With time, as we age(or step up in the ladder of qualifications), we stop looking at subjects or domains for their specialty and start assessing them based on the income they provide and how lucrative the jobs are.
Sure enough, it's a practical thought much needed to feed your family and fill your stomach, but don't let that entirely kill the curious child in you.

EARLY FASCINATION:
Growing up, I was fond of physics, especially astrophysics. Knowing about space, stars, galaxies, black holes, etc. Not only that, I also loved the fact that physics was behind everything we see and everything we do. 
                                   

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Day by day, that fascination kept increasing until I entered the competitive war zone, where physics was not more than just a subject to score to get into a better college.
Looking around me, a part of me felt like the subject was just being used as a tool rather than admiring it for its purpose in real life.

While I was trying to breathe in the concepts and facts, I observed some of my peers were swallowing the formulas and star-marked questions and somehow ended up much ahead of me on the weekly scoreboard. The joy of learning was overshadowed by the pressure to perform Everything in my high school became about marks and percentiles. About getting into better colleges and saving reputations. While some of them made it to their dream colleges, most of us didn't. Irrespective of the scores on the weekly scoreboard, we were all back again in the same boat. By the end of high school, I just remembered the 'star' in the star-marked questions, and space and time seemed too far away.

DEFAULT DEGREE:

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Fast forward to engineering life, I took up Electronics and Communications Engineering[ECE] because my rank permitted it. Because it is an 'evergreen branch' where you have the liberty "to choose jobs from both the hardware and software side" LOL. My fresh-out-of-the-high-school-brain barely knew what comprised the hardware/software domain but I jumped in nevertheless because I was assured that opportunities would be many by the end of the 4-years journey. And just like me, hundreds of others stepped in too, after carefully assessing the placement record of the college rather than assessing what was to be actually considered, SUBJECTS. I get it, one won't understand entirely about all the subjects overnight. But, my point here is,  a student should be taught to make decisions the right way, rather than flashing about placements and packages, they should be made well aware of the hard work and effort it takes in between to land a job in the first place. The right questions were all dismissed and we were told that we would figure it out over time. But sadly, it is going to be too late. It is funny how we reminisce and talk about our favorite subjects in school, but not much about colleges. Maybe because we cross the line of curiosity and enter into the world of acceptance.

I am not blaming the faculty or parents here, because their intentions are never wrong but it's just a suggestion from my end to expose young students to the right kind of things to base their decision to save their future and the future of good subjects.
Except for scientists and artists, the majority of the job holders, irrespective of the domain, have chosen the path for money or because they have been clueless. I get it, after a certain age, you don't have the luxury to choose with all the responsibilities coming in. Then why not make the right decision in the initial phase? A lot of my friends who have recently graduated from the ECE domain are going for banking and government exams. While some of them are interested in it, most of them are going for it for the sake of getting a job. Though it is not something wrong, what was the point of studying circuits and connections all these years?

A Small Suggestion:
I suggest this to all the students who have the privilege and support and those who are rich with time, to explore every domain out there and make decisions based on what piques their interest rather than going after income in the initial stage when you don't have to feed a family or look after your kids. Because even if the jobs might shrink, the demand for a subject/skill never fades and it is that very skill that is going to land you in a safe place.

Don't look at the domains as another mere topic, rather focus on the wonders it does around you. Get fascinated by it and then jump in.

                       

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Conclusion:
If you have reached this far, thanks a lot for reading my blog :)
p.s. This is entirely my opinion and not everyone might relate with it. I do not mean to offend anyone and my opinions are based on observing the majority of people my age and myself.
I agree that as we grow up, we come closer to reality but that doesn't necessarily have to wipe out the magical warmth that we used to feel while knowing a fact or studying our favorite subject. (Doesn't necessarily have to be physics). Nothing is easy but it doesn't have to be monotonous either.

Thank You :))
~A. RASHMI BHAVANI