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.

Tech Insider : Business, Style
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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.

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
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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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I pivoted my tech career to focus on AI. Now I make $6,400 a week — but I care more about staying relevant than the money.

Tech Insider : Business
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Shakib now works as a contractor for an AI-driven recruitment company.

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The Big Tech Visa: 7 immigrants share their experience working in the US on the H-1B visa

Tech Insider : Politics, Business, Economy
A photo collage features a businessman pulling a suitcase surrounded by a tech pattern, a visa stamp, and H-1 B visa elements.

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What Apple's $100 billion US pledge really means — and what it doesn't mean

Tech Insider : Politics, Politics, Business
Donald Trump and Apple CEO Tim Cook tour a Flextronics plant in Texas that makes Apple Mac computers, November 2019
During Donald Trump's first term, Apple CEO Tim Cook built a relationship with the president, in part via photo opportunities like this tour of a Texas plant that made Apple computers in 2019.

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I toured Morgan Stanley's Innovation Lab and saw firsthand how banks are trying to pull top tech talent

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
Morgan Stanley's Innovation Lab
Rows upon rows of machines lined Morgan Stanley's Innovation Lab.

Morgan Stanley

Big Tech's court wins in AI copyright cases could upend the internet as we know it

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg

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