Master tech; don't let it master you
When I started my working life 25 years ago, digital technology was a peripheral service. Tech people did tech and everyone else did their work. But because the tech was quite accessible, I was able to be a bit of a hybrid. As an English grad bookseller who didn't see himself as a tech person, I could also offer basic hardware support and got to know about sales systems; I learned enough graphic design to produce in-house publications; then later, I became a book editor who c