Recently in the SMH they had the top 10 professions in terms of earnings. Vets are no where near that. In fact as I made the kids today aware a plumber or an electrician earn more than Veterinarians from day dot, even though vets need to study for 6 years now to be qualified.
Being a veterinarian is a wonderful job, but unfortunately a very taxing, hard and potentially unrewarding profession. We work incredibly long hours and have to deal with life and death situations almost on a daily basis. The best thing is that no two days are the same and we get to experience the joy of making animals feel better and the joy of being a part of the human animal bond.
For me personally I have always wanted to be a vet. From the age of 7 my parents would call the dog to find out where I was and invariably the dog was better behaved than me and would come when called. Hopefully, today I was able to impart my love for my profession and my job, whilst being realistic with respect to the pressures of the job and the realities of economics.
