Hi, bro, i was in ur shoes too, once. IF Econs is truly your passion, go for it. Why i say so is because to succeed in life, you must really do what you desire most, its something like i deprive you off seeing ur gf for 2 months, you will feel like dying, tht kind of feeling. lol. I felt that bad comments SHOULD not deter you from pursuing your passion. Look around you, there are many successful entrepreneurs whom are Econs graduate. You have to look beyond yuself in future if you want to aim for success. SP Setia's cheiftain Tan Sri Liew is an economist frm UM, Tan Sri Zeti, our governor of cetral bank is also an economist.

What i do think that, dont just think bout money prospects when choosing a degree course of choice, look beyond that, see through your passion. People says Engineering, Sciences like Medical, Dentist are awesome jobs, why are they still mediocre people and excellent achievers in these fields? Passion does the answering for that question above.

By the way, when a job is deemed to be the "hotshot" job, it will probably reach its maximum boom within years, even before you have graduated, by the time you have graduated, its a different story. Look at IT in the Y2K boom. More recently, look at what happen to the investment banking industry in New York, particularly Wall street.