September 2005 brings 2 major milestones for Career
Opportunities: The High-Tech Career Handbook, hosted by Douglas E. Welch of
Los Angeles, California. Friday, September 2, 2005, brings the 100th episode
of the podcast, which focuses on the specific ins and outs of a high-tech
career, and September 24th, 2005 will mark its 1 year
anniversary.

The podcast has proven popular with people in all avenues of
the high tech world, from beginners to those with years of experience because
it offers a realistic look at a chaotic and constantly changing work
world.  Each week, Welch produces two episodes drawing on new and archival
material from his print column, Career Opportunities, which has appeared in
the San Diego-based Computoredge magazine for 9 years.

A 20+ year
veteran of the high-tech world, working at a variety of companies including
Walt Disney Imagineering and Hollywood Online, Welch started producing his
shows within weeks of the initial creation of podcasting, joining a short
list of 10-12 other podcasting pioneers such as Adam Curry’s Daily Source
Code and Dave Winer’s Morning Coffee Notes. Current estimates put the number
of podcasts around 9,000 in a wide variety of topic areas.

The Career
Opportunities podcast is a member of the Tech Podcasts Network, a cooperative group
of technology-related podcasts dedicated to promoting the best in technology
programming. The podcast, including archives of all 100 episodes, is
available on the web at http://welchwrite.com/career/.
Listeners can easily subscribe using Apple¹s free iTunes music software and
their new podcast directory by searching on
Career
Opportunities.

Podcasts are niche, radio-like programs which computer
users can download to their computer or MP3 player for listening. Unlike
radio, though, the user has total control over which shows they choose and
when they listen to them.  Listeners can also "subscribe" to podcasts, which
allows new shows to be downloaded to their computer automatically. Visit the
Wikipedia entry on podcasting for more information.