I quit the golden handcuffs of Big Tech for an AI startup. It's not for everyone, but here's why I know I made the right choice.

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Kendall Rankin
Kendall Rankin says the startup lifestyle might not work for everyone.

Kendall Rankin

Donald Trump summoned Big Tech CEOs to a White House dinner. We decided to zoom in on the seating chart.

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David Sachs, Mark Zuckerberg, Donald and Melania Trump, Bill Gates, Safra Catz, and her husband Gal Tirosh.

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It's time to call it: The Big Tech backlash is formally over.

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai, at the Sun Valley conference, July 2025
For years, we were told American regulators were going to rein in Google CEO Sundar Pichai and his fellow big tech bosses. That didn't happen.

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We moved back to India after working in US Big Tech. We missed family, festivals, and India's roaring cricket culture.

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Hemant Pandey and Vaashu Sharma
The couple moved back to India last year after building a career in the US.

Hemant Pandey and Vaashu Sharma

Donald Trump once threatened to jail Mark Zuckerberg. Now he's his ally.

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg at Donald Trump's 2025 inauguration
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, seen here at Donald Trump's 2025 inauguration, has had multiple meetings with the President since he's taken office.

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I quit Amazon for a $400,000 AI job offer from Meta at 22. Here's how I got into the industry and my advice for others.

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Manoj Tumu was working at Amazon when a Meta recruiter reached out to him.

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I quit tech because I felt seen as too old. I didn't want to spend my 40s pretending to be 29.

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Maureen Wiley Clough

I quit my job at Google after 2 years. I prepared well for my exit but wish I'd done 3 things differently.

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Erica Rivera.

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I've worked at Amazon, HPE, Cisco, and Dell. Here's how the perks and work cultures stack up.

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Sylvania Harrod.

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I had 12 jobs over 22 years at Microsoft. Here's what it taught me about finding my ideal job.

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After a long career at Microsoft, Brieanne Yuchasz is now a career coach.

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