A career suggestion

Between ads, census, chance encounters, and young people at work, I think a great career choice these days would be geospatial information system stuff, especially if the student combined it with studies of communications (journalism perhaps) and maybe a regional minor. In the end, the region doesn't matter; it's just a way to learn how to apply the GIS stuff to something substantial, but with all the GPS, census, weather, and other data being collected every which way around us, any company with sense is going to be hiring the GIS analyst type who can make order of the data. And they'll be looking for people who can communicate the technical gibberish to customers, sales people, and managers quickly and effectively. It's a rare skill combination with endless demand soon to come.