Educating our bright talented youth about the opportunities available to them in Information Technology is as much a challenge of undoing misinformation as anything else. The misnomer that IT does not deserve to be a field of choice is refuted by simple straightforward facts:
3 of the Top 10 fastest growing occupations are in IT. (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
7 of the Top 10 Careers of this Decade (2002-2012) are computer-related. (US Dept of Labor CareerInfoNet)
4 of the Top 10 fastest wage/salary growth positions are in IT (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Cincinnati has the most Fortune 500 firms per capita than any other city (Wall Street Journal)
