10 Ways Hi-Tech Will Affect Your Career. Part 3

2. A Post Windows World. Microsoft's operating system and applications that won the desktop and controls surfing on the Internet is now being challenged on many fronts. Very stable and nimble operating systems and applications are posed to take center usage in our lives and careers. Linux in the server market and the Bea OS, with simpler Internet appliances and wireless devices are technologies that we should begin to learn to advance our careers.

3. Wireless. There will soon be more wireless devices like Cell Phones, PDAs, two-way pagers, and PocketPCs connected to the Internet than PCs. This will have massive implications for those with careers in mobile professions and hi-tech. 1.5 billion wireless devices by the year 2004 will mean that this is a technology that we all should become familiar with right now. Persons with web businesses should look to have a wireless version developed.

4. Telecommuting. Many companies will look to have some telecommuters within their work force soon. Telecommuting has