I'm 65 and I refuse to retire. I work multiple jobs and have at least 15 years of work left in me.

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At 65, Andrew Middleton's motto is "I'm Not Done Yet."

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My coworkers helped me get through my divorce. As a gay man, I was shocked that straight divorced men were my biggest allies.

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The author and his coworkers formed an unofficial club to help each other navigate their divorces.

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After 5 years in tech, I wanted something new. An internship on a tea farm in Japan was the wake-up call I needed.

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Cherie Luo interned at a matcha farm for four weeks, where she helped out with the business aspect of the farm.

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Inside the lives of travel tutors for the wealthy: big paychecks, yacht trips, and very little personal space

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Travel tutors can earn 6 figure salaries but at high personal costs.

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I struggled to make friends at work, and it was even harder to keep them once I left the job. A simple tip from a therapist helped.

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The author, not pictured, struggled to make friends at work.

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Working in corporate America burned me out, so I became an elementary school teacher

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For 16 years the author worked in the corporate world before he decided to become an elementary school teacher.

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I'm a British expat who worked in China's brutal 996 tech culture. I'm relieved they laid me off.

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Forsdike said the long work hours under China's 996 culture took a toll on his mental and physical health.

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I crafted a masterplan at Google to try to get promoted as fast as humanly possible. This is what went into it.

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Jerry Lee, 29, was a former manager at Google. While working at Google, Lee said that he strategized his workload to achieve his most important goal — getting promoted as quickly as humanly possible.

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Read 5 résumés that helped techies land $300,000-plus jobs at Google, Meta, Amazon, and Salesforce

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5 techies share the résumés that landed them roles in FAANG companies.

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My husband and I waited to get married so that we could focus on finances and our careers. Waiting made us stronger.

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The author, left, waited until her 30s to get married.

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