A doctor in the US is someone who has gone through 4 years of undergraduate college, 4 years of medical school, and 3 years of residency.

In addition, getting into medical school is pretty difficult, so they have to be among the best students in undergrad.

Now let’s compare an somewhat analogous software engineer. Someone who has gotten a bachelors degree from a good college graduating near the top of the class. They now have 7 years of experience in their job. A possible equivalent of the competition for getting into medical school might be landing a job with FAANG.

Looking at levels.fyi, it seems that such a person would be making from 250-350K, which is comparable if not greater than an internal medicine or family practice doctor with a lot less stress and much fewer work hours.