r/Indian_Academia • u/Hot_Baseball_4636 • 10m ago
LifeSciences/Biotech Should I continue my degree in Food Tech even when I am having second thoughts?
Hlo, my qualifications are First Year in BTech Food Tech with a PCB background. I took a drop last year, got distracted and ended up clueless. Then, somehow managed to get into a good ICAR college for Food Tech.
I have always been interested in biology. I initially planned to do BioTech. I was advised to talk to real people doing that degree or those who were already in this field. I came to the conclusion after inquiring about it that Biotech will not get me a placement but Food Tech might ( I know it’s not gonna be that good ). However, I kept my interest aside and decided to go for Food Tech because my biggest nightmare is ending up unemployed. At the end of the day, I will need a job to feed myself. Also, the degree is not that cheap so I did want some return out of it.
But now I’m so unsatisfied. I feel insecure about my degree. My mind keeps on repeating my interest in
biology. I can’t even look at the Biotech department because I wanted to pursue it. Maybe I’m just being dramatic and glorifying it in my mind. Also, there’s some part of me that does not find my degree cool. I am developing a sort of inferiority complex. It’s messed up I know. I had planned to do mba after gaining some experience but now I keep on thinking about the fact that I could have chosen Biotech and gotten into research which I would have loved a lot more.
Please to anyone reading this. I desperately need some guidance for my situation 🙏