A former engineer at Meta and OpenAI says there's danger in specializing too early

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Philip Su, not pictured, says there's danger in engineers specializing too early.

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I retired at 52 and only have enough money to be financially secure for the next year. I'm still happy with my decision

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Walter Green standing outdoors with a blazer and red baseball cap.
Walter Green decided to retire early after both of his parents passed away.

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I worked as an undercover FBI agent for 23 years. Here's what it was like infiltrating bike gangs, cartels, and neo-Nazi groups.

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Scott Payne
Scott Payne was an undercover agent for the FBI.

Scott Payne

I started a pedicab business in Nantucket called NanTukTuk. It hasn't been easy, but it saved me from a corporate job.

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Michael Gormley riding NanTukTuk
I started a pedicab business called NanTukTuk.

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I make $3,000 a month by sports betting 2 hours a day — my arbitrage strategy has minimized risk

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James Crosby sits at his desk with his sportsbook pages open.
James Crosby told Business Insider he spends about an hour or two a day placing arbitrage bets on sites like FanDuel and DraftKings and has earned about $8,500 in three months.

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'The ultimate girl math': Meet the women who make thousands a month renting their clothes

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Lane Creatore in a dress from her pickle closet.
Lane Creatore can make thousands a month by renting out her clothing on Pickle.

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You should still learn to code, says the CEO of GitHub. And you should start as early as possible.

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Thomas Dohmke standing cross-armed in front of the GitHub logo.
Thomas Dohmke, the CEO of GitHub, believes AI "democratizes" access to software development.

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I moved to Bengaluru after working for years in Silicon Valley. The intense work culture shocked me.

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Punit Soni
Soni now lives in Silicon Valley and runs his healthcare startup, Suki, but visits India often.

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I dropped out of Oxford because my workload was too much, and I had no time to enjoy college. It was the best decision.

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The author dropped out of Oxford University.

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I quit a director-level job to work part-time at a massage therapy office. It was the best career move I've ever made.

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Carole-Ann Penney.

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