They got laid off from the Microsoft country club and dumped into a brutal job market

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I felt pure happiness when I was laid off from Microsoft after 14 years. It was the green light I needed to start my own business.

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Tatiana Teppoeva.

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I worked at Baidu, ByteDance, and Microsoft. Now, I've raised millions to build robotic pets.

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He Jiabin is now building AI-powered robotic pets in Beijing.
He Jiabin left jobs in Big Tech and is now building AI-powered robotic pets.

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I left a VP-level role in Big Tech and now I work with startups. It's more unpredictable, but startup life is invigorating.

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Robert E Williams left a career in Big Tech after 15 years to work with startups.

Robert E. Williams

A laid-off Microsoft manager shares why he's ready to say goodbye to Big Tech after 2 decades

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Joe Friend
Joe Friend

Joe Friend

I designed a custom GPT that helped me land 7 interviews and a job offer from PayPal — here's how

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Amar Saurabh
Amar Saurabh says building a custom GPT for his job search only took about an hour and a half.

Amar Saurabh

I built a Big Tech career without a tech degree. Looking back, some well-meaning career advice was actually holding me back.

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Aria Kim pivoted into Big Tech after graduating with a biology degree.

Mori Wang

The real danger of AI in education isn't cheating — it's dependency on Big Tech algorithms, a business professor warns

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Kimberley Hardcastle
Kimberley Hardcastle said generative AI is quietly shifting knowledge and critical thinking from humans to Big Tech's algorithms.

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I was laid off by LinkedIn, so I spent 3 months writing a 112k-word novel. I don't regret it, but now I'm struggling to find work.

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Oscar Cecena Fujigaki
Oscar Cecena Fujigaki decided to finish his science fiction novel after being laid off by LinkedIn in May.

Oscar Cecena Fujigaki

Meta balked at turning over AI chatbot records in lawsuit, setting up court fight

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg

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