I left my $130K job at Lyft and became a barista. Here's what it taught me.

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Chris Jereza said taking a break after leaving his job at Lyft allowed him to explore his values.

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A Gen Z software engineer studied AI in college. He says you shouldn't major in it if you fall into one of these 3 categories.

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Sajjaad Khader studied AI in college and says the path isn't for everyone.

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A freelancer who used Fiverr to leave a bad office job explains how she knew it was time and the pros and cons of the lifestyle

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Rose Almond is a product design engineer.

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Some OpenAI engineers make as much as $800,000 and were key players in Sam Altman's return

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Sam Altman returned to OpenAI days after the company's board fired him.

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Google is trying to be 'safe and responsible' with AI, says the engineer who got fired after sentience claim

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Blake Lemoine said Google has "far more advanced technology" it hasn't released yet.

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Google engineer who was laid off while on mental health leave says she 'silently mourned' after receiving her severance email at 2 a.m.

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai.

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I just got laid off from Google by email. The 'cold' and 'inhuman' way they treated employees is why I'm not going to reapply.

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Google laid off 12,000 workers on Friday following mass job cuts from Amazon and Microsoft.

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