Late in 1999, Time magazine named Jeff Bezos Person of the Year for revolutionizing global commerce. Ironically, Bezos led his commercial revolution from atop Amazon.com, a global company that has yet to turn a profit. Since that ...READ»
Serial typists and renegade programmers face some of the most grueling workplace health risks in the new economy. Sitting blurry-eyed and slump-backed in front of a computer screen all day is no longer the cushy gig reserved for ...READ»
New-economy job classifications range from temp to perma-temp, independent contractor to freelance, full-time exempt to nonexempt, and salaried employee to wage earner. While it seems unlikely that one union could represent this ...READ»
The new economy barters, trades, and produces one integral asset more than any other: intellectual property. This term, once reserved for music- and film-industry types, is reshaping the work environment for computer engineers, ...READ»
Employees inside the biggest computer software and Internet companies engage in a cruel and unusual ritual before every major trade show and conference. It's called the "Death March." The name refers to the all-nighters and short ...READ»
Call it the new American dream: hopping on board a pre-IPO dotcom with obscene amounts of venture-capital funding and creative energy, and riding the magic carpet of ones and zeroes straight to early retirement.
Not surprisingly, ...READ»
