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I've lived with two medical doctors, both of whom referred to me, with a doctorate in particle physics but now a software engineer, as the 'real doctor'.

Which for me really highlights the point that, despite using the same title, the word doctor implies two completely different but equally important types of experience.

In Chinese, the common words for medical doctor (大夫 and 医生) are totally different from the other type (博士).

you are not a doctor, are you?

Not a doctor, just frustrated: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11085519

just an opinion based on personal experience. Have many family/friends who are doctors.

many fish in the sea, no reason to be frustrated.

I'm an Engineer working in finance and a couple of my medical doctor friends refer to me as the 'inteligent' in the group.