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I've lived in San Francisco and Austin, and I want to move back to California. Here's what Texas is missing.

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Pavi Theva left San Francisco in 2019, but now she wants to move back

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Thousands of tech workers have left Israel in recent years. 3 of them told us war wasn't their only reason.

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I run an AI-powered startup, and we canceled our ChatGPT business plan months ago. Claude feels more like the promise of AI.

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Sidhant Bendre canceled his ChatGPT business plan for Claude.

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I moved to Seattle to help me land a job at Amazon. Now I live a 7-minute walk from the office — and it's given me a career edge.

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Sarthak Gupta

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I moved back in with my parents at 30 and am still here 10 years later. I used to feel embarrassed but now I see it as a privilege.

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Diana Choi.

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I bombed my first interview at Google so badly that it took 3 years to get another one. Here's what I learned.

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Andrew Yeung at Google's NYC office.

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I tripled my salary and became a senior director at Uber in 6 years. Here's the 3-step strategy I used to break out of middle management.

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Madan Thangavelu.

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2 neurodivergent founders share how AI supports executive function and growth

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Rita Ramakrishnan; Chris Haddox
Rita Ramakrishnan, founder of Iksana Consulting, and Chris Haddox, founder of DECOY LTD, use AI to manage some of the challenges of business management.

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I battled depression while working in Big Tech. Opening up about my mental illness to colleagues made me realize I wasn't alone.

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Carly Schwartz, left, shown with a former colleague.

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