Of Degrees and Career

The 'graduation season' is over now and for sure a lot of 16-17 year old students are busy choosing colleges or universities and thinking really hard of the courses or career path that they should take.

What's surprising now is that there's a wide selection of degrees and career options available. Several years ago for example, there was only BS ( Bachelor of Science) in Commerce and years later it divided into BS Management and BS Accountancy. Before, when you talk about Medical career, it was only Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry and Midwifery. Now, there are specific courses or careers such as Radiologic Technology or X-ray technician, Surgical Technician, Ultrasonography, Orthodontic Technician and etc. All these were unheard of during my time. Am I that old then? Kidding aside, what's great about choosing these very specific fields for example as an x-ray technician, is that it's not a very common career path and therefore jobs will be available after you finish your training. I even found out that there are different programs available for this specific field, from a year training to 4 years training in which you'll earn a degree and not just work as an x-ray technician but can open up doors to an administrative or supervisory work. In the US, this career earn an average of $40,000 annually. WHew! For me, that's a huge one.