Sometimes I wonder what will happen in the future. Doctors, doctors and doctors. We have become addicted to the medical profession. When asked to explain this addiction, we abruptly reply, “It’s a noble profession.” I never deny the fact that the medical profession is a noble one. In fact, it is the noblest of all. But can we live in a society where everyone is a doctor? Does the work of a doctor really promise a happy life? Isn’t there a better profession? These are questions we must answer.

There was a time when parents’ dream vocations for their children were civil service, engineering, and medicine. Eventually, the brood went into journalism, art, business, or sales. Today, parents and children alike aspire to a place in the IT sun. Information technology or IT today encompasses all aspects of life, whether at home or in the workplace. IT affects the way we study, work, entertain, manage relationships, in other words, it affects the way we live our lives. What started as a small network for the Pentagon and American universities has become the binding force that has set the world free. The Internet has truly freed the individual from the shackles of old economy tools like the office, the boss, the paperwork, etc. Isn’t this culture beautiful? Doesn’t it promise a challenging career? Don’t we end up on nice scales for lifetime income, job satisfaction, social status, personal happiness? By exercising this profession, can we not contribute some good to our society? Can we contribute just by becoming doctors?

Our dear parents, when they retired from their jobs, they had a large bank balance that grew over the years in their provident fund and tip accounts. They put in about 30-40 years of service for the government or the companies they worked for. The older generation took on jobs for life. Their growth in the organization often depended on factors other than their own performance, and there was little they could do about it. With the growth of business and opportunities, the need for skilled labor has increased. Change in the workplace has never been faster. The concept of ‘long term’ is history. It is said that we will no longer have careers but a string of jobs. After BPOs and KPOs, there are PPOs or person-to-person outsourcing. All this has reduced the world and swept away geographical borders to make it a huge market. Where are we Kashmiris in this market? If we continue to yearn only for medical attention, we will not get anywhere. What we need is a change, a change that could eliminate all this madness and fuss over the medical profession. Like the traditional ones, the new options can ensure a decent career and a comfortable life for our youth. It’s a shame that our so-called elite institutes have good teachers but no career counselors who are an integral part of a student’s life. My advice to all my fellow students is to get rid of the hypocrisy of disparaging education as a noble profession and instead treating it as a commercial enterprise. Education is no longer considered a social or charitable service. Let’s be frank. Merely having doctors in the state will not help in any way. Other options are open to us. What we need is magnanimity and vision of the future.

If the 1980s and 1990s were the era of doctors and engineers, the 21st century belongs to the professionals of the new age. Consultants agree that the new wave is thundering in the direction of the desire for new careers, an endless desire that continues to grow year after year. It is a pity that our people lack this desire. For them, working in a private organization is a shame and a government. work is a matter of pride and happiness. When will we get out of this illusion? The glaring reality is that private institutions have played an important role in higher education. About 75% of the growth in education has been in the private sector, as the government has literally abandoned its responsibility. We have just seen a glimmer of privatization in our state in the form of a few telecommunications service providers. Microsoft Windows opened the doors for the common man to access the vast amount of information contained in the Internet and use it for commercial gain. Microsoft office Internet Explorer that brought information a click away for the student or the housewife, who could take advantage of the Internet to learn or earn. Despite having access to a sea of ​​information, we are complacent with little knowledge of the little things we possess. Some of us don’t even bother to look beyond the fields of medicine and engineering. Have parents ever bothered to look for new career options for their children? Times have changed, but his craze for medicine hasn’t. They want doctors, doctors and doctors. Young people in the 1980s were in politics and in no hurry to start making money. A parent funding a guardianship of 26-30 year olds pursuing a law degree or aspiring to become a civil servant was the norm. The civil service is not so charming now; young people start earning money at the age of 20 or 22 and sometimes self-finance their higher education. For others, there are new models of cell phones or bicycles to choose from and buy. These high net worth kids have fueled the growth of home appliances and thus are also fueling the digital revolution.

There are so many other emerging courses like nanotechnology and biotechnology. With India emerging as the global hub for pharmacy and becoming a recognized name in the distillery and dairy sectors, the demand for individuals qualified in industry-specific courses such as herbal microbial studies and fermentation technology is growing. New careers are emerging in aviation, both in the air and on the ground. The field of electronics is expanding like never before. Today, we have come to rely more and more on gadgets at home or at work. It’s hard to imagine a life without a cell phone, a computer, a digital camera, and an iPod. Another big draw is the hospital management sector, as many are emerging in the private sector and not in the traditional government system. With the proliferation of television channels, the demand for mass communication has experienced an upturn. Over the past decade or so, media studies and mass communication studies have moved from being a hobby or part-time course to becoming a full-time, career-oriented one.

The idea of ​​a noble profession is good, but seeing a well-qualified doctor protesting in the enclave of the press is not so good. Making a career requires not only hard work, but also extensive planning and advice. It does not mean killing your wishes to fulfill your parents. We are the only beings on the planet who lead inner lives so rich that it is not the events that matter to us, but how we interpret those events that will determine how we think about ourselves and how we act in the future. One of the things that makes us so special is our wonderful ability to adapt, transform, manipulate objects or ideas to produce something more enjoyable and useful. The problem is that most of us base our decisions about what to do on what is going to cause pain or pleasure in the short term rather than the long term. To be successful in the real sense, we need to break through the wall of short-term pain in order to gain long-term pleasure. Our youth have tremendous potential that needs to be diverted in the right direction. Let them freely pursue their interests.