Originally Posted by BrianMSmith

I hope you under 30's have very good educations, master's degrees in business, law, medicine, or science. The wonderous economic growth of the 80's and 90's may not continue, if not opportunities will be limited, the professional world is becomming more competetive every year. My company (world class engineering/technology) will only look at the top 1% of students from ONLY the top universities, and most new hires have master's or PhD's and do at least a 1 year internship before graduation to prove their worth. That will get you a $65k starting salary.