I called myself 'James' on my résumé and finally got a job. Here's why I've started using my birth name again at work.

Tech Insider : Business
Mwangi Wanjau standing in front of a mountain in Alberta, Canada.
Mwangi Wanjau changed the name on his résumé to James M. Wanjau to land jobs.

Courtesy of Mwangi Wanjau

The 1 quality that successful leaders share, according to a behavioral scientist

Tech Insider : Business
A man in a gray sweater sits in front of a book shelf, holding a red book open
Behavioral scientist and author Jon Levy's latest book is out on Tuesday.

Michael Weschler

CEOs are all in on AI — even if no one knows what comes next

Tech Insider : Business, Environment, Technology
A group of men in suits walking through downtown Manhattan
Workers in downtown Manhattan

BI/Momo Takahashi

I am an AI scientist at Amazon Web Services. It's not too late to get a Ph.D. in AI.

Tech Insider : Business, Style, Technology
Girik Malik is standing in front of a whiteboard in his office.
Girik Malik, 30, is an applied scientist at Amazon Web Services. He told Business Insider that a Ph.D. in AI will become more valuable, not less, as the technology becomes more prevalent.

Girik Malik

AI is reshaping the tech job market. These are the top roles in demand and the jobs most at risk.

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
Employees working at a Google office in San Francisco
Employees working at a Google office in San Francisco

REUTERS/Erin Siegal

An economist describes the skills that can give you 'armor' against AI changing your job

Tech Insider : Business
Employees work at the Mistral AI headquarters, an artificial intelligence startup, in Paris, on January 15, 2025
Economist Linda Nazareth shared seven skills that could keep your job safe from AI.

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The Gen Xers turning to odd jobs — from summer internships to ice hockey refereeing — to stay employed

Tech Insider : Business, Economy
William Simon
William Simon works as an ice hockey official when he has the opportunity to.

William Simon

Starting a business in your 80s isn't easy — but it may be the only way to earn a living

Tech Insider : Economy, Business, Style
Ina Harris, 82
Ina Harris, 82, opened a direct care business last year and has slowly been securing clients.

Corrie Aune for BI

Ina Harris, 82, believes that starting a business is the only way she can earn enough to pay her bills.

These co-CEOs can't imagine running things on their own

Tech Insider : Business
Connor Diemand-Yauman and Rebecca Taber Staehelin
Connor Diemand-Yauman and Rebecca Taber Staehelin are co-CEOs of the nonprofit Merit America. The times they've disagreed on strategy tested their thinking in ways that were "exponentially beneficial," she said.

Courtesy Merit America

I'm 16 and just raised $1 million for my AI project despite being average at school. Here's why it helps to be delusional.

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
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Toby Brown, 16, decided to leave school to move to San Francisco.

Courtesy of Toby Brown

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