Why engineers are dissatisfied?

     As most of us know engineering background comprises of diverse branches like civil, mechanical, metallurgy,bio-technology, electrical, electronics, communications, Instrumentation, computers etc. Are we really thinking twice before choosing a specialized branch? If we are choosing a branch because it has good boom or because of its availability, then we are landing up in soup. Every human has an innate talent in one or more of the engineering areas. Say at the age of 17, we are not matured enough to decide the branch. Our parents, relatives , concerns gather all the information about the courses and they will narrow in on a course that possess good value in the market . There is nothing wrong in what they are doing. But, whether we are satisfied with the course or not will be known only at the end of 4 years of graduation. We can work hard , do our best, get a good percentage throughout the course. But, are we interested to further our career in the same course. It is a trillion dollar question.

     Thanks to the software industry which has provided enormous employment opportunities to all of us. There are many non computer engineers who have chosen software field due to an easy entry into the job, or not getting enough opportunities in their respective engineering backgrounds or disliking their field of graduation. Some of them are really performing well in their current job where as some are not. In the list of  dissatisfied employees, some are quitting the company and pursuing  higher studies in their country or abroad and some are again trying to get a job into core engineering backgrounds and some are befuddled what to do as they show hatred towards not only current field of job but also towards their field of engineering. I, myself an electrical engineer and am one of these confused lots. If we explore to know what is the root cause of it, then lets go to our post 12th standard.

     There should be some regulation in our education norms in choosing engineering backgrounds. There should be an exam or an interview to extract each student’s talents or skills in respective engineering courses. This exam should not be similar to the other entrance exams. It should  test the skills, interests, aspirations that are hidden inside a student’s brain. Based on which he/she should be assigned that course. This not only makes the student excel in his graduation but also makes him choose correct and stable career. This will in turn increase students’ interest towards research and get patents which in turn improves our country’s health and wealth. Therefore, our education system needs to undergo sea changes in order to extract best out of a person.

     This problem is not existing in the engineering alone, but in all the other fields too.