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.

Flipkart

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.

Virten Media

I quit a director-level job to work part-time at a massage therapy office. It was the best career move I've ever made.

Tech Insider : Business, Environment
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Carole-Ann Penney.

Jessie Wyman Photography

My company uses a 4-day workweek and it's made us more efficient. Here are 3 ways AI helps.

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
Taylor Rosenbauer

Taylor Rosenbauer; Getty Images; BI

I'm a federal employee watching colleagues get laid off by DOGE. It's been devastating — we aren't cogs, we're human beings.

Tech Insider : Business
A photo collage of a gentleman in a forest scene with layoff imagery

Crispin la valiente/Getty, DNY59/Getty, Tyler Le/BI

I'm a first-generation American who moved to the UK. I don't plan on going back.

Tech Insider : Business, Travel
A woman walking in front of the Household Cavalry Museum by St James's Park
Kasia Kovacs loves living in London, especially the history and culture.

Kasia Kovacs/BI

I'm a former recruiter for Google and Indeed. If I were labeled an underperformer, here's what I'd do next.

Tech Insider : Business
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Erica Rivera spent three years at Indeed as a recruiter and around two years at Google.

Sebastian Rivera

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