When I was laid off from Google, I felt a sense of relief. I've lived a full life ever since.

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Aaron Neyer

We left corporate jobs and a 6-figure salary to travel full-time. It took years of saving.

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Haley and Shane Mahabadi left corporate America and are traveling full time in Southeast Asia.

Haley and Shane Mahabadi

A 'risk-averse' lawyer quit his job to write for TV. Now, he's adapted his own novel into a Hulu show.

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Charles Yu at the premiere of "Interior Chinatown."

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2025 could be the year of 'revenge quitting' — here's how bosses should prepare

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2025 could see resentment boiling over and a wave of companies losing their talent.

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I make over $500,000 in total compensation at Google without a Ph. D. Here's how I got promoted to an L6 staff engineer by 31.

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
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Singh said being part of a research paper reading group has helped him stay up-to-date in his industry.

Jayati Singh

Bill Gates' top 5 books of the year include a Roger Federer biography and a book by the head of Microsoft AI

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Bill Gates has released his annual list of his top book recommendations of the year.

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The 4 biggest differences between Gen Z and boomer coworkers, according to a manager of both

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A venn diagram of a boomer and a gen z worker.
 

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I'm 25 and felt suffocated by city life — so I spent 2 months in a youth retirement village in China

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Ren Binglin says spending two months at a youth retirement village in China changed him.

Ren Binglin

I'm a public school teacher with a 3-hour commute. I thought I'd hate it, but it's my favorite part of my day.

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The author loves her long commute because she gets time for herself.

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After giving birth, I dressed in black to blend in with others. It inspired me to create a rainbow clothing brand.

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Olivia Rubin once dressed all in black while struggling with postpartum depression.

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