You are to interview a person who meets the following criteria.

• Has a career related to technology or industry (technology and industry as defined in the syllabus and R&D project instructions).
• Has 20+ years of experience. (minimum 5 years of experience)
• Can be anyone who meets the criteria, e.g., parent, spouse, co-worker, boss, or classmate (cannot interview yourself).

• What is your profession (job, career, occupation, etc.) and how long have you been at it?
• What is your industry?
• What technologies do you work with?
• How have things (anything, e.g., nature of job, technology, customers, society, ad infinitum) changed since you started your profession?
• What were your professional goals when you started? Did you achieve them (or are achieving them)? Did they change over time?
• What type of research and development is related to your industry (technology, business)?
• Anything else you want to ask that pertains to the course or is important to the student. Note that the interviewee might be able to supply information pertinent to the history and/or ethics assignments.

Summarize the interview in an essay (not Q&A format). No references are required for this specific essay. This assignment, all essays, and your R&D project can be related to each other and also to your job, major, or other activity (but they don't have to be).