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Ask a small kid what he/she wants to become. What do u usually expect to listen? Engineer? Doctor? Police? Does one know about those fields at that age? It is the elders who prompt them to tell those. No matter what ever they feel like doing, one ends up in carrying heavy loads of books to school.Until the age of 15, i.e. Upto 10th class, everybody gets educated in the same subjects - English, Mathematics, General Science, Biology, Social Studies and Languages. Board might differ such as CBSE, ICSE, NCERT or State Boards.
Now ask the boy/girl again what he/she wants to become. This time its not the choice of the parents completely. One could guess what one wants by observing and learning from elders, seniors, etc. Most of them would thus end up in getting carried away with their speculations or by the job opportunities in the society that everybody visualises or by the ease of subjects one feels. But what ever the case may be, choice of life starts from here. Intermediate course studied between the age group 15-17 years decides the career path. We have a variety of subjects to choose. MPC, BPC, MEC, CEC, HEC, etc. Though one or two subjects are common in the streams, the courses they can study after this differ. Let us see the future for some of the courses.
MPC (Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry)
Degrees that can be pursued: B.Tech/B.Sc/BCA,M.Tech/M.Sc./MCA/MS/Ph.D. in Computer Science, Electronics and Communication, Electrical, Mechanical, Industrial, Instrumental, Bio-Medical, Chemical, Civil, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Electronics, Statistics, Architecture, etc. in IISc, IITs, RECs, Univ. Colleges, Private Colleges
Job Oppotunities: IT Companies,Electronics companies like HP, QualComm, Texas Instruments, etc., Universities and Colleges, Chemical companies like Reliance, Pharmacy companies like Dr. Reddys, Industries like TATAs, Constuction companies for Architecture, etc.
BPC (Biology (Botany, Zoology), Physics and Chemistry)
Degrees that can be pursued: MBBS/MD/BDS/BHMS/B.Sc./Ph.D. in Agriculture, Home Science, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Physiotherapy, Micro Biology, Ayurveda in institutes like AIIMS, AFMC, CMC, JIPMER, Univ. Colleges, Private Colleges.
Job Oppotunities: Govt. and Private Hospitals, Private Practice, Colleges and Universities, CCMB, ICRISAT, etc. institutes
MEC (Mathematics, Economics and Commerce)
Degrees that can be pursued: B.Com/M.Com,ICWA/CA/CS/CPA/CFA/Ph.D. in University Colleges, Private Colleges
Job Oppotunities: Any industry (Banks, IT, etc.), Auditing and Accounting (Ernest and Young, Price Waterhouse Coopers, etc.)
Generic Streams:
B.Ed - Teaching in respective streams in schoolsMBA - Jobs in any sector (Banking, Financial, IT, Retail, Marketing, etc.)
Law - Lawyer Practice in Bar
Defence - Airforce, Army, Navy - Technical and Field jobs through CDS (Combined Defence Services), NDA (National Defence Academy), SSB (Service Selection Board), etc.
Public Sector - UPSC, State Service Commissions by appearing in Group 1,2, etc. exams for IAS(Administration), IPS(Police), IES(Engineering), Forest Dept., etc.
Business - Own/maintain/Work in any kind of business
Shares/Investments - Income by Earning through investments
Teaching in respective streams in colleges, uiversities and Schools
Hotel Management
Fashion Designing
Interior Designing, and many other activities that people in Indian Society do.
For most of these fields, choice is at Intermediate level (age of 15), for some other at degree level (age of 20). Hence one needs to discover his passion within 20 years of age, by which one would not have explored the society. One just decides with the subject he/she likes or by the sayings of elders/seniors. A large segment of people work for money. They study for jobs. Which ever field has more job opportunities has more students in it. But are all passionate to be in that field? At one point of time in ones life, one might feel that there is hardly any relation between the subject one studied to obtain his degree and the work one does. Each person discovers his/her passion at certain age. Some never discover at all. If it takes life time for a person to discover his passion, then when is that he enjoys working towards it? How does one describes his/her success? Is it through the money one earns? or the job one gets? or the passionate work that one does? I define success as doing a job of ones passion, no matter how much he earns. If you are working for 10 hours a day in a job where you are not interested in, the out come is only very meagre. But if you work in your passionate job, your outcome is amazing. You would marvel and excel in your field. Hence know your passion. But knowing ones passion is not vey easy. One might feel that he/she is capable of doing many things, but that does not mean that one is passionate about it. One needs to judge for oneself to know his/her real passions.
