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A startup founder may be taking home more money, but he still can't charge anything for a hearing.
I'm kidding, of course. Stating because of Poe's Law.
As you grow into your profession, you start getting into more senior roles. You start earning royalties from patents. And so on
May be you can manage CSE or IT related subjects. But if math is tough for you, engineering won't be easy.
Law is good but it's vastly different. Anyone can study law and do well in it. But the money is only in tier 1 law firms and the life there is something you need to consider if you're up for it.
There's no guarantee your drop year will lead to a Tier 1 NLU. Think well and decide what you really want. Rest is noise.
The only positive about engineering is that work life balance would be better than lawyers but in terms of pay, there is no competition.
A decent engineer earns as much as a good lawyer, or even more. A decade down the line, if engineers keep upskilling, they're likely to earn much more than law firm partners.
A mediocre engineer has more prospects of growth than a mediocre lawyer.
I have told this, now you can decide.
I believe I will be able to do really good in both CLAT and law college but it's my parents who don't want me to get into this field and I understand the reason they don't want me to. And this whole law v/s engineering thing has been gnawing up my mind like crazy since past few days. After applying all the factors, I don't know what to decide and the decision isn't easy for my whole career depends on it.
But the thing is that my parents don't want me to take this entrance test this year. Even there problem I can understand, but yeah.
B.TECH LL.B !
Lawyers are shit
Now coming to the opinion, do Law. It's a noble profession, very interesting and matches the vibe of subjects you are interested in.
Now, until a few days ago, I had no idea that an exam called CLAT exists. I actually stumbled upon it out of coincidence and decided to give last year's question paper to test myself and when I did, I found out that I've scored 90+ marks in it.
Including that, I also find law as a subject quite interesting even though I've no idea about it and I don't know if they will be a part of the curriculum or not, but I'm heavily interested in subjects like History and Philosophy too. And, I believe if I work hard, I will be able to get a tier-1 NLU along with getting a good job as a corporate lawyer by the completion of the degree.
But the problem is, that if do B.Tech, I will receive my degree and most probably a job too(a low paying-one) in 4 years. But, if I go with BA.LLB, it will take 1 year drop+ 5 year college= 6 years. My family's financial situation is also pretty bad and I desperately do need to earn as soon as I can to pay off debts.
So( and TL;DR), which one is a better option- Taking CSE in a tier-3 engineering college or
Taking a drop to prepare for CLAT and getting into a tier-1 NLU ?