What Pays More Money: Doctor or YouTuber? (How much I've made from YouTube Shorts in 6 months) 

Greetings. There is a problem with your thumbnail. The symbol of medicine is the Rod of Asclepius, not the Caduceus. One single snake, not two with wings, which are the symbol of the god Mercury: travel, commerce, and thieves. Just take a look at the WHO logo. ✌

@@MariaMartinez-researcher both symbols are used in medicine these days, even though Hermes wasn't related to medicine. Edit: at least in the US, idk about elsewhere

@@matthirten13 Used erroneously, yes. It doesn't make it right. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caduceus_as_a_symbol_of_medicine

Thank you for this. When the kids don't get it, this helps. We aren't even following you but, to appease the algorithm overloads leaving this message. I'm a chronie with celiac, I appreciate those of you in the GI field so leaving this 5+ comment so you get paid. Thank you for making sure our butt(thru mouth) doesn't kill us :)

@@MariaMartinez-researcher Also, this is RU-vid, perhaps commerce is correct? Lol.

READ MY COMMENT ON THIS ! A HOMELESS MAKES MORE THAN ME ON RU-vid.

@@FacundoMD yo, why are you yelling? 😅

The only other RU-vidr I’ve seen be open about it is Abby Cox, in her video reflecting on her viral video. She’s a CosTuber (costumer, a dress historian by trade). Her viral video was about dressing 18th century for five years and what she learned.

@@lukerinderknecht2982 Nooo I was not yelling :( ! Jajaja another RU-vidr pointed that out to me. It was meant to be emphasize.

millions of views making much more money for GOOGL than for themselves

Agreed! Thanks for watching!

Good money to pay student loans!! Love your content!

It also shows how much time and energy it takes to try to earn money creating social media content. More difficult than ppl think and then figure out how much you make money and ways to make money seems complicated to the average person. Thanks, I'll stick to my day job. 😂

I agree! It is incredible and motivating to see someone work so hard and seem so well-rounded. Doc Schmidt deserves every penny he earns and it's cool to see him succeed on all these platforms. Plus, we're all learning so much from him!

@@leahcarnevale7340 💯

Plus being a new father

Ellen Hough- from 1998 until 2015 I worked as both an RN and as a Pastor. The secret for me is loving what you do, and believing that it makes a difference in people's lives. Never allow the medical system to get you down, and always believe that God is using you to help others, and that your life has purpose!

This! How are you doing it Dr S?! Side note: Great job turning your hobby into student loan moolah.

It’s the first time I’ve heard him and I did wonder whether he had sped it up!

Literally! And you understand every word !

Some other RU-vidr videos I've watched they talk so slow that I've had to X2 just to make it normal so this is nice.

My ADHD processing issues love it. So much easier to understand

for reaaaall

bump!!!

Yea definitely

He sure does!

Agree!

He teaches us all the time. Insights through laughter. What could be more effective?!

I love that you watch and respond to others videos, just makes you feel more genuine. I'd imagine that running your own successful RU-vid and being an excellent doctor would leave much time to be watching other youtubers that are also doctors and even be commenting, ah-may- zing human being!!

FootDocDana, Dr.Schmidt, and DrGaucomflocken(sp?) are the fun young doctor gang. I saw all three at like the same time

@Sebastian Cuellar Agreed! I always look forward to new content from them. Someone recently recommended another "young doc" Mama Doctor Jones but she doesn't do the skits and such so much. Oh, and of course Steveioe the ER officianato, lol

Need them sponsored videos!

@@tresdj Steveioe is a MUST! But he's doing videos full-time now, quit the ER, all his content is old stories, he'll need friends who don't want to be on RU-vid or it will dry up. 😥

Also the salary he is making stays more or less the same for all his 6 to 8 years of training. So he gets to the 'normal' salary very late.

Some people make much, much, more on RU-vid once they have millions of subscribers and different sponsors.

This isn't even in the top bunch of RU-vidrs. He's like in the top bunch, but the average set 😂. I know RU-vidrs with almost the same amount of subscribers he has, and they are pulling legit 20k to 40k a month.

I was watching thinking "he has to mean 10-20% less than a fully qualified, not literally 10-20% of the full sallary". Apparently not.

In finance RU-vid it’s common to make thousands per day on RU-vid

I've been watching since I've had to send a bit of time in hospital. Seems relevant and definitely funny.

Thank you!

@@Doc_Schmidt yeah, it’s no surprise people are jealous of successful you tubers

He's actually already specializing, he's a GI fellow so he'll be a GI specialist when he finishes his training (3-4 years). But, it's crazy he's only making 58,000 as that is close to residency salary, which usually increases the longer you're in training for. Unfortunately, this all stems from a lack of funding going to medical education specifically since hospitals won't go beyond the minimal "risk" needed to teach a training doctor.

Depending on ur specialization, residents/fellows often work 80 hrs/week (that is the "work hour limit"). However, it is well known in grueling surgical specialties that everyone under-reports their hours to 80 so that their program doesn't get cited. I remember a neurosurgeon resident worked out his hourly wage and it was like less than minimum wage...

Residents/fellows are drastically underpaid because it's a sort of "apprenticeship". As soon as he's a practicing attending his income will probably triple or even quadruple.

After his fellowship he’ll probably be making 400K so that’s nice

Remember that, the next time someone will say that healthcare costs are too high because of doctors salaries.

At 9:30, he indicates that the earnings are for six months.

I’m glad you are doing so well. Go you!

Same for me

Me too

😂🤣😂....next question, does he WRITE (probably so) as fast as he talks.🤔

@@theire483 He's a doctor, and you know their handwriting …

That's how he can fit so much content into his YT shorts!

This is the first time I've seen him, and yes that's fast. I feel stress out just listening to him talk

He clearly thinks and articulates fast.

I have no clue how old you are, but it’s an old school mind set. If people talk about how much they make, companies will be held accountable for the wage gaps. Speaking about finances is a pretty new thing on a mass scale. I’m American and we add moral standing to income. So you don’t want to admit you’re poor. Or brag that you’re not. It’s a way to control the masses.

I'm in my 40's for context. Growing up it was drilled in you should never discuss money because is "tacky". The concept is outdated and was created to keep pay disparity within industry and organizations on the DL. Its dumb and it handicaps teens and young adults. Talk about money, ask questions, don't be bashful please. We don't all need to suffer not understanding money and how to best utilize it just because our elders did. I hope we see more transparency in finances. It shouldn't be taboo. I didn't know I was making 28k less than a male peer who I am his direct supervisor because I never wanted to rock the boat. This was a really harsh lesson I learned at the ripe age of 32. A full decade in my field and it never occurred to me to advocate for myself because of the conditioning to not talk money.

@earth star if someone is proactive about getting raises and the other is not, it isn’t sexism. It just means you weren’t getting a raise because you didn’t ask. The wage gap is a myth

@@youngswoll3 read the room, son.

@@youngswoll3 Yikes dude. What a take. I think you should take a bit of time to reflect on that internalized misogyny and think about the person you want to be. The person you seem like from this content is not great.

Yayyy I got a heart from doc schmidt

What’s your side hustle

If you make double from your side hustle and it's still not enough to buy insurance you're either bullshitting or an idiot.

@@AT-il2ej If they're on seizure medication, they probably have some type of pre-existing condition which would make insurance companies less willing to cover him/push his premiums up to prohibitive costs.

Aww, hope providers graciously always take it. Nurse here :)

Thanks @Doc Schmidt! I thoroughly enjoy your content. Best wishes in our crazy healthcare system.

Thanks!

I really appreciate this comment! Thanks for the support!