Entrepreneurship, anyone?

Let’s get straight to the point. If you are an engineer, what are the options available to you? 1) a software job, 2) further studies (MBA, M.Tech, MS), or if you get lucky 3) a technical job in your field of engineering.
But wait, here’s a fourth option, entrepreneurship. Sure there are many of us engineers who want to be entrepreneurs later in our lives (after 5-10 years or so), but on second thought, why that timeframe? It is hard to figure out what kind of a job will teach you the nuances of entrepreneurship (in 5-10 years that is). Also, money is a factor, but thinking that you will be able to save up enough money in your pre-entrepreneurship job also makes little sense.
So, if you do want to be an entrepreneur, what is the harm in starting off as soon as you complete your education? Also, out of many people who decide they will become entrepreneurs later in their lives, might never end up realizing their dream of doing so (various factors involved). Having said all that, I am myself taking up a job when I wish to become an entrepreneur, so I am being a hypocrite in this case…but…you get the point, right?

and yes..Wishing everyone a very happy 2006