But increasingly, they are stepping out to fine restaurants and formal dinner parties. And learning that they can conduct business just as well over shrimp cocktail as over a bag of vending machine Chee-tos. More people are closing deals over meals, Hollywood-style. You're doing two things at once. And no wonder.
Silicon Valley boasts the highest wages in the country.
Take those into account, and you've got workers under 30 worth millions. Of course, appreciating creme brulee and knowing how to eat it do not always go hand in hand. That's where Sue Fox and Lyndy Janes come in. Their classes attract people from other fields as well, everyone from authors to reflexologists. But high-tech has become an especially lucrative niche for them, as executives, sales managers, financial analysts and engineers strive to refine their manners.