medtech". Currently I work with automotive radar.

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Thank you for the response! I also feel this way, I still like some aspects of being a physician. I think it's just the way some of us are built: we thrive on learning new things, we enjoy challenges and we get bored when stuff gets too easy. Automotive radar sounds exciting as well! I will look for open source projects, it might be a great way to get work experience, thanks for the tip!

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