In this world, it pays to be specialised. Through my observations, a person would earn more when he/she is very specialised in his/her role. Society pays for someone who has in depth knowledge in his/her experise, because the supply is scarce and it fulfils a certain need in the society. For example, the society needs a heart surgeon to carry out heart surgeries for patients. No one would want a General Practitioner (GP) to do it. The GP also has some knowledge about the heart, but the depth of knowledge is not sufficient to solve the problems of the heart patients which the heart surgeon can. And because of this specialty, he/she gets paid more. In fact, several times more. It pays to specialise.

In university, I have been exposed to the concept of broad-based learning. As we anchored on our core subjects, we are supposed to learn a little ...