I see that we produce a lot of engineers thru our institutions which churn out in large numbers. I have interacted with quite a few of them. Most often chose their subject of interest not by choice but by default - CET chooses the subjects for them based on their marks. One should seriously think as to why CET should choose it and what is the crieteria for CEt to decide the options based on rankings starting from Comp Science, IS, IT, Telecom, Mechanical, etc., in that order.
One should decide their area of interest by their passion. As there is a huge demand for software engineers, most end up as code writers at the fancy software companies. At the begining of one's career as an engineer, I strongly feel that one should concentrate on the core engineering fundamentals rather getting into code writing straight away. The obvious factor is the high initial compensation offered. But look at the long run, and pure code writers with out a domain expertise is not of much value. One should start with a basic domain experience and then switch to software.
Quite a few engineers from real engineering companies leave to join software companies to become glorified catalogue writers and engineering documentation writers.
Off late, I do see a good trend at people preferring more and more core engineering subjects which is a good trend. Most people do not even know the complete bandwidth of their subjects and its applicability.
Good Luck and let us correct wrong education trends
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