Some very valid points from Typhoid and DAR.
"Aviation Technologies" is almost certainly the aeronautical equivalent of Ladies Basket Weaving and contains very little real science and maths - both really fundamental to FT. Also, getting an FTE job is, frankly, a lot tougher than getting a bottom rung professional pilot job - and getting tougher by the year as the number of jobs reduce, and the availability of educational qualifications goes up.
So the newbie FTE nowadays probably has an MSc and also has shown some very considerable commitment to the technical side of aviation, and whilst it does not require flying licences, these are advantageous and as DAR says a significant spread of types is really beneficial.
As a comparison the 23 year old Genghis when I got my first FTE job had a PPL, and although my hours were pretty minimal logged hours in 9 types, a BEng(Hons) in aeronautical engineering, a couple of years engineering experience, and a track record of writing for magazines (writing is a BIG skill requirement in flight test). That, frankly, just about qualified me to sit in the corner and make tea for the grown ups - although I was also damned lucky to be there, got some great opportunities shortly afterwards, and was running my own trials within a year of that.
The modern equivalent probably has an MSc (for FTE work there are only two MSc programmes I'd rate - Cranfield and NTPS) and a few more hours than I had then.
And both I then, and the youngsters starting now, also share a passionate interest in flight testing. Without that, not a hope. It really is not a a second choice for somebody who can't get a pilot job.
G