India and a degree in Engineering.
It's a good ol’ saying in millennial India, if you don’t know what to do with your life, try engineering. You’ll figure it out.
Laughable for some people, but it has indeed worked well. Needless to say, the quality of engineering graduates has decreased, according to a survey, around 80 % of Indian engineers are unemployable.
While, some may say that in India, engineering has become the new basic graduation.
In one of his bits, Indian Standup comedian Virdas said,
Whenever somebody says, “Indian people, so smart,” all we can do is just, “Namaste,” and, “Yes.” “Okay.” Because we all know the reality, right? In reality, 20% of India is smart. Eighty percent of India is so stupid, we don’t even give them a passport. Eighty percent of India is just Being Human t-shirts and Gaurakshaks, all right? That’s basically India. No, in reality, 20% of India is smart, but it’s a population game, so we get away with it. Because 20% of India is 98% of most countries. So, statistically, Indians are not smarter. There are just more smart Indians. And if you’re taking time with that joke… …you’re in the 80%. And for the world to progress, you need to go.
I would love to nerd out here by explaining the institutionalized tendencies that run in the minds of Indian parents who prefer their wards to opt for a technical field for graduation, relating it as a benchmark for social respect and financial gain, which might have been true for a time period decades before but this stigma still is prevelant.
This is definitely stagnating the talent pool of the country, the same reason why we have the largest employable population but no practical use for it.
Signing Off
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