Physicians are not paid by the hour. They are paid by the year or by the number of patients they see and the difficulty of those patients. Urgent care and emergency room physicians are often paid by the hour. One , I get to work with and help people on a day to day basis. The day is generally not boring.
Most careers are highly repetitive like mechanics or airplane pilots.
They do the same thing every day but in this profession there is enough variety to keep it interesting. One unfavorable aspect is that health costs are rising and the physician and patients are losing control over health care. Over the last ten years we have lost control for example the insurance may not pay for some of the treatment I feel is necessary for the patient or the surgeon I want to recommend is not covered by the contract the patient carries. Non medical people are now getting involved in making medical decisions. In the next five years thirty insurance companies will drop to about five due to take-over and consolidation between companies giving patients less choices and us less control.