I again have read others view first. I agree most with Bhavana. She did a good job in making a point. She is too mature to her age. She is right in saying that if you can love what you do is like being blessed. Prof. Mohanty, an experienced intellectual, has made some good points too. He is right that parents can play a big role in carving the career of a person. But these points have some other clause. There are so many if and buts related to whole of this issue. It’s difficult to treat as a whole, but I will like to point out a few things.
Be responsible....Your career matters most to you. I know when you are inexperienced you need advice. Advice is a need for the whole life, but you can not blame anybody if an advice turns out to be wrong. It’s your career; the person affected most is you. So be responsible, listen, analyze and make your own decision.
Find someone for advice.... Try to find some body trustable to advice. It’s not necessary to have understanding parents always. Sometimes it’s not their fault. They are not aware of everything in this world. May be you are interested in something which they don’t have a clue about. Try to find somebody around you who can guide you and you can trust him. For instance if you know prof. Mohanty, may be you will definitely like to have his advice and may trust him more than your parents. Similarly, if I know bhavana, I will not mind to have her advice, to me more than age maturity matters. Try to have different opinions and then use your brain.
Resources.....Always see the resources available to you. Don’t choose a career which is not suitable to your available resources. Like suppose you can not afford to have education abroad, try to get the best in India.
Be aware of your capabilities.....this is a common problem. We sometime try to cross our limits. Checkout your capabilities before you choose your career. If you are not good in math, do not try to have a career in engineering or physics or something related.
Don’t follow the crowd.....very important. Most of us do it. Parents are also responsible for it. Be a doctor/engineer/iAS. It was the trend in 80’s, then it became MBA, then computer engineers, now days IT’s. Hey don’t follow the crowd, follow the heart. See what you like. Why don’t we people think how many doctors, engineers or MBA or ITs can it take. The field which becomes famous gets more competition and is soon saturated. People try to get these courses in some donation institutes, or some third grade institutes and end up getting a third grade degree and then starts the misery of not getting good jobs. So if you are really interested in it, then go for a famous profession, you will have to face tough competition.
Foresee future....if you can see the future trend, you can chose a profession which will be famous soon. It’s not very difficult. Like robotics, soon will be common, although it will be 3-4 years later. Bioinformatics, biotechnology have shown these upcoming trends much before and people were at that time running for IT and computers. IT will be soon out (I do not mean out of business, but will be saturated). So just keep in touch with latest and you can foresee the future trend.
Last but not the least....all this you consider, then after two years, you feel you have chosen a wrong profession...what to do? First thing, every time you change like this you are going to lose imp time and money. Once you chose some career, overview it in three months or so, and decide. If you want to change, do it fast and don’t waste time. Again see your resources. Some time it is more important to go with what you have.
Overall, it’s your career, so you should be responsible for it. Think, take advice, gather information, check your skills and resources and decide. Whatever happens, you have to face it first and then your parents. So be ready for consequences. Good Luck folks. Wish you the best.
PS.....I do not mind any rating...but do add your comments to correct me where ever I am wrong, it will help to those who will be deciding there future now. If this review can help even a single person, it will be useful.