I found myself wishing I could talk again to my art history companion. She'd offered several reasons for not considering a high-tech job, starting with not knowing anything about computers. Well, maybe art history isn't much in demand in high tech, but I have to believe that this young woman would be. She certainly had the requisite skill in communication, and she was smart and sharp. The industry is evolving so fast that there seem to be almost no rules.
Employees have to be flexible, quick-witted and creative to meet the daily challenges of work.
Job descriptions can only approximate the reality of the job itself, which expands and twists into new shapes as needs dictate. And high-tech work is anything but boring. If I could locate the art history grad, I'd explain why looking into high tech makes excellent sense. Outside of pure development positions in hardware and software, the majority of industry jobs don't require a technical degree. An insider is someone working in high tech, and everyone else is an outsider.