This is why you're going into technical careers!

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The tech industry is pretty impressive right now. Even with the recession we're in, there are tons of jobs being created. I work in a mid-sized financial company, and our IT department has doubled or tripled in size, software engineering has also grown quite a bit (thought not quite as much, due to outsourcing), our web development team has gone from me to 4 people, the marketing department (mostly online advertising) has doubled in size.. and that's all in the past year (not even including our interns). While the starting base pay not be the best, the growth potential is amazing since we're doubling the size of the office, most manager positions are filled by the current employees. Bonuses are great, full medical, 401k, and other perks (discounted gym membership, 30% off many broadway shows, etc).

My recommendation if you want a good job out of college (and prepared to work LONG hours) is to check out the INC 500 list put out by INC magazine of the 500 fastest growing private companies in the US. The company I work for was #60 on that list.. and it's mind-blowing that we're able to keep up.