high technology industries

The technology-centered approach has made the personal computer too complex and less useful than it needs to be. A human-centered approach would design information appliances that do what people want without requiring a great deal of knowledge about the technology.

A portrait of the Intel corporation and its chairman Andrew Grove, examining the company's business practices, its efforts to dominate the market through innovation, the early history of the company, and how Grove has influenced the semiconductor industry.

Provides an orientation to the field, description of major job categories, and job hunting tips.

Discusses careers in such areas as engineering work stations, graphics, programming languages, and the computer industry.

Mike Ryan accepts a job at SoftCorp, Inc. after graduating from Stanford University, but his dreams of fame and fortune are ruined when he learns the FBI is investigating his new boss for tax fraud.

Provides information on 100 careers in the field of technology, offering a description of the job, with discussion of salary, prospects, qualifications, and characteristics required, and including a profile of a professional working in each field.