Gen Z is opting out of working for the man. One out of 3 say they want to work for themselves instead.

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A new survey says 1 out of 3 Gen Z'ers believe that self-employment is the best way to achieve wealth.

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A millennial who regrets rushing to be a manager in her 20s explains what she wishes she knew then and why it's fine to never want to be a boss at all

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Kim Elizabeth James shared why she wish she waited a little longer before becoming a manager.

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I got a tech job and quadrupled my salary to $400,000 after leaving law. You don't need a traditional tech background to succeed in the industry.

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Jonea Gordon, a data-privacy program manager at Cruise.

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Ex-J.Crew exec says she used to work 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. without a break, followed by hours of phone meetings at home

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Jenna Lyons at the 2023 CFDA Fashion Awards
Lyon's nonstop schedule during her time as J. Crew's president made her "exhausted." But that doesn't mean leaving the role was easy for her.

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Here's what AI startup founders say recent grads should know to land a job in the field

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AI founders on advice for college grads
AI startup founders and CEOs. From the top left, Henry Scott-Green (Context.ai), Benji Barash (Roboto), David Hsu (Retool), Navrina Singh (Credo), and Ian Cairns on the right (Freeplay.ai).

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Performance-improvement plans in tech: 4 Google and Amazon employees share what happened after they were put on PIP

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5 former employees from Amazon and Google share their stories.
5 former employees from Amazon and Google share their stories.

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After 3 years of pain, America has finally achieved economic nirvana

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The US economy is about to make a soft landing — a situation in which inflation cools without causing a recession or sudden spike in unemployment.

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A Gen Xer making $344,000 secretly working 3 jobs got laid off from 2 of them. He said that's exactly why he was overemployed.

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A 48-year-old said secretly working three remote jobs provided him valuable job security (Worker in story not pictured).

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I'm a 40-year-old former teacher retraining to get into AI. It might be crazy but I wish more people my age were doing it.

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Evrim Kanbur thinks more people should be pivoting to AI.

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Sue Wagner, Muffy MacMillan, and other big names denounce the enduring gender gap in funding during entrepreneurship summit for women

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Martha (Muffy) MacMillan speaks on a panel at the WEDO summit.
Members of a panel at the WEDO summit.

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