The Top Ten Reasons You Should Discourage Students From Pursuing

Technology Related Careers

No. 10 - The Dot.Com Bust

No. 9 – The Rate of Change WillRequire Them to Be Life-Long Learners

No. 8 – Our Youth Have LimitedInterest in Working in a Sector that ...

• Consistently has the top places to work in Canada• Gives you a better than average shot at becoming

your own boss• Provides for flexible work weeks• Delivers substantially better than average benefits• Can be done from almost any-where• Creates the occasional millionare

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Crop and animal production Forestry and logging Manufacturing Transportation and warehousing ICT

No. 7 – You Should Be Suspicious When Sectors Grow in Recessions

No. 6 – Why Work in Tech When There is Lots of Work in Retail?

Finance and insurance, real estate and renting and leasing 24

Manufacturing [31-33]

Health care and social assistance [62]

Retail trade [44-45]

Construction [23]

Transportation and warehousing [48-49]

Wholesale trade [41]

Information and communication technologies (ICT)

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting [11]

Utilities [22]

Professional, scientific and technical services [54]

Other services (except public administration) [81]

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services [56]

Accommodation and food services [72]

Mining and oil and gas extraction [21]

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Social HUB ArchitectCRM Business Analyst

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Art Director

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No. 4 - There Are No Tech Jobs in New Brunswick

No. of Positions Posted on Career Beacon in Previous 2 Months

No. 3 – A Decent Wage Doesn’tTeach Kids How to Manage Money

Source: Statistics Canada. Table 281-0026.

Figure 3: Average Weekly Wage Premium (2010)Computer systems design and related services industry versus overall industry average

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No. 2 – Technology Has NothingTo Do With What People Care About

West Africa's technological revolution driven by mobile phonesWhether it's tracking locusts or government spending, west Africa's hi-tech firms are finding new solutions to social problems - Globe and Mail Sept 24th

2012 Access to Learning Award: The Dominican Republic's Community Technology Centers (CTCs)

In the Dominican Republic, women are often denied access to the educational and employment opportunities available to men. For that reason, many resort to prostitution, while many more simply resign themselves to making due on the limited income brought in by their husbands or the small stipend provided by the government.

The goal (of the CTCs) is to ensure that all people—particularly those who are the poorest, most marginalized members of society—are able to benefit from the high-tech tools that are often only available to a privileged few.Records provided by a Kenyan cell phone

company helped researchers identify travel routes between population centers, offering a year’s worth of data on 15 million anonymous cell phone users’ movements around Kenya. The used the data to create a map that shows how malaria is most likely to move between different regions in Kenya. 

Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Study Finds “Smart Grid” could cut US carbon emissions by 58% - theEnergycollective, May 2011

“We just need smart grids to put it all together and effectively ‘keep the lights on’.” - Greenpeace 2009 Paper on Renewable EnergyA recent study from the 

Inter-American Development Bank spent 15 months examining the use of OLPC computers in 319 Peruvian schools that received the notebooks, and found ... ... that being part of the OLPC program advanced verbal fluency and cognitive skills were five to six months ahead of students outside the program.

No. 1 – As Soon As They Get A Well Paying Job That Helps EnableWhat They Have A Passion For ...

They’ll Move Out of the House!