I moved back home after graduating from college. No one told me maintaining a social life would be so hard.

Tech Insider : Business
The author posing with an apple at an orchard.
I moved home after graduating from college, and have struggled to maintain my social life.

Grace Reed

The Pentagon's startup arm postpones its internship program, citing 'emergent priorities' in an internal email

Tech Insider : Business
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
Pete Hegseth, Defense Secretary

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Why Norland nannies are so expensive

Tech Insider : Business, Style

If you combine a spoonful of Mary Poppins with 3 ounces of James Bond and an intensive four-year childcare curriculum, you'll get a Norland nanny.

Mark Cuban credits his billionaire success to one frugal habit: living like a broke student for years after college

Tech Insider : Economy, Business
Mark Cuban at the summer meeting of the National Governors Association at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on July 25, 2025.
Mark Cuban has said that living cheaply and avoiding lifestyle upgrades gave him the freedom to succeed.

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My son moved home because of the high cost of living and a low-paying, entry-level job. I never got to be an empty nester.

Tech Insider : Business, Economy, Sports
a man holding a moving box
The author's son moved home after college.

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I was lucky enough to land a full-time job before graduating from college. But I wasn't prepared for the real world.

Tech Insider : Business
Morgan Rizzo holding up her college degree
The author graduated from college with a job.

Courtesy of Morgan Rizzo

I landed a job at Goldman Sachs right out of college thanks to this unique twist to my résumé

Tech Insider : Business, Politics
headshot of Scott Stirrett
The author landed a job at Goldman Sachs with no experience.

Courtesy of Scott Stirrett

My daughter is studying abroad in Italy this semester. I didn't expect to be this panicked about the distance.

Tech Insider : Travel, Travel, Business
Cheryl Maguire's daughter at the airport heading to Rome
The author's daughter is studying abroad in Rome.

Courtesy of Cheryl Maguire

Inside the schools trying to break America's college obsession

Tech Insider : Economy, Business, Technology
Students at Upton High School
Students at Upton High School

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When Sam Johnson said he didn't want to go to college after graduating from high school, his teachers didn't blink.

The 100 most useful ChatGPT prompts voted on by college students who visited OpenAI's lab

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
The ChatGPT page on Apple's App Store being displayed on a phone screen in front of the OpenAI logo.
Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, said Meta tried to recruit his employees by offering them $100 million signing bonuses.

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