Why a career in Information technology - Opportunities for Innovation?

Information Technology is defined over a very broad spectrum. Sometimes information technology can itself be main stream, other times it is used as a tool to ist other functions of business/job. Career in information technology can make you any of the following or more - Business yst, Programmer yst, Data Miner, Data yst, Technical Lead, Project Manager, IT/QA Specialist, etc. Financial Companies, TeleComm companies, Food Industry, Medicine Industry, Courier Companies all use information to be processed in one way or another to improve business. Hence, plenty of oppurtunites for innovation.