a financial consultant becomes a full-time masseur

...and there are more such quaint job switches in contemporary metro India. One no longer needs to become an accountant, engineer or doctor (failing all that, an MBA) in the new India. Or so it seems from this article. Outlook might be repeating the old trick (or is it just a mistake that the mag keeps making?) of jumping to the general from a few specific instances. But it is certainly not imagining things. Some of these jobs are certainly out there (yes, as Raymond says in ELR, "out there") in the market. I know for instance that accent training is a booming business serving those aspiring to become call centre experts. One of the less appreciated aspects of life in a developed country is the fact that career choices are not limited. In other words, parents need not fix blinkers to kids' eyes fearing a lack of jobs. It is not a big deal if you do not top your class or enter a prestigious engineering or medical college (hahaha, sour grapes from yours truly).

If there is one positive repurcussion that I welcome, it is that there would be less emphasis on formal education going forward. Of course it is important to go to a good school, college or university, but there would be less pressure to "get it right" every time!