No not for the money. I only became a phlebotomist because i graduated high school and realized that i had no desire to go to college at that point. Now that i am a little older and been marries for a while i (with the help of my older brother who is the assistant fire chief and a paramedic) am ready to pursue the career i have always wanted. Also i was really tired of the same thing every day. Patient comes in, i draw their blood, they leave, whos next. That is horribly boring after five years. I love my current job with the GI doctor, but i never see a patient, just talk to them on the phone(usually about thier diarrhea or hemrrhoids since that is his specialty).