I moved to the US from Pakistan for college. Here's how I landed a job at Google — and why AI doesn't worry me.

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Aimen Moten
Aimen Moten moved to the US from Pakistan before becoming a software engineer at Google.

Aimen Moten

I got an H-1B visa and my dream job at Google. Both were less secure than I thought.

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A man standing with a cat in his bag on a street in China.
Gu Yichen was laid off shortly after starting at Google and discovered how unstable life on an H-1B visa can be.

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I got laid off from Meta at 24. It's making me see that I could live a different life.

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Moyan Chen
Moyan Chen, who was laid off from Meta, said she doesn't want to climb the corporate ladder.

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I'm an early participant in a UBI program that helps workers displaced by AI, and the support is life-changing

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Dean Grey

Dean Grey

I was laid off from my banking job at 55 and left corporate America to build my own AI consultancy. Here's what I learned in the process.

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Deciding between multiple job offers? Let us analyze them for you.

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I felt frustrated by my job search, so I decided to build my own business

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Chris Fong
Chris Fong gave up on his job search after not finding any luck. Posting online about his experience pushed him to focus on a new business.

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I was a laid-off software engineer who pivoted into blue-collar work because of AI. One year in, I couldn't be happier.

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Tabby Toney was laid off from her tech role and started her welding job immediately after completing her certification.

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I'm an editor at Google. AI has taken over some of my work, but my humanities degree gave me an unexpected edge.

Tech Insider : Business, Style
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Marie Pabelonio is an editorial lead at Google.

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5 Googlers share how they pivoted to AI and reinvented their careers

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People walking into Google office.
Each of the four Google employees Business Insider spoke with spent roughly a year preparing to pivot to an AI team.

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