I got an H-1B visa and my dream job at Google. Both were less secure than I thought.

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Gu Yichen was laid off shortly after starting at Google and discovered how unstable life on an H-1B visa can be.

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I'm giving up on the job market and going back to school to become a nurse. At 45, I wish I'd done this sooner.

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Kristy Layden says her Botox injector inspired the idea of becoming a nurse.

Kristy Layden

I graduated from UC Berkeley with a job lined up, but I was quickly laid off. I found my next job by cold emailing.

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The author was laid off from her first job after college.

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I got laid off from Meta at 24. It's making me see that I could live a different life.

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Moyan Chen, who was laid off from Meta, said she doesn't want to climb the corporate ladder.

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I was recently laid off and am struggling to find a job. I'm in my 50s, and I wonder where I fit in this current job market.

Tech Insider : Business
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The author was recently laid off and is now unemployed.

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I got laid off from Meta as a low performer. I wish people told me to budget, downsize, and create a plan immediately.

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Brittney Ball says it's important to create an action plan immediately after your layoff.

Brittney Ball

When I was laid off from Meta 4 years ago, I didn't know what would come next. But then I pivoted to my dream career.

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The author was laid off from Meta.

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I was laid off from eBay. Now I run a business with 27 AI agents — these are the human parts I still handle myself.

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Linara Bozieva created a 27 AI agent workflow to run her company.

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I got laid off from Google, then found out I was pregnant. Going from DINK to self-employed has felt like the wild west.

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Stacy Foster

I was laid off from my banking job at 55 and left corporate America to build my own AI consultancy. Here's what I learned in the process.

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