I moved from Australia to San Francisco to build my startup from a hacker house. It's been humanizing and comforting.

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Startup founder Annie Liao said she's always wanted to live in San Francisco.

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I paid off $90,000 in student debt by living with my parents. I moved to Australia, have my own place, and a higher salary.

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I quit my career at 40 when a diagnosis stopped me in my tracks. Prioritizing my health was scary, but it helped me redefine success.

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Melissa Hoeppner quit her job last October to reevaluate her priorities and take care of her health.

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I designed a custom GPT that helped me land 7 interviews and a job offer from PayPal — here's how

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Amar Saurabh says building a custom GPT for his job search only took about an hour and a half.

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I live near 14 data centers. The noise and smell are terrible, but I refuse to leave my dream home.

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Kay Richards says she will continue to fight back as more data centers are planned for her neighborhood. The houses pictured are located in Northern Virginia and are not part of Richards' property.

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I'm an 82-year-old real-estate broker and forklift driver. I have no plans to retire — they'll have to drag me out.

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Bill Miller still works as a real estate broker and forklift driver.

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I dreamed of working at Goldman Sachs until I interned there. Now I'm living my new dream — running a Y Combinator AI startup.

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Raymond Zhao is the CEO and cofounder of Structured AI.

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I quit a stable job at Microsoft at age 45 to try something new. I'm happy I took the risk and left on good terms.

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Joseph Landes.

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I was an Apple employee named Sam Sung. After I went viral, I took a new name, but I wish I'd enjoyed the moment more.

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Sam Struan auctioned off his old Apple business card after the card went viral in 2012.

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I work for Melinda French Gates at Pivotal Ventures. Here's a day in my life and the greatest lessons she's taught me.

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Erin Harkless Moore.

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