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You know, one of the things that most troubles me in reading countless students’ questions is their absolute certainty – at age seventeen – regarding their futures; they will be pre-med and eventually become a physician, or go into iBanking, or major in CS, or study biomedical engineering, ad infinitum. These – and many other goals – are fine objectives, but every adult who participates in CC knows that most undergraduates change majors, often more than once. Therefore, when I read that a kid intends to major in CS, I normally think he’s also likely to end up in related fields; he’ll probably not major in English or sociology, but concentrating in applied mathematics or IT management wouldn’t be an unreasonable outcome.
That’s the precise reason I believe the article uncovered by @MBVLoveless is so valuable: it both deals with the Bay/Silicon Valley area (which was a focus in this thread) AND it provides highly worthwhile information that is neither too broad (i.e., all high technology fields, aerospace and defense are a reasonable Bay area example) nor too narrow. That’s exactly the sort of information I believe is most beneficial to the OP (and his family).