I moved to a small town in Washington state to work remotely. My mortgage is half as much as my rent was and I see myself living here forever.

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Charlie Walker enjoys going on hikes in the countryside near his new home in Washington state.

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I'm an associate at SVB. I love the culture of this company, but I'm livid at the failures of management.

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"If this was a shitty place to work, maybe I wouldn't feel so strongly. But we had a good thing going," a Silicon Valley Bank employee told Insider.

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I got my first TV writing job at 55. It was hard being the oldest person in the room — but I'm glad I never gave up.

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Craig Williams says getting his first job came down to a 20-year-old connection, who hadn't even read his work before reaching out.

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I got laid off from my Netflix job 2 months after moving to LA. Here's how I networked my way into A24 and got my career back on track.

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McKenzie Bugg says artists get treated like the bottom of the barrel by some streamers and networks.

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I'm a software engineer who struggled with procrastination until I tried 'monk mode' — here's how it saves me up to 3 hours a day

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Cameron Perrin, a 26-year-old software engineer from Newport Beach, California, discovered "monk mode" and says he experienced soaring productivity, work-life balance, and happiness.

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I took a demotion and a $7,000-a-month pay cut to help manage my burnout. I have no regrets — here's how I did it.

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Ashley Couto, the chief brand officer at The Living Lab.
Ashley Couto took a demotion in February from chief operating officer to chief brand officer.

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I'm the head of talent at Deloitte US. Here are the top 3 things I look for in a job candidate and my favorite interview question.

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David Rizzo.

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I'm a boxing 'ring girl' who gets paid $1,100 per fight. It's less catty than modelling and I've worked with celebrities like KSI.

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Apollonia Llewellyn is an influencer and model who landed a ring girl role at KSI's Misfits boxing promotion this summer.
Apollonia Llewellyn is an influencer and model who landed a ring girl role at KSI's Misfits this summer.

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I ditched software engineering to become an influencer. Here's how I scaled up to 6 figures — and why my computer-science degree is now my backup plan.

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Vanessa Chen.

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I'm a paypig who spent $1,800 of my student loan on my 'findom' fetish, but I don't regret it

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The 23-year-old student once spent about $1,000 on findom in a single day.
The 23-year-old student admits 'findom' can be 'quite addictive.'

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