A college degree in technology could actually be obsolete not long after the student has just graduated and entered the work force in some possible cases which is too many years and much money for them to wager comfortably. However the initial starting salary is incredibly attractive and it is true this choice of career has been touted as being recession-proof by many experts.

A degree in technology is according to the department of labor's predictions for the near future an excellent choice for basing a career. While such prediction may be true what is not told to the budding students is their future while perhaps appearing very promising at this point in time because it has a high starting salary and does have a large demand for those fresh out of college is that there are some bumps in the road that lay ahead which they may not be aware. Such as the reason they are so in demand now is they will not be later.

The true fact of the matter is an ironic one. This area of expertise moves so fast that often times the students know as much or more than do the professors which might lend belief that the course would then be a piece of cake to pass but imagine spending an entire year learning how to crawl when the desire is to be able to run and you already know how to jog. That may sound ridiculous but it is a perfect example of the situation many students in the technology field are facing today. It is very hard to be lectured by someone who knows less than you and that is teaching outdated information that will never be useful by the time that student enters the real working world. Perhaps more ironic is that the students know it, all but the most stubborn of professors will freely admit it is true but nobody knows what to do about the situation?

What is the answer then? In the case of those seeking a degree in technology it is not an easy one. The degree must be earned and owned yet it is a very possible reality that it will be worth less in five years than it was when first awarded. This has been plenty incentive for bright minds to choose other areas of higher learning which are not as likely to suddenly one day be worth little or nothing in the way of a real world job.

Some employers are so in need of quality employees at this point in time that they are addressing the problem by promising to send their recruits back to school when necessary to keep them up top date as a means of job security which is of course encouraging but the bottom line is that the technology of today may be as in demand tomorrow as that of the television repairman is today, or perhaps better illustrated by saying the demand for stage coach drivers or Indian scouts.

Nearly every profession faces extinction to some degree but those in the technology arena are especially prone to to such matters and as such those who choose to enter into the field should either determine to periodically return to school or face sudden extinction when the time comes that their knowledge is no longer needed.