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...keep pace in today's fast-moving economy, job hunters must be, above all, flexible. Steve Reyna, 28, who four years ago went to work at TDIndustries, a Dallas-based mechanical contractor that specializes in air-conditioning and plumbing projects for high-tech companies, knows this better than most. After training as a sheet-metal technician, Reyna moved on to work in the so-called clean rooms of semiconductor companies, learning a little welding and plumbing along the way. Just one of more than 1,300 employees at TDIndustries who are rigorously cross-trained, Reyna is now ready to work...
...rise in autism and Asperger's is hardly confined to high-tech enclaves or to the children of computer programmers and software engineers. It occurs in every job category and socioeconomic class and in every state. "We're getting calls from school systems in rural Georgia," observes Sheila Wagner, director of the Autism Resource Center at Atlanta's Emory University. "People are saying, 'We never had any kids with autism before, and now we have 10! What's going...
Filtering the geeky genes out of high-tech breeding grounds like Silicon Valley, in other words, might remove the very DNA that made these places what they are today. --By J. Madeleine Nash. With reporting by Amy Bonesteel/Atlanta
After Abdullah assumed the throne three years ago, he dreamed of turning Jordan into a high-tech hub. Now, he faces all of the old political and economic ills that tormented the late King Hussein. While Jordanians give Abdullah high marks for his enthusiasm, especially his drive to join the World Trade Organization, he is criticized for a rise in joblessness to an estimated 30%, failing to hold new parliamentary elections, allowing his government to intimidate critics and traveling abroad too much. One of the King's most trusted men, former intelligence chief Samih Battikhi, faces trial soon...
...Maher, host of Politically Incorrect, also drives a hybrid car. So does Seinfeld creator Larry David. Leonardo DiCaprio likes his hybrid so much that he bought three more, for his mom, dad and stepmom--and took time out from a Steven Spielberg set to boast to TIME about his high-tech wheels. "People are always impressed," he notes, "with the way it drives, the gas mileage and how quiet...