Ask HN: Is computer science the right career option in India?
I really am very passionate about cs and i do watch a lot of cs content for fun like primagen theo etc. and i am thinking of really coding projects now instead of watching them however i dont know mern stack or js for that matter and am just very barely with python , i am more proficient in this language called arturo and golang , arturo is a really small language though and golang is mostly cli focused and i kind of believe that creating websites is a no brainer because websites can act as bootstrapped side projects for most part however i dont have expertise in webdev except maybe fiddling with sveltekit and using it with ai to create a proposal website for my crush , i use archlinux + hyprland etc. and i am kind of a privacy advocate but i am very young and i would love the advice of some entreprenuers or people who are doing a cs degree or people who are working in cs since in my country (india) cs has become this trend and from what i have observed the last trend in india was of civil engineering which lead to a lot of unemployment.
i know pessimism always sound better than optimism but still, i feel like wanting to create website or cli stuff and will create these no matter if i pick cs or any other option simply as side hustle but then i go into the world of scalibility like turso db , redis , cockroachdb etc, and rust and aws and my mind starts hurting a bit.
i dont know guys , how i can summarize this but i am genuinely confused if cs is the right career option , but from what i am seeing as a trend , every country is going towards the service model and cs is basically peak service industry , people also say to me to do what i like as a job but i dont actually know , since i dont know how an economist job or lawyer job works however in cs , i can usually code a bit and see . I like economics and money and law stuff as well although i have recently started focusing a bit too much in cs because of creating websites and stuff , i would really love to get some suggestions from you guys regarding overcompetition since in india , you would have to clear the jee exam for getting into a decent uni cs degree but its really tough and i kind of am not that passionate towards phy, chem than i am towards cs , i really hope i can get answers since i feel very confused and feel like i am just a loser sometimes.