Getting laid off ended my Big Tech career. I needed that push to do work I love.

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After being laid off from Meta in 2023, Alaina Appleman decided she was done with Big Tech and global media.

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Silicon Valley wasn't what it used to be, so I left. I'm now starting an AI company in Tokyo as a foreigner.

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Eric Fung standing on a street in Tokyo with Japanese writing on the signs.
Eric Fung left California to AI startup in Tokyo

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I burned out in corporate America and quit my job. Life abroad showed me what freedom really looks like.

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Susan Lindgren left her corporate job in the US a decade ago.

What Susan Does.

I've worked on 10 Vietnam guidebooks. Here are 7 mistakes that first-time visitors continue to make.

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Joshua Zukas is standing near a flag in Vietnam.
Joshua Zukas, a Hanoi-based travel writer, says travelers to Vietnam continue to make the same mistakes.

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I feel more Chinese in the US and more American in China. I have to switch between 2 personalities.

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Jeff Niu moved to Beijing.
Jeff Niu grew up as an ABD in New York, but always felt drawn to China.

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She got in trouble as a teen in New York City, but in Bangkok, she became a beauty queen

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Metinee Kingpayome

Natthawut Taeja for BI.

Metinee Kingpayome arrived in Bangkok on her 20th birthday.

I moved from Dallas to Dubai with my husband and 3 kids. It's surprisingly similar to the US.

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Katie Miller moved with her husband and children from Dallas to Dubai in May.

Katie Miller

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