I've been laid off from Microsoft twice. Having multiple income streams helped me stay level-headed through them both.

Tech Insider : Business
Patrick Lyons standing in front of office wall with Microsoft sign.
Ex-Microsoft employee Patrick Lyons said a generous severance and multiple side businesses made the layoffs manageable.

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I dreaded working in the private sector, but the public sector didn't pay enough for me to live on. Here's how I found balance in my career.

Tech Insider : Business, Politics
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Joey Nguyen is the senior clinical trial contract and financial analyst at the Massachusetts General Hospital.

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I quit my job at EY after 13 years to launch my own business. Here are the 5 lessons I learned from my Big Four career.

Tech Insider : Business, Politics, Sports
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Joshua Lee

I'm an American living in Mexico. Since Trump's election, I've been met with more curiosity and confusion.

Tech Insider : Business, Politics, Travel
Meagan Drillinger in Mexico, where she lives and works
Writer Meagan Drillinger loves living in Mexico, but she does miss the US.

Meagan Drillinger

I'm an international scholarship student at Harvard whose future is up in the air. Trump's visa order is short-sighted.

Tech Insider : Business
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Harvard student David Gayle, a 29-year-old policy advisor from London and a Kennedy Memorial Trust scholar, is unsure if he can finish his graduate degree.

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I 'micro-retired' in my 30s by investing every dollar from my side income. It sounds almost too simple to be true, but it works.

Tech Insider : Business, Environment
Upasna Gautam
Upasna Gautam "micro-retired" in early May at 39.

Upasna Gautam

I retired at 52 and only have enough money to be financially secure for the next year. I'm still happy with my decision

Tech Insider : Economy, Business, Technology
Walter Green standing outdoors with a blazer and red baseball cap.
Walter Green decided to retire early after both of his parents passed away.

Photo courtesy of Walter Green

I worked as an undercover FBI agent for 23 years. Here's what it was like infiltrating bike gangs, cartels, and neo-Nazi groups.

Tech Insider : Business
Scott Payne
Scott Payne was an undercover agent for the FBI.

Scott Payne

I moved to Bengaluru after working for years in Silicon Valley. The intense work culture shocked me.

Tech Insider : Business, Environment
Punit Soni
Soni now lives in Silicon Valley and runs his healthcare startup, Suki, but visits India often.

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I grew my investment portfolio to over $1 million in 10 years. Even during a recession, these 3 tactics worked for me.

Tech Insider : Economy, Business, Technology
Bola Sokunbi posing and smiling.
Financial educator Bola Sokunbi said it's really important, even if you're working full time, to have other sources of income.

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