'Redshirt' Programs Could Help Generate More Engineers
One extra year to prep for undergrad degree could make a big difference for some students
Data Science Is Now a Job Market Based Entirely on Merit
A start-up ranks data scientists and creates competitions between them for specific consulting projects
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Older and Wiser... Up to a Point
Old computer programmers don't fade away
Robots Are Not Killing Jobs, Says a Roboticist
A Georgia Tech professor of robotics argues automation is still creating more jobs than it destroys
Going Back to School for Drone Pilot Training
There will be 10 000 commercial drones by 2018. They’ll need pilots
Telecommuting and Yahoo's Desperate Need for Innovation
Management expert John Sullivan says Yahoo is right to end telecommuting
The Most Popular Résumé in the World
Philippe Dubost turned himself into an Amazon product page that got a million page views
Tech Companies Treat Their Interns Well, And Some Are Already Hiring
You might want to put these employers on your internship application list
Is Micropublishing the Death of Publishing—or Its Salvation?
Self-publishers are putting out thousands of books that almost nobody will read, and making money at it
Special Report: Dream Jobs 2013
Engineering careers come in all shapes and sizes
Simon Hauger Revs Up High Schools with Car Projects
Simon Hauger helps inner-city high schoolers build cars and start businesses
PlanetSolar’s Christian Ochsenbein Sails the Seas on Sunshine
Christian Ochsenbein was the engineer on board the only solar boat to circumnavigate the globe
Khan Academy’s Marcia Lee Builds Tools for Online Education
Marcia Lee shapes the Khan Academy’s tools for Web-based instruction
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Bang & Olufsen’s Geoff Martin Pursues the Perfect Sound
At Bang & Olufsen, Geoff Martin brings a musician’s sensibilities and an engineer’s precision to loudspeaker design
Recon Instrument’s Li Chen Augments Skiers' Reality with Heads Up Displays
Li Chen turns ordinary sports goggles into digital dashboards
Sunny Job Growth
Photovoltaics are generating employment as well as electricity
The Job Market of 2045
What will we do when machines do all the work?
What’s a Good Job, and Why Aren’t There More of Them?
Technology is gutting the middle of the market, and five other myths about jobs
Stanford Names Seven Heroes of Engineering—Who Are Yours?
Yahoo founders, cryptography pioneer, fomer U.S. Secretary of Defense among this year’s class of engineering heroes.
Profile: Allan Robinson, Tidal Power Engineer
Creating cutting-edge energy systems to tap the tides
Adrian Cheok: Making a Huggable Internet
An inventor builds gear to transmit touches, tastes, and more
Is Data Scientist the Sexiest Job of Our Time?
Harvard Business Review proclaims data scientist the "sexiest job of the 21st century"
From Surf to Serf
Digital sharecroppers, unite!
For Outsourcing IT, Have You Considered North Korea?
North Korea has a flourishing information technology industry that’s eager for your business
TSMC’s Morris Chang Says No to Apple, Qualcomm
The independent semiconductor foundry’s autonomy is worth more than a billion dollars.
Tech Industry Money in U.S. Elections
With tech industry stakes low, so are campaign contributions
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Stanford’s StartX Acclerator Planning for National Rollout
Can the entrepreneurs at StartX write the book on startup success?
Google's Marissa Mayer Nabs Yahoo's Top Spot
Google's Chic Geek takes over as CEO of Yahoo tomorrow.
Boeing Lets Executive Go—From a Height
Jim Albaugh is the latest victim in the company’s youth movement
Will Wiring Up A Dollhouse Draw Girls Into STEM Careers?
Startup Maykah Inc. hopes its Roominate toy will inspire women to pursue science, technology, engineering, and math.
The Top 10 Programming Languages
They're mostly ones you'd expect—and then there's Lua