As a student of information technology, you are about to enter what is arguably the best career field for the millennium. The Internet and e-commerce are driving business strategies in virtually all industries, creating enormous job growth and new career opportunities. The demand for skilled professionals in traditional technology jobs continues at record-high levels, with no sign of slowing. Salaries for technologists have skyrocketed in recent years to among the highest in the workforce, and they jumped by double digits this year again. IT employers will now do previously unheard-of things to attract you and keep you.
Life is indeed good for the IT worker.
In the articles that follow, we help you start your IT job search by separating the reality from the hype. We look at which jobs are in highest demand, which companies are aggressively looking for workers, what you ll be paid and which technologies and projects you ll get to work on. For those who yearn to be their own CEO, there s a special series of articles profiling technology students who did just that launched their own start-ups. We offer advice on how you can start a company while still in college or as a new grad. We reveal how you can turn a great idea into a great company, how to get funded and staffed and which technology tools you ll need.