Wanted: High-Tech Labor, Will Train

Will a Tight Labor Market Short Circuit Austin's High-Tech Industry?

"...to say that Motorola, Advanced Micro Devices, and other high-tech manufacturers in Austin are not cheering for Samsung to..."

Aug. 11, 1995 News Feature by Robert Bryce

High Tech Meets High Art in UT's CAET Initiative

New center teaches art students technical and computer skills

"...The technological explosion of the 21st century has profoundly effected our..."

Feb. 15, 2016 Screens Post by Tucker Whatley

High-Tech Heist

A former Power Computing company employee stole memory modules and drew a 25-year prison sentence.

"...he never expected to end up. Pierce was a high-tech success story. Some 25 years ago, he started assembling..."

Dec. 24, 1999 News Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

High Tech, Low Priority?

Not Everyone Is Sold on Computers in Schools

"...illustration by Jason Stout Second grade teacher Anne Vergburg..."

July 25, 1997 News Feature by Roseana Auten

Riding the Tech Titanic

Austin looks for recovery after the dot-com bust.

"...High tech is booming..."

March 15, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Steve Jobs

Everyone works at the top of their game to deliver this timely biopic

"...he really gets cooking, you could catch a contact high from so much cutting down to size. And in..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Austin Opera Probes the Power and Perils of Connection With The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs

The local company launches a new collaborative production for the nation

"...mounting a new production of The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, a timely work for a city that she described..."

Jan. 28, 2022 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

When Steve Jobs Was Fired, and Other VC War Stories

SXSW alum 'Something Ventured' debuts Monday on KLRU

"...quickly that there was such enthusiasm for bringing transformative technologies to the world. I wouldn't say that money was..."

Jan. 4, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSWedu Tackles High-Stakes Testing

How can student assessment be weaned away from an antiquated system?

"...time inventory tracking, but schools are still using one-off, high-stakes tests to track achievement...."

March 12, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

For Early College Students, Online Classes Foretell Tech Careers

Just like the real world

"...IBM liaison Nahum Pacheco misses Navarro High School. He misses the flash of recognition in students'..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Features Feature by Clara Ence Morse

AISD: Balancing Teachers and Tech

AISD must ensure that new technology helps more than it hurts

"...a key part of her solution – to integrate technology deeper into the curriculum – could create new recurring..."

Nov. 26, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

No Commitment Necessary

As the economy takes a dive, many high tech workers find themselves stuck on the temping treadmill

"...month, headlines have heralded more than 4,000 layoffs at tech companies in the Austin area. Of those, nearly 1,000..."

March 9, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Dropping Out

Teachers Trade Low Pay for High Tech

"...side for extra income. photograph by Kevin Fullerton The technology industry is posting a huge sign across Texas that..."

June 5, 1998 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Wasn't It FABulous?

Economic and environmental consequences of high tech plant closings are potentially grim.

"...to do, Hoover said, is take a bunch of high tech executives on a tour of Flint -- so..."

Nov. 2, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Cubicle Consciousness

A symbiotic relationship between socially conscious high tech professionals and community causes is becoming increasingly common, and a few Austin social entrepreneurs are leading the charge.

"...For instance, GENAustin brings speakers to address junior-high-age girls about careers that involve technical aspects. "We took..."

March 1, 2002 Screens Feature by Michael Connor

Split Council Approves Incentives

5-2 Vote on Websense and Dropbox suggests shifting perspectives

"...Feb. 20, City Council approved incentive deals with two high-tech companies – Websense and Dropbox – planning to move..."

Feb. 24, 2014 News Post by Michael King

The Make It Movement Wants You to Learn a Trade and Love What You Do

Can skilled jobs and career education change Texas culture?

"...in my daddy's pickup and throw trash on the highway because he said it kept people employed." Roy Spence..."

Dec. 27, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Hightower Report

Nanotechnology will rain gold on us just like, um, high tech did; and Colin Powell promises jobs … to India

"...WHAT'S THE PRICE OF NANOTECH 'PROGRESS'?..."

May 21, 2004 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Lowdown

Gov. Bush suffers a legal defeat in trying to stifle protesters outside the Governor's Mansion; Congress passes a bill to import cheap foreign labor into the high tech industry.

"...told that our future prosperity is dependent on getting high tech jobs, right? Be a computer programmer or engineer,..."

Oct. 20, 2000 News Column by Jim Hightower

Getting School to Work

Aided by an infusion of new tax dollars from high-tech and other industries, Del Valle ISD finds success by investing heavily in school-to-career programs.

"...era of promised wealth descending on the wings of technological innovation -- present-day realities in the state's school system..."

Dec. 31, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Governing Post-Boom Austin

Now that the lawsuits are over, we hope the council campaigns will turn to issues.

"...to stop the incumbents may itself attest to the high stakes. (We're being generous here.) But most of the..."

April 12, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Hightower Report

Take Cheney away; and IBM's plans for the middle class

"...another widow. Also, we've long been exposed to a high level of Cheney's chronic sense of omnipotence (manifested in..."

Dec. 30, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

Out of Reach

Living Wage Eludes the Average Austinite

"...announced that regional job growth turned out to be higher than expected for 1997 - about 4.5% - for..."

March 20, 1998 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

Opinion: Don’t Ask Texas Schoolchildren to Fund Your Corporate Expansion

Central Texas Interfaith calls on tech companies to withdraw their applications for Chapter 313 tax breaks

"...worth of Chapter 313 tax breaks, and Germany-based Infineon Technologies, with a market capitalization of over 50 billion euros,..."

April 22, 2022 Column by Michael Floyd

Engineering Extinction Event

Why Texas needs more walking dinosaurs

"...Recently Austin ISD has been highlighting the trouble with getting kids ready for the high..."

Nov. 22, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Visa Council Debate Begins

City Council sets public hearing for incentives package

"...for Visa Inc.'s "Global IT Center" and nearly 800 jobs. The special called meeting was only to set the..."

Nov. 28, 2012 News Post by Michael King

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...faces serious competition this November from GOP challenger and high tech businessman Ben Bentzin. "Even though it is painfully..."

Aug. 2, 2002 News Feature

The Top 10 Censored Stories of 2000

The news stories that didn't make the mainstream press in 2000

"...operations" specialists manipulating viewers of CNN? What about the highly skilled programmers in Silicon Valley who, because they are..."

April 20, 2001 News Feature by Karynn M. Fish

How Do You Formulate a Grand Prix?

The race to nail down an F1 deal involves multiple entities

"...the 900-acre site lies next to the still underused Highway 130 toll road and between two smaller access roads,..."

Nov. 19, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Hightower Report

Professor Bush's Economic Nostrum; and Fran's Travels

"...policy, W. declared: "We ought to make the pie higher."..."

Sept. 1, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower

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