I went to uni in 2004 and always had a crush for civil engineering. A few days before signing up my dad told me: I feel construction is stalling, I think you should go for Electrical Engineering. Best advice ever. By the time I finished construction was indeed dead and there were too many programming jobs.
Similarly to other users here from Europe, in 2010 the market was actually starting to take off. My dad was such a visionary... or I just had a total lack of it!
I graduated Electronic Eng in the UK in 1998, my best friend did Civil. I went into computers, he could only find low paid jobs in the UK so went to Hong Kong where construction was booming and now owns a significant part of a multimillion dollar company with hundreds of employees. I haven't really followed the money at all, so I'm not too sad.
Similarly to other users here from Europe, in 2010 the market was actually starting to take off. My dad was such a visionary... or I just had a total lack of it!