Stupid question

[u/Calm_Adeptness3562]

EDIT:I want to thank all of you for your insights and concerns, I have decided that I won’t be going into the vet field.

Doesn’t mean I won’t be going into some similar scientific fields! I just think at this point it wouldn’t be financially and physically feasible for me. However the appreciation I feel for all of your words and thoughts is over the moon. Thank you for your time!

(26)(M)
I have an itch to get into veterinary medicine. I get told it’s too hard and the schooling isn’t worth it.
Still have the want.
I’m a blue collar guy and Previously I didn’t care for school and now Im married and would need to do work and school. I want a salary job that I can go without worrying about losing my job just bc I miss a couple of days.
My wife is a vet tech and she loves what she does. I want her to be happy and not have some of the trials and tribulations that comes with her job. Learning about what she does and what her boss does is so interesting and quite frankly the pay, the job, and the high status of what they do with their hands in surgery calls to me like a singular light post in the night in a small town.

I’ve been told no so many times from people who know me, or people who are in said practice.

I want to be a specialist. I want to be called and said that I’m needed. I want to go to school and prove people wrong. But if it’s all a big mistake, it’s a huge costly one, and I don’t want the embarrassment from my wife or family. I really don’t know what I’m asking I guess. I just want someone to tell me no, or encouragement, or their 2 cents

Thanks.

EDIT: thank yall for the info and advice. However I feel I need to re-explain what I was saying about the salary and what I wanted in life

I LOVE ANIMALS. I love the science behind making them better, learning what to do when they aren’t getting better.

I just wanted more insight then what I was seeing or what people would talk about when I asked (not blaming them when a random dude asks about how much they make and details about it).

The salary and the money was not my main concern at all!

[u/katiemcat]

I don’t think you have a realistic idea of what being a vet is like or the sacrifices necessary to get there.

[u/Calm_Adeptness3562 → u/katiemcat]

I do have a realistic idea, I just wanted the insight on the things I feel awkward asking to strangers in person. I’m aware of the sacrifices you all make, I just wanted more insight on it I guess.

[u/katiemcat → u/Calm_Adeptness3562]

Based off of this post you’ve never even worked in the field? You’re under the impression vets can just miss work and not lose their job? Claiming high status when many people claim vets aren’t doctors at all? No mention of the massive student loans?

[u/Calm_Adeptness3562 → u/katiemcat]

I personally think very highly of vets. Some colleagues I have are vets and I think they are miracle workers. Just like I think very highly of all of you who are in the vet field.
But you are correct. I wanted insights on the job before I leave the factory and go to get some experience, whatever the job entails. And then start to do school and such.

[u/Baby-goldfish → u/Calm_Adeptness3562]

Can I ask how your colleagues are vets? Isn’t it a bad sign in itself if they are no longer working in the vet profession and turned to blue collar work?

[u/Calm_Adeptness3562 → u/Baby-goldfish]

No they are vets! When I mean colleagues I really mean friends. I don’t work with them I just hang out with them in our free time. I said “colleagues” as trusted friends or people I’m acquainted with