
Originally Posted by
jut703
Our contention has always been that at 12 years old, the kid doesn't really know with finality what course he'd like to take in college, much less what career path he'd like to pursue after graduation.
Of course, DOST will have none of it. They train us to be adept at math and science and expect us to serve the country through those means. From what I noticed though, even my batchmates who are really passionate about the sciences end up with different careers because there's just no way to make a decent living working for the DOST or the academe as a researcher/prof.
Case in point, one of my close friends who was a Physics major in college (graduated Magna Cum Laude at DLSU), then also took his MS there, recently had to forgo his PhD studies since he had to find work to support his 2 younger siblings who're still studying. Hence, he ended up in the corporate world as well.