People will call you at 2AM if you're a plumber. Or a doctor. Or a dentist. Or a locksmith. And sometimes you'll get stuck waiting tables on XMas because the r

People will call you at 2AM if you're a plumber. Or a doctor. Or a dentist. Or a locksmith. And sometimes you'll get stuck waiting tables on XMas because the restaurant you work for requires it. Yes, it varies by job. But 2AM calls are hardly unique to programming. FWIW I really do want a doctor that's passionate about medicine, for the same reason that I want my lead developer to be passionate: If it's "just a job" they may not be following current best practices, which do change rather rapidly. To be honest, I think the "GP" doctor's days are numbered. A registered nurse with a really good AI medical reference would likely to a better job than the 80th percentile of doctors, maybe even match the 99th percentile. There's too much information that isn't in any doctor's head, and a GP is basically a human expert system. A really good AI expert system would do a better job, and a solid nurse following the directions could handle the human part of the interaction.