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How Citadel preps young engineers to work at one of the world's biggest hedge funds in two weeks

Wed, 08/14/2024 - 13:43

Newly hired Citadel engineer Justin Milushev collaborating with colleague Prudhvi Lokireddy. — Newly hired Citadel engineer Justin Milushev collaborating with colleague Prudhvi Lokireddy.
Nicole Pereira Photography

finance, Careers, Citadel, Engineers, career-lessons, career-path, limited-synd

The president of private jet company VistaJet and former Wall Street executive reveals the best way to ask for a raise

Fri, 07/05/2024 - 10:06

Leona Qi, president of VistaJet. — Leona Qi, president of VistaJet US.
Andres Herrnandez Studio

Careers, raises, Promotions, career-path, career-advice, vistajet, C-Suite

I doubled my salary by becoming a travel nurse. You can't just wait around for a raise — you need to take bold actions.

Thu, 06/27/2024 - 05:05

Chan was working for below the average hourly rate for nurses in California. — Louie Chan is a nurse in the Bay Area.
Courtesy of Louie Chan

Careers, travel-nurse, career-path, contributor-2024, BI-freelancer, as-told-to, lauryn-haas

A 'fancy coffee' offer to a friend helped her get a temp job at Facebook — where she worked up to VP

Tue, 06/25/2024 - 14:21

Ami Vora sitting in red dress — Ami Vora worked as a director at Instagram and VP at Facebook and WhatsApp. But first, she was a Facebook temp in the PR department.
Faire

Tech, Careers, meta, meta-executive, career-path

Investor Paul Graham explains why it's better to take a job at a startup over a big company — even if it ends up failing

Thu, 05/23/2024 - 12:08

Paul Graham Y Combinator — Joe Corrigan/Getty Images

Careers, Tech, paul-graham, Startups, Jobs, career-path, y-combinator

A millennial who quit Fidelity and Salesforce is one of many choosing to 'descend the corporate ladder' — for less stress

Thu, 05/02/2024 - 15:06

Kirra Dickinson ditched the corporate ladder and has never been happier. — Kirra Dickinson ditched the corporate ladder and has never been happier.
Courtesy of Kirra Dickinson

Careers, gen-z, career-path, career-decisions, career-advice, tiktok, viral-tiktoks

When it might actually be a good idea to ask to be 'layered' under a new manager

Thu, 03/21/2024 - 14:16

YouTube — Noam Lovinsky, chief product officer at Grammarly, said his experience as a project manager of Youtube benefited from being "layered" with an extra supervisor.
Reuters

Tech, Careers, career-lessons, career-path, noam-lovinsky, project-management, youtube

I quadrupled my salary to nearly $200,000 by age 30 because I advocated for myself and knew when to pivot. Here's how I did it.

Tue, 09/05/2023 - 05:08

Christian Lovell.

Courtesy of Christian Lovell

Careers, BI-freelancer, Salaries, salary-journey, teacher-salary, human-resources, Careers

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