As I walked across the campus of Pittsburgh' s Carnegie Mellon University，I came upon a table filled with young people chatting and enjoying the fine weather．（1）
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Trilogy，an Austin，Texas-based software company，had a reputation for recruiting （招聘）our top students．I walked over to the table． "Are you guys here to recruit？" I asked． "No，" they replied firmly． "We' re not recruiters．We' re just hanging out with friends． " How interesting，I thought．They' ve come to campus on a workday，all the way from Austin，just to hang out with friends．
I noticed one member of the group sitting on the grass，having multicolored hair，full-body tattoos，and multiple holes in his ears．（2）
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But as I would later learn，he was a gifted student who had inked the highest-paying deal in the history of their departments．What a change from my own college days，when students would put on their dressy clothes and carefully hide their personalities to prove that they could fit in with the company．（3）
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In fact，the guy I met on the campus just signed on with Trilogy，right at that table on the grass，with the recruiters who do not "recruit"．
（4）
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I once asked one young man why he was going to a smaller city in Texas． "The company is excellent，" he told me． "There are also terrific people and the work is challenging． "Though he had several good job offers from Pittsburgh' s high-tech firms and knew the city well，he said he felt the city lacked the lifestyle options，cultural diversity，and tolerant attitude that would make it attractive to him．
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He is a member of what I call the creative class：a fast-growing，highly educated and well-paid part of the workforce．They do not consciously think of themselves as a class．Yet they share a common attitude that values creativity，individuality，difference，and advantage．
A．An obvious lazy guy avoiding work，I thought．
B．As they summed it up， "How would I fit in here？"
C．Some of them are the top students in the university．
D．Today，apparently，it' s the company trying to fit in with the students．
E．While I was interested in the change，something even bigger struck me．
F．Several had identical blue T-shirts with "Trilogy @ CMU" written across them．
G．This young man represents a lively new force in the economy and life of America．
