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25-04-04, 10:17 PM
Within this post,you have talked about qualification, guardiance and the individualist society as part of the reasons in explaining the decision for many young black people, especially of African descent to divert away from such profession as Doctor, Engineer, Nurse, teacher...
I think the underline reason why many young people choose IT and business is because of 'money'. Most Africans think like entrepreneur, taking the opportunity of the industrial demand, in such profession as IT, because of the enormous income that can be obtain in such professions in such a short period. However at this moment the IT employment market as been saturated by increasing number of IT training agency establish to meet the late demands of the 1990s and early century. But if the number of people are not into IT, then the next emerging industry that as high demand and a nice healthy wage package, will see the influx of young candidates interested in being employed that particular sector. i.e. plumbing...
A common factor getting into an high demand industrial is the ease to enter the industry. When there is a high demand in particular sector the typical prejudice or racial barriers and lack of experience that are mainly obvious or required with other professions are made relax, making entry less difficult and more attractive to most young people who with other professions may lacked the experience or just simply find it difficult to progress up the career ladder because of their age, color… discrimination.
Business, majority of people have aspiration to work for themselves. I know the possibility of owning my own business is certainly a motivation behind my studies and enthusiasm to learn. But at the same time, the opportunity to create your own business is becoming easier, with business advises and resources available to anyone who is interested. So with those free advise to bring ideas into reality taking away day-to-day pressure of some racist white dude, whose qualification is his color compared to your master degree will certainly propel you to start-up your own business.
My conclusion is thequick and fast incomethat can be gained within the IT or high industrial demand sectors are the reason for most people getting into this professions. Other reasons are subjected to personal preference...
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