2 My favorite major , Four years later “ Tian hang ”

source ： Deep burning （ID：shenrancaijing） author ： Wanqi edit ： Li Qiuhan

This year's college entrance examination scores a point , Zhou Yan's parents began to be unhappy . Zhou Yan's score is only higher than that of the second batch of undergraduate courses 40 branch , It is impossible to copy the development path of the eldest son in the family ： Admitted to Beijing University of Technology , Apply for the popular computer major , Graduate and go to a well paid state-owned enterprise , I also got my Beijing hukou . 

“ Go to a second College , Choose another popular professional remedy ”, Zhou Yan comforted his family like this . But actually , He doesn't know what popular majors are . What we can do now , Is holding a thick 《 College entrance examination volunteer filling guide manual 》 Research , Then look at the popular professional recommendations on the Internet . 

Why does everyone aim at popular majors ？ 

According to the Ministry of Education ,2022 The number of applicants for the national college entrance examination in 1193 ten thousand , More than last year 115 ten thousand , After resuming the college entrance examination , The year with the largest number of applicants . Filling in volunteers is also an invisible competition . Candidates and parents dare not neglect , After all, to some extent , Profession determines industry , The industry decides the salary . 

Popular majors do have advantages in employment . City data shows ,2021 Year to 2022 Of all recruitment positions in , When there is a clear need for a certain specialty , There will be a premium on wages . among , Major in aerospace 、 Dental medicine and mathematics rank top three , The wage premium is 10% above . And in the bottom ten , Chinese medicine 、 Food science and engineering 、 Journalism and communication 、 Public management and other majors , Wages appear “ Negative premium ”, achieve 15% above . This makes many students and parents choose their majors , Favor popular majors . 

In order to apply for a popular major , It also gave birth to an industrial chain that filled in volunteers . In the near future , Common questions on major social platforms are ： My child passed the college entrance examination this year 600 Multipoint , I hope you can give us some advice , What major should I choose ？ 

But choose a popular major , Does it mean that the future job search road is smooth ？ 

Among the hot professional graduates contacted by Shenzhen University , Some enter the University , I found that my major was different from what I imagined , Fall into pain and confusion ; Some of them went to the popular majors that chased them back in those days , After four years of college, I found that , Popular majors have cooled , become “ Tian hang ” major , I can't regret it ; Others filled in popular majors under pressure from their parents , To the university can only silently endure suffering , Instead, I didn't enjoy going to college . 

Apply for the popular major with one heart , It's like a gamble , Someone won the bet , But there are always losers . 

01

Finish the score , Start roll major  

When the college entrance examination score is a foregone conclusion , Choose a popular major , Regarded by many people as “ Remedy ” Second chance for future career development . 

Now? , In order to fill in the popular majors , Students and parents do not hesitate to pay for institutions that assist in filling in volunteers . According to the understanding of Shenzhen combustion Co., Ltd , Institutions charge as little as several hundred , Many tens of thousands of . Ten years ago , When such institutions have not yet sprung up on a large scale , Candidates are more likely to ask people around them , To choose a major . 

2013 year , When Yang Xiaoyong filled in his wish , Don't know how to choose a major , Parents don't understand , Only ask between relatives . Some people say that civil engineering is very popular , Just fill in . 

This major was really hot at that time . After the Millennium , The real estate industry is developing rapidly , Drive civil engineering in Colleges and universities 、 Architecture is hot . Yang Xiaoyong said ,2013 year , He heard that junior technicians can achieve 1.5 Ten thousand yuan -2 A monthly salary of 10000 yuan . 

Jiao Jiao graduated from a school in Shanghai 211 School , I majored in business administration , It depends on “ Inquire ” To the . 

That is 2011 year , After a year of repetition , She finally got 628 Points of , Far more than a line . My family attaches great importance to choosing a major , My father also specially called relatives in Shanghai , Let them in big cities give advice . Last , Comprehensive opinions , Her father gave her a hot report of the year , And it is considered to be a business administration major suitable for girls . 

The popularity of this major has lasted for several years . According to Baidu hot search 2022 College entrance examination big data ,2013 year 、2014 year 、2015 year , Business administration majors are among the popular majors TOP5 in . 

Some of them got into popular majors by chance . 

Wu you is from Shandong, a big province in the college entrance examination ,2011 Take part in the college entrance examination , Nearly passed the exam 600 branch . When filling in majors , My family doesn't understand , The teacher can't take care of every student , She can only fill in by feeling , I think economics majors deal with money , Future employment should not be bad , So the majors filled in are related to the financial industry , Finally, I was admitted to the major of finance . 

Cheng Cheng is currently studying second , I'm going to graduate soon . He still remembers , When filling in the application form , Talk to your family about wanting to learn management , I hope to become a management in the future . however , When you really fill in your volunteer , I still think this idea is unrealistic , Did not dare to write up . 

Look at the volunteer manual , He applied for mechanical automation, which was popular in engineering at that time 、 Electronic communications 、 Digital lathe major , Finally, he was admitted to the surveying and mapping major behind the third volunteer .“ I was very impressed at that time , One week after the military training , The whole hospital has a meeting , The Dean spoke on the stage , Our major ranks second in the country ”, He said , After admission , It seems good to know your major , To be at ease . 

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Read a popular major , It's not easy  

The candidates made this decision in a short time after the college entrance examination , It may affect their next path . 

Those who have read popular majors , Some will study hard , Feel sorry for . 

After entering university , Wu you said , Although the number of business three , Compared with number two 、 Count one , It's much simpler , But my math is not good , Calculus is hard to learn . She found that , Every final exam , Students with a good foundation in Mathematics , You don't have to study hard , Can successfully pass the exam , But I have to prepare two months in advance , Can pass . 

Cheng Cheng has a similar experience . He said ,“ From freshman to sophomore, last semester , Classes are full every day of the week , There may be only oneortwo classes a week , relatively speaking , Surveying and mapping is an interdisciplinary , The classes are miscellaneous , mathematics 、 Physics 、 Dynamics 、 You should learn everything related to computer , Knowledge points are still relatively difficult to understand ”. Sometimes he can't keep up with what the teacher said in class , I have to spend time digesting it myself in the evening , Keep doing homework exercises . 

Someone went to a popular major , I don't like it in my heart , College was very painful . 

Jiaojiao listened to her parents at that time , I chose business administration , She said , I didn't find out until I went to university , How annoying it is to study a major you don't like all day . Business Administration belongs to business , It's not difficult for her as a science student , But she doesn't like business operation and management . 

She likes watching Korean dramas , From junior high school , She often designs beautiful clothes for the heroine in the play . But she knows very well , I don't have any art foundation , It is impractical to apply for majors related to design , It's probably because of your own “ Capricious ”, Wasted the hard won high scores . therefore , When her father filled in the Business Administration for her , She has no objection . 

What made her feel a little lucky was , The ace major of the school is textile , She also likes to make friends with these professional people . During the period of university , She didn't have the courage to change her major , Not to mention showing your true thoughts to your parents .“ At that time, I hoped that the four-year university would end soon , Can work directly ”, She said . 

There are others. , After college , I found my major , Employment is not optimistic . 

for example , Civil engineering and architecture were once popular , Once popular . A Hupu netizen mentioned , own 2002 Year of enrollment , The whole country only 40 Schools have architecture majors , To 2007 At graduation in , The number of schools with architectural majors in China has reached 100 individual . In the following time , The number of graduates is gradually increasing . 

Yang Xiaoyong didn't realize it until his junior year in Civil Engineering , This major needs to work on the construction site in the future , The starting salary may be only a few thousand yuan . He said , Only a few senior brothers are still in the Design Institute , Or go to state-owned enterprises , Most of the students have changed careers or taken the postgraduate entrance examination . He had to find a way out for himself . 

He also realized later , Their hometown is located in the countryside of the central region , Information is relatively backward , In his 2013 Before and after filling in the volunteer , In fact, civil engineering and architecture have gone downhill , But the family has limited access to information , Also have no ability to make judgments , Still receiving information from several years ago , And take this as a reference to fill in a volunteer . 

On the eve of graduation , He didn't even go to his professional internship , Directly decide to take the postgraduate examination of computer major , In order to change the future career development . 

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Ten years of popular professional changes , Who caught the direction of the tide ？ 

Choose a popular major when applying for a volunteer , If the market is still hot when you graduate , There will indeed be certain advantages in employment . 

After graduation, , Wu you chose a job related to his major in finance . She came to Beijing , I went directly to a private placement company for internship , Later, I became a full-time employee smoothly . She recalls , In order to meet the company's strategy , I have been in contact with many positions , Have done direct selling 、 Marketing Planning 、 Marketing support, etc , Most of the positions are passively arranged . 

Fortunately, the return is good . In terms of salary , When she entered the profession , The starting salary is 1 ten thousand -1.5 ten thousand . Now working for four to five years , Higher income , You can get 50000 or 60000 yuan a month , The main source of income is performance compensation . She said , This is related to the development stage of the industry , The market is good when entering 、 The market is good , There will be some premium . 

Although I read a popular major , Many people also choose to change careers . 

After Jiaojiao graduated , Put aside business administration , I went directly to a FMCG clothing brand as a brand consultant . But the road of transformation is not smooth . 

Only then did she realize , This job seems to be close to my dream , In fact, it is very different from the clothing design I understand . She comes from a small city , She made fun of , Although I have lived in Shanghai for four years , But I don't understand “ fashion ”, Those costume designs that I drew in my student days are just playing , Wait until you really enter the industry , She found that she didn't even know the basic color knowledge and clothing style . 

After a year's work , She changed careers completely , To do sales in an import and export trading company .“ Now I don't like talking about dreams , How much money can you get every month ”, She said . 

actually , Many students and parents are interested in their majors 、 Employment planning is lack of awareness .“ Junior high school regards learning as all , The only goal is to get into a good university , After the test , Just want to learn what major , It's too late ”, Yang Xiaoyong sighed . 

Changes of the times , It is difficult for candidates and parents to have direct perception , It is also difficult for non professionals to accurately predict the future development of popular majors . 

The most direct example , According to Baidu hot search 2022 College entrance examination big data , Ten years , The popular majors in the college entrance examination have undergone earth shaking changes .2019 Year begins , Business administration that has been hot for many years 、 Marketing Management 、 Law and other humanities and social sciences majors , No longer in TOP5 The list of , Instead, artificial intelligence 、 Communication engineering 、 Big data technology, etc .2022 Popular majors in the college entrance examination TOP5, They are artificial intelligence 、 Big data technology 、 Mechanical engineering 、 Electrical engineering 、 Clinical medicine . 

Follow the tide , It's not a bad thing for individuals . 

From civil engineering to computer science , Yang Xiaoyong follows the change of employment demand , Change major , It also led to a smoother career path later . After graduation , He aimed at the Internet industry , although 2020 The year is approaching the end of the dividend in the Internet industry , But he knows that he has fallen behind in the undergraduate stage , I worked hard in graduate school , Pay more attention to competition and practice . At graduation , He successfully got to Dachang near 50 The high salary of ten thousand year package offer. 

“ Higher than the students who go to public institutions 3 times ”, Yang Xiaoyong said , When brushing his pulse, he also found , Compare with peers , The salary you get is also a high salary in big factories . 

It's just , Some majors are hot when filling in volunteers , But four years later, it's another time , This requires candidates to choose a major , Lengthen the timeline to see . And it's important to note that , If the employment direction of this major and your own interests 、 Personality does not match , Even after reading a popular major , Your career may not be smooth . This requires candidates to choose a major , Ask yourself more , What is suitable for 、 What do you like? . 

“ Students and teachers volunteer to fill in ” Founder Yang Fan said to shenran , When giving advice to candidates , They will support you to apply for popular majors , But it doesn't support everyone to register for the exam “ Categories: ” major .“ Now the hot computer 、 Artificial intelligence and other scientific and technological fields , It represents the development needs of the future society , But all of us went to report , There will be serious involution ,” He said , If candidates want to apply for these popular majors , He also suggested choosing specific minor majors in popular majors , For example, major in big data , It is a new major integrated by the former statistics major and computer technology , There is also room for development . 

“ Hot majors ” Superstition continues . 

On social media platforms , A blogger asked ： My son passed the college entrance examination this year 608 branch , Would like to give a comment , What major to choose ？ At the bottom of the post , Many people explain what is “ Tian hang ” major , Here's the conclusion ： Science majors are blindly selected as computer majors . 

Cheng Cheng said , Many senior brothers and sisters go to Internet companies for development , Rush to get money . When he first went to graduate school , Also want to go to the Internet industry , First accumulate some wealth . But after graduating this year, he found , Now Internet companies are mentioning “ Authors efficiency ”, Even Internet internships are hard to find ,“ I also found that I really don't like 996 The job of , Stay late every night , I can't sit still , I'm not suitable for this working environment ”. 

His job search mentality has now changed ： Rely on the system , If it doesn't work , Go to state-owned enterprises ; No longer aim at Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou , He plans to settle in Wuhan . 

Times change , Choosing a major is a new starting point , But the next way , I still have to go by myself . 

* The pictures in the title and the pictures in the text come from unsplash. Respondent's request , Wu you 、 Zhou Yan 、 Jiao Jiao 、 Yang Xiaoyong 、 Cheng Cheng is an alias .