1) For someone in the field of law, I would expect a more precise definition. Why don’t you define what a “demanding job” looks like.
Well, obviously it's a range, and I'm not going to stake myself on where the dividing line between demanding and nondemanding is. But I said that most doctor jobs are not
remotely demanding, and I stand by that.
Here are some factors common to most doctor jobs, by which I mean doctors who work in a practice, and aren't OB, surgery or certain other specialties. Think GPs and pediatricians and cardiologists and hematologists and allergists and toxicologists, etc. (and derm, but you'll yell that I picked the easy one).
1. Set hours. Appointment at 5? No, call back tomorrow.
2. Not on call nights and weekends, except for specified scheduled nights and weekend times.
3. Don't need to answer emails outside of work hours.
4. Can plan time out of office and offline, and nothing from work can come up. Chumash play? Tony, will you pencil in that I'm not available on the 24th from 10-1130?
2) Which medical specialties are you referring to specifically, since you seek to have a pretty strong understanding of the differences between them.
I don't know enough to be all inclusive. See above.
3) You’re implication is that lawyers in big law work more than most doctors throughout their child-bearing years (20s-early 30s), since that was the discussion leading up to your comment. Just giving you a chance to clarify.
Depends when you start school, for each. Not very fair to cap it at early 30's--raising children goes way past early 30's. If you have a kid at 37, he'll be 4 when you're 41.
Tl;dr I'm right.