Word: computerizing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Billy has no worries about the coming millennium. "My computer died today, so I don't have anything to worry about," Billy explained. "I don't know what I'll be doing," he said. "I just hope I'm not working." If he is working, he will be smoking one...
Shemmer lived in New York growing up, but was born in Tel Aviv--there's an Israeli flag in his bedroom and a military uniform in his closet. A psychology major at Penn, his only real business experience in college came almost by chance: one summer he found a job...
But despite appearances, this is a workplace, and after a quick tour of the halls it's time to get down to business. I immediately learn where these investment bankers spend their 80-hour weeks: in cubicles, in front of a computer monitor. This is an Internet economy, and Shemmer...
Shemmer already has a list of potential targets this morning, compiled from every possible source--ads, word-of-mouth from friends, industry newsletters, random searches on the Web, even advice from competitors. Creativity pays off. One analyst hunts down computer science majors at MIT to find out where graduates are...
His cubicle looks identical to Shemmer's--the same L-shaped desk, same chair, same color scheme, even the same boxes scattered on the floor. On the filing cabinet is the same row of tombstones (the Plexiglas trophies awarded when a deal is successfully completed). The uniformity seems depressing, but...