U.S. News asked some leading business executives to offer advice...
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"Figure out something that you really like. Because you'll be competing against students in Russia, China, India, and the Czech Republic."
Craig Barrett, chairman, Intel
"I want them to think of the world as their neighborhood. I'd take them to Korea, China, India, Japan, and the former Soviet bloc."
Sky Dayton, founder, EarthLink
"I hope my son learns Spanish and Chinese, and I would love for him to be a computer engineer, but I also hope he studies literature. It's more about how your brain works than about specific jobs."
Scott Meyer, CEO, About.com
"Figure out if your job can be digitized. If it can, it's only a matter of time before it becomes geographically movable."Jessie Paul, chief marketing officer, Wipro Technologies"Learn Chinese. There's going to be a lot of action in China."
Lakshmi Narayanan, CEO, Cognizant Technology
"Make sure you are really good, because you are competing against people who are very, very good. Instead of going to Disney World, spend three or four weeks living with a family in a poorer country."Roy Singham, CEO, ThoughtWorks
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