Not all of us love our jobs. Maybe, at the very least, we can say we like them. Or we can say we like the money. But a fortunate few have carved out unique, exciting, challenging careers in the area of technology, and all of them say they love their jobs. Find out what they do each day, why they like going to work, how they found their calling and what advice they have for you with this Wide Angle series:
Cool Tech Jobs.
- Video: Extreme Tool Builder
The Hubble Space Telescope wouldn't work without Jill McGuire. That's because she and her team help build the tools that keep it running. She talks to Jorge Ribas about her cool job.
- Podcast: Cell Phones on the Frontlines
Ken Banks started FrontlineSMS, a free cell phone application that allows users to communicate with large groups of people anywhere there is a signal -- a handy tool in countries where other tech is sketchy or where dictators rule the airwaves.
- Blog: Meet the Captain
The microbiologist Dickson Despommier has been called a trailblazer in the medical ecology field. His latest endeavor, the Vertical Farm Project, grew 10 years ago from his students' frustration with the limits of rooftop gardening to feed city-dwellers.
- Profile: Chasing the Sun
Philippe Lauper and his team are building a plane that will circle the globe on sunlight alone.
- Q&A: User Experience Researcher
Masuma Henry's passion is to help bring technology to underserved places like South Africa and Brazil. Find out why she loves her job at Microsoft.
- Q&A: Hacker/Consultant/Garbage Man
Josh Klein is a self-described cross-discipline mad scientist who stirs up trouble and creates the impossible while solving real problems.
- Q&A: Extreme Tool Maker
Jill McGuire helps develop tools that NASA astronauts use in space -- and she's the only one in the country who does it. Find out why she loves going to work each day.
- Slide Show: Extreme Tools to Fix the Hubble Space Telescope
Jill McGuire helps build tools that hold up to high and low temperatures, work without gravity, and even function underwater, where spacewalk training often occurs. See the tools up close.
- IM Interview: Ways of the Master Inventor
IBM Master Inventor Andy Stanford Clark discusses the number inventions you need to earn that title and where he gets his ideas.
- Planet Green: How to Find a Green Job
If you're ready to claim your piece of the pie in the booming green job market, be heartened that hundreds of thousands of jobs are springing up. Here are some tips on how you can start the search to find your dream green job.
