Information Technology is the most lucrative and popular sector in India since its very beginning. Almost every student is directed to pursue a career in the same. One can start his/her career in IT during their early schooling from classes 11th and 12th by taking Computer Science as a subject. Though it is a completely different subject to study as compared to the traditional subjects in Indian Schooling System, one may enjoy a lot studying about computer software, hardware and programming. 

After that, they may pursue it further on college level B.tech and M.tech in Computer Science engineering and Information Technology.  After completing education till here there are various career options available to choose 

Even if an IT engineer does not have a job, he need not be disheartened because there are various things to figure out on his own-

• He can choose a field of his own choice and specialize in the same. Although he may have studied a lot but there are certain things which are present in our personality or which may develop over the time. He may choose to work in that direction.
• He may become a 'job-creator' rather than 'job-seeker'. Which means he can develop his own business/program/startup and become an entrepreneur. There are many people who started their startups off as a very small ideas and later on turned to be giant setups.  One can make a list of such successful people and firms, and start learning as early as possible (See:   https://www.inc.com/larry-kim/11-most-famous-entrepreneurs-of-all-time-and-what-made-them-wildly-rich.html )
• For investing in oneself, a person must know how and where to invest the right amount of money.  Financial knowledge is a must for every new startup; making budget, shares and equities, distributing funds, etc. are some of the very important things which need to be kept in mind. 

After he has gone through all this :

• He may make a list of things required and the area of his startup.
• He may involve his coworkers/friends or family members as his partner in the company.
• To run a business one must have a sound knowledge and, business and technical acumen.