I left my job to become a chocolatier. It was the right choice, but there are things I miss about corporate employment.

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I left corporate life to follow my dream of running a chocolate business.

Meredith Whitely

I racked up $20,000 in debt before 25. When I finally told my fiancé, his reaction shocked me.

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Diana Gleason went from being $20,000 in debt to starting her own accounting agency.

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She oversees 72,000 employees. Here's the advantage she says recent grads have at work.

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Judy Marks, CEO of Otis
Judy Marks helms Otis, a global elevator company with a market cap of $28.39 billion.

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I've struggled for years to find full-time work after multiple layoffs. It's taken a toll on my mental health.

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Dominique Alexander
Dominique Alexander has spent years searching for stable work after working at Microsoft and Coca-Cola.

Dominique Alexander

I get Botox as often as I can afford it. My aging face started to distract me on work calls — the cost is worth every penny.

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Melissa Petro before and after Botox injections.

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I'm a Meta data scientist. My Ph.D sets me apart in Big Tech — but I wouldn't recommend my path to everyone.

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Ramanathan said his Ph.D taught him to value skepticism and verification.

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GitLab employees are the latest to face layoffs limbo. Read the CEO's memo about restructuring 'openly.'

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GitLab's CEO announced plans to lay off an unspecified number of employees.

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Chili's CEO wakes up at 5 a.m., runs daily, and uses that time to generate ideas for the business

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Chili's CEO Kevin Hochman starts his day before sunrise, and some of his best business ideas come to him during his morning run.

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2 solo business owners share the AI workflows they use to write better emails and save hours of manual work

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Jennifer O'Brien and Liane Agbi
Solo business owners Jennifer O'Brien and Liane Agbi shared the ways they implement generative AI for time savings.

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I've spent over $6,000 on 'tweakments' to look good for my job. It helped at first, but I don't even recognize myself.

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Investing in my appearance helped for a while, but I changed my perspective once I hardly recognized myself.

Hannah Van De Peer

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