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Ali agrees he will not be working full-time as a doctor in 15 to 30 years (2019)

prediction · status: came true · last event: came true (2023-12-08) · owner: Ali

Told alongside: Ali's one-year sabbatical from medicine (2020) · Ali asks doctors whether they would still practise medicine if they won the lottery

date event what video
2019-08-16 first in the videos (repeated; it began earlier) Ali wants to keep being a doctor because it is fun and interesting, with content creation on the side. Money, Relationships and Hair Loss - Answering your Assumptions 00:17:43
2020-04-29 predicted Ali is glad he did the medical degree and finds the job quite fun, but doesn't want to be a doctor for the rest of his life, at least not full-time, hence YouTube and his businesses. Productivity, Books and Careers Advice - Ali Abdaal x Noah Kagan // Deep Dive 00:31:24
2020-07-03 predicted Ali's end goal has never been to work as a doctor full-time but part-time, two or three days a week. I'm Moving to America 🇺🇸 - Life Update 00:18:34
2020-07-13 predicted Ali agrees with Molly Hunt that in 15 to 30 years he will not still be working full-time as a doctor. What We Learnt In 2 Years of Being Doctors - Deep Dive with Molly Hunt 01:23:56
2020-08-06 repeated Ali cannot see himself leaving medicine, but he can see himself going very part-time. My Last Day as a Doctor - Reflections 00:30:08
2020-12-20 came true Ali will take a further year out of full-time medical training so that he can travel more, hopefully once the coronavirus situation gets better. 20 Lessons that Improved My Life 00:19:05
2020-12-28 (said on 2020-12-15, implied) came true As of December 2020 Ali has been out of work for four months on a one-year break from full-time medicine; he meant to travel the world, but the pandemic keeps him at home in Cambridge. How Much Money I Earn as a Doctor + YouTuber 00:06:37
2021-03-14 repeated To work out what to do with his life, Ali imagines what he wants his average week to look like 10, 15 or 25 years from now; he keeps landing on still being a doctor, part-time. Why I Left Medicine (And Why I'm Going Back) 00:10:55
2021-07-28 came true In August 2020 Ali took a break from full-time medicine meaning to travel the world; because of COVID he could not travel, so instead of working four hours a week on the business he has run it full time for the last year. How I Created a $3 Million Business Part Time 00:10:34
2021-08-08 repeated Ali enjoys medicine but finds it not as fun as running his own business, and always knew it: he went into medical school wanting to be a part-time doctor with a tech startup on the side. Dating, Regrets and Boxing - 2 Million Subscriber Q&A 00:17:30
2021-11-30 repeated Ali probably will not go back into medicine, because it would take a lot of training and his life as a YouTuber beats a junior doctor's, though he will never say never. (hedged) Why I Left Medicine... Forever 00:39:28
2022-12-27 repeated If his business crumbled and he lost all the money and followers, Ali would probably not choose to go back to medicine. (hypothetical, hedged) My Regrets about Quitting Medicine 00:24:52
2023-09-15 came true Because his YouTube channel and the business around it made so much money, Ali decided to take a break from full-time medicine and go all in on the channel; he quit medicine at 26. 6 Side Hustles Students Can Start in 2026 00:03:24
2023-12-08 came true From the doctors' answers Ali concluded he needed to make money on the side, so that any medicine he did would be for fun and fulfilment rather than money; he went on to build a business that let him quit his day job. Everything's Changing - Life Update 00:22:18

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