My family friend was top cardiologist in the Bay Area... His grandson became an anesthesiologist - and he paid his grandsons medical school bills with the edict for him to pay it forward.

The kid graduated at ~22 with an initial base salary of $350k

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I work in health tech. I designed and built many of the Bay Area hospitals you might be familiar with. I can't even break 200k

He completed a 4-year undergraduate degree, medical school, and residency by age 22?

Hmm, that was my recollection - but I could be wrong. I knew he was quite young though... so that number may be inaccurate.

My brother, for example, had to do the following:

EDUCATION

1988 Bachelor of Science, Biology, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.

1992 Doctor of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Md.

1995 Family Practice Residency (Staff Physician), David Grant Medical Center, Travis AFB, Calif.

1996 Aerospace Medicine Primary Course (Flight Surgeon Wings), U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks Air Force Base, Texas

2001 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence

2006 Air War College, by correspondence

2008 Occupational Medicine Residency and Master of Science, Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati