James Drogan

This item, authored by Robert Reich, ought to be of interest to my students.

"Symbolic analysts have been hit by the current downturn, just as everyone else has. But over the long term, symbolic analysts will do just fine -- as long as they stay away from job functions that are becoming routinized. They will continue to benefit from economic change. Computer technology gives them more tools for thinking, creating and communicating. The global market gives them more potential customers for their insights."

Success means understanding alternatives, their potential value, then assuring that you are in the best position to seize that value.  Hence the focus on how to think and not what to think.