Can cook ? Go to UK

If any of you are in a position to provide Career Guidance to young aspiring citizens of our country, you can ask them to forget computers, but go straight to the kitchen. Here is a news item to bolster your case:

Indian chefs will be allowed to work in Britain's multi-million pound Indian restaurant industry but the IT workers from that country are no longer required in London, a key government committee on immigration said on Tuesday.

The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) of the Home Office revised its list of occupations and skills that are in short supply in UK, which enables employers to recruit skilled workers from India and other countries outside the European Union.

The revised list includes skilled chefs, secondary school teachers of Maths and Sciences, consultants and senior specialist nurses, some engineering occupations, including civil and chemical engineers.

When we were young (oh man, that was long time ago !), my mother will shout at me - if I did not perform well in any exam, "Go, you are just good for tending the cattle - மாடு மேய்க்கத் தான் லாயக்கு!" And, my sister used to be told, "You are good for just cooking!"
Things have changed so much and have proved my mother wrong. 'Just Cooking' is one of the most promising career options - not only for girls, but for men especially. And, for tending the cattle, I always feel that it is one of the best jobs in the world. But, we don't get paid that well there ...