Back to school

As the new Academic Year dawns on us, the average student is likely to suffer from, among others: college tuition, textbooks, term papers, team work gone awry, and tensions with the loved ones.

Yet, if you read this entry, dear student, you have no reason to despair. Take a look here, for instance, at the job and salary prospects of new graduates, by major. Not too bad, right?

What strikes with these numbers, is how knowledge about information systems and technology is a common factor among many of the highest paid majors. This does not mean that everybody should magically turn into a computer scientist, but rather that having a strong foundation in IT, IS, and MIS remains a key competitive advantage to new graduates.

Now, if you are already a graduate student and need a bit of motivation, you will find it here.