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I hope you're right...

It could go either way. You're right in that technology is continuing to be more relevant than ever, but the problem is that so many people are still into it that the number of qualified people is currently *way* higher than the number of available jobs.

I should mention that I live in the Bay Area, so perhaps I have a skewed perspective of this, but at least right now, every time a job goes up, the competition for it is insane. You still see people will Master's degrees in some kind of engineering applying for jobs they're way overqualified for. With an available labor pool like that, there'll have to be an awful lot of jobs popping up over the next few years to balance it out.

Part of the problem, as always, is that the new things are, as you pointed out, ahead of the school curve. Colleges usually take about 10 years to properly implement classes in a significant new technology... But the new technologies on the horizon are so advanced that they'll still require advanced degrees. Rare is the job in bioengineering, nanotechnology, or quantum physics R&D which doesn't require a Master's or PhD. Self-taught people are not likely to make it into those fields without the accompanying degrees.

Ultimately, you really have to be a bit of a generalist. A person who knows *only* technology or *only* business is going to have a harder time than someone who's educated in both. Even if self-learning is the way to go, having a degree helps, and that still leaves open the question of what's the right major to select (unless you double-major in college).

Posted by: LateBlt   Posted on: 07/15/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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