Buddy Talks

  A career as a Lawyer has been widely known and followed in India for decades now. However so far, while  thinking about  this career option the students and parents largely perceived it as a profession involving independent practice as a Lawyer that exposes the person to people in conflict, uncertain financial prospects , not so attractive workplaces ( excepting few like high court or  supreme court) The Portrayal of a lawyer in various movies certainly added fuel to this perception while keeping the profession well known.  Secondly a considerable number of people taking up law education after their graduation in streams like commerce and arts and then not pursuing a profession in Law has  further confused the upcoming generations about the career prospects.  However as we progressed on the industrial and corporate fronts and as the social and environmental awareness increased,  multiple career options have opened up in the field of Law an...

  While the  education level in our country has improved a lot over the last few decades, we still see people being ignorant or biased when it comes to  making a rational and appropriate career choice for themselves or for their children.   We as a community love to play safe and  ride the wave or trends in society . Career still  means a good and stable and most importantly immediate  job after degree  to a larger section of the society.  Quite often career decisions are made looking at what is perceived as good generally in the society in the prevailing time. Just like computer science - AI is in trend currently .  Sometimes it's the example of some relative or friend that is considered to be attractive. and sometimes its just a choice made randomly out of some immediate interest or  pressure.  Majority of people land  up in a wrong career only to realize it too late and for many, the career gets limited to just...