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Articles about selling out

A few pieces I've written and links to resources that mention Sellout and germane topics.

ADE Bulletin

Johnson, Mark. "The Confidence-Man and Jobs beyond Academe." ADE Bulletin. New York: Association of Departments of English, 1999. 21-24. From a presentation I gave at the 1998 MLA convention.

Christian Science Monitor

Clayton, Mark. "Places for PhDs." Christian Science Monitor 18 May 1999.

Chronicle of Higher Education

Beyond the Ivory Tower. Excellent resource.

Issues in Writing

"The Literature PhD as Successful—and Contented—Lead Computer Documentation Writer: A conversation with Mark Johnson of Intuit, Inc." Issues in Writing 8 (1997): 114-133. This interview with the editors of Issues In Writing (University of Wisconsin) pays particular attention to the technical writing job that was my entry to a career in technology.

Profession 1996

Johnson, Mark. "Professions Beyond the Academy." Profession 1996. New York: MLA, 1996. 60-68. How I made the transition to the software industry. Includes steps students can make to brighten their career future.

Wall Street Journal

Lancaster, Hal. "With Some Imagination, Humanites Scholars Can Market Their Skills." Wall Street Journal 21 Sept. 1999. B1. (Sorry, not available online unless you want to get out your credit card.)
Lancaster, Hall. "A Wealth of Resources on the Web Ease the Academia-to-Business Leap." Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition 23 Sept. 1999.

Etcetera

Harrington, Andrew. "For Intuit Writer, Surf's Always Up." Scroll: The Newsletter of Middlesex Community College's Software Technical Writing Program Feb. 1998: 1-12. An article about my transition to the software industry.
Though it's not related to careers, you might want to look at this example of my early technical writing research: Johnson, Mark. "Building a Better Readme." Technical Communication 44 (1997): 28-36.
A Yellow Wood maintains a bibliography geared toward PhDs seeking alternative careers.

The idea of duty in one's calling prowls about in our lives like the ghost of dead religious beliefs.
-Max Weber

Other Readings
	Getting a Silicon Valley job, 10 things to learn in school, and getting hired at Yahoo! Guy Kawasaki, 8/06.
	Ethnographers and Anthropologists are sudden corporate stars, Business Week, 5/06
	English lit and theater student to director at The Gap, WSJ, 10/05
	Religion professor to biotech CEO, WSJ, 10/05
	Demand for librarians grows, WSJ, 4/05

	In the Penthouse of the Ivory Tower, 7/04
	Humanities to High Tech, Chronicle, 9/01
	More Jobs Than PhDs, Chronicle, 8/01
	What do Employers Want? (You'll be surprised) InformationWeek, 6/01
	Philosophy PhD brings his craft to the corp. MBA Jungle, 2/01
	Sellout Scholarship, Chronicle 5/01
	The Secret to a Successful Job Interview, Chronicle 12/00
	How to Land a Career in Technical Writing, Chronicle 5/00
	Putting your English or philosophy major to work, CNN
	Geoff Moore: Renaissance lit. prof. gone mainstream, Business Week 10/00
	Re-envisioning the PhD conference, Chronicle 4/00
	Patrick Byrne, Philosophy PhD and E-commerce Renaissance Man, Fortune, 2/7/00
	For-profit education companies, Business Week 1/00
	Pimping a PhD, Salon 12/99
	A sellout and proud
	Philip Greenspun's PhDs at work
	Colleges Shouldn't Be Employment Agencies, Chronicle, 4/99
	MLA conference on PhD future, Chronicle, 4/99
	Out of Academia, Salon, 11/98
	Anthropology PhDs in Corporate Village, Fast Company, 10/96