In his article “Picking the winners” (http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal/115-1165/235/) medical student Brandon Adams would have us believe that a medical graduate will enjoy a life of “financial security, community respect, a relaxed workplace and no heavy lifting.” Graduates in New Zealand face a mountain of student debt, an array of agencies to which complaints about them can be made, a workplace plagued by underfunding and inadequate staffing, and having to assist in moving increasingly obese patients. If Mr Adams would care to provide directions to the land of milk and honey he describes, I for one would happily set forth in search of it.