Veterinary?

[MrPickles73]

DD is year 12 doing A levels chemistry, biology and RE. GCSEs she got all 8s and 9s except a 7 in biology.
She was thinking of studying law at uni but someone has put her off saying it's all AI now and no entry level jobs.
I don't think she's cut out for medicine / dentistry.
But she does love animals and is good at handling and looking after them. She's had a horse for 4 years and has done some lambing a couple of years back. So I am thinking it's worth to think about vet school.
She's moved to a different school for A levels do it's been a lot of changing starting to settle in. I'd say she's currently getting Bs in her assessments for chem and bio.
Is she on a good path for vet school? I was thinking to get some work experience asap and see how she gets on.
She has 1 hour per week chemistry tutoring to make sure she's on top of that and I'm wondering about getting a biology tutor too.

Any tips / ideas?

@mumsneedwine I guess in 2021 she had 15-20years experience. She started her own business as ambulatory equine. That's how I met her - recommended by a friend. Her business has flown and 5 years on she employs 4 other vets and has small animals as well as equine.
The other friend started some time back and they started a large animals business and small animals in parallel.

@MagpiesAndJays v much female orientated now. About 75%.

Newer grads are much better at the word no I believe. Less willing to be exploited quite so badly as in the past. But you've got to love it. There are def much easier ways to earn a lot more money !

Wonder how much she pays those vets 🤪. Are their kids at private schools ?

What exactly do you mean by “entry level jobs” in the law? I don’t mean to be rude but I don’t think you and your dd fully understand the legal profession and the law. The way it works is that you need to secure a training contract and start off by being a trainee - and those will still be available as - as senior lawyers also have to start at the bottom!

the kind of jobs that are most being impacted are paralegal jobs - but a paralegal job is only a sidestep and not really a viable career path.

the biggest problem is that there are just too many people studying law - often doing mediocre degrees - and then struggling to get jobs.

@Newmeagain entry-level = trainee?

Her point was there are not many jobs for new law graduates due to companies using AI to do the routine work. She worked for Slaughter and May.

Law firms using AI to do entry level work will bite them on the arse very quickly if it means they no longer have junior lawyers coming up though the ranks.

For something like law, the real skill in the future will be having the knowledge to distinguish facts from the plausible sounding nonsense that AI often produces.

If you’re a practice owner or a specialist then maybe. But most vets earn less than £60k and for the hours and stress it’s not great. There are far better, easier and more lucrative careers out there

I know it is. I was on the cusp of the switch. There were only 7 men who actually completed the course with me, out of 70 odd in the year. My point was at that point they were more lenient with offers to women as they were looking to rebalance the profession.

I think OP is making a mistake trying to push her daughter into veterinary medicine if it isn't something she is choosing and actively wants to do. I don't think she knows much about the profession, considering she is surprised by how poorly paid it is unless you have your own independent practice that hasn't been eaten by a corporate group. I still recall a consultant surgeon I saw whining about how badly paid new consultants were and mentioned a salary that far outstripped mine at the time, when I had been qualified 20 years. In fact, looking up their pay scales, they still earn around the same newly qualified that I do over 30 years out!

@MagpiesAndJays the pay is shocking. Think my DD is unfortunately looking abroad now as it's so bad. She worked out that if she was paid for all the hours she worked she'd be massively under minimum wage !
At least she's not an equine intern, who seem to break every employment law with the hours they work (& the pay they receive).

@MrPickles73

Has your daughter expressed an interest in other lines of work, OP?

I think that it would be in her interests to cast her net wider.

Which subject does she enjoy doing most at school?