After an initial panic, Silicon Valley looks beyond the H1-B

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Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch
Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch

Vercel

RIP 'rest and vest.' Big Tech has a new way of paying employees.

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I quit investment banking to work in Big Tech. My work life balance is better but it's harder to make friends.

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Dana Schoolsky
After two years of working in investment banking this former analyst left for a job at TikTok.

Dana Schoolsky

Trump's H-1B overhaul could kneecap startups in the talent wars.

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Trump's proposed H-1B changes have sent startups scrambling.

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Tech salaries: Here's how much the top companies pay engineers and other key roles in 2025

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Tech salaries are soaring, and corporate companies are cutting big checks to lock down top talent.

From Silicon Valley giants to retailers, media companies, telecom firms, and gig platforms, the salaries offered reflect just how competitive the market has become.

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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President trump's tech dinner
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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