You have no business going into medicine and being a doctor. Being a doctor isn't a stepping stone career choice. You go into because you have a passion for real deal medicine. You won't last otherwise.
Law school would make a tiny bit more sense; especially if you went to the best law school in a state you want to do state politics in. That's a semi-common route beyond the ivy league schools. Top state law school to state office to federal office.
But above all, you need to learn how to become a creditable leader; not a networking / political junkie if we are talking about elective office (if you want to be a behind the scenes operative, that's a different story). The tide is turning on the establishment/old-school type of career politician who talks out of his ass all the time.
With Twitter, Youtube, and crowd-sourcing, you don't need mass sums of money to get your message out. Use game and bang a few local reporters to write/air good shit about you if needed.
Look at Trump and Sanders right now. You don't have to agree with what they say but they have REAL conviction and that makes them stand out like a naked woman in the middle of a all-male prison. Genuine conviction will take you far.
The other side of the coin is leadership experience: Run a business, become a combat officer, become the face for a legit cause, or manage something of real consequence. No one is gonna give a shit about student government experience, how you were some corporate analyst, or your passion for politics. People want to see leaders with backbone and conviction AND have a history of getting the job done running things. You need to have one of the two for sure.
Get the leadership experience and combine it with real conviction and you will be a force to be reckon with.
Law school would make a tiny bit more sense; especially if you went to the best law school in a state you want to do state politics in. That's a semi-common route beyond the ivy league schools. Top state law school to state office to federal office.
But above all, you need to learn how to become a creditable leader; not a networking / political junkie if we are talking about elective office (if you want to be a behind the scenes operative, that's a different story). The tide is turning on the establishment/old-school type of career politician who talks out of his ass all the time.
With Twitter, Youtube, and crowd-sourcing, you don't need mass sums of money to get your message out. Use game and bang a few local reporters to write/air good shit about you if needed.
Look at Trump and Sanders right now. You don't have to agree with what they say but they have REAL conviction and that makes them stand out like a naked woman in the middle of a all-male prison. Genuine conviction will take you far.
The other side of the coin is leadership experience: Run a business, become a combat officer, become the face for a legit cause, or manage something of real consequence. No one is gonna give a shit about student government experience, how you were some corporate analyst, or your passion for politics. People want to see leaders with backbone and conviction AND have a history of getting the job done running things. You need to have one of the two for sure.
Get the leadership experience and combine it with real conviction and you will be a force to be reckon with.