Through a modern tech student's eyes

Moving on, working in technology once you get past the interviews is very enjoyable. Although exceptions occur, I have found most tech people to be very down-to-earth and friendly. Dress codes are also more lax in most IT departments. Another major pro is flexibility, almost every company I've talked to or worked for in technology has the philosophy that you can come in and leave whenever you want, just get your work done. As I found later summer, this meant I would work between 35 and 50 hours on average.

Also, if you like technology, then you will find the things you work with very exciting. I was overwhelmed with the number of new things I was exposed to last summer at eTapestry. It's absolutely incredible the effects technology is having on the business world!

The last thing I'd like to touch on is the outsourcing dilemma. I'm simply not buying into it. Yes, jobs are and have been shipped across oceans. However, take a look at Monster or HotJobs, you will find thousands of jobs for information technology and software engineering spread across the country (not just Silicon Valley). We're coming out of the dot come bust, and jobs are plentiful. Search Google and you'll find that computer science enrollment is also still down across the country. Less tech grads and more jobs equals a much brighter future for people in my field!