I was a leader at Google and Microsoft. I thought my traumatic brain injury would hurt my career, but instead it made me stronger.

Tech Insider : Business, Environment, Style
A woman with long dark hair and glasses smiles while sitting against a white brick wall. She is wearing a black outfit, jewelry, and a watch, resting one arm on her knee.
Naseem Rochette was run over by a car in 2018. This changed the way she could function in Big Tech leadership.

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I'm 82 and earn $16 an hour working at a boat store. I don't have much saved and can't retire, but everything will work out.

Tech Insider : Economy, Business
Patricia Wheatley
Patricia Wheatley works for her friend's boat store, earning $16 an hour.

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I cofounded an app with a teenager, and we make over $1 million in profit a month. You never know who might change your life.

Tech Insider : Business
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Jake Castillo cofounded Cal AI with a former intern he worked with.

Courtesy of Jake Castillo

I got a $99 massage from an AI robot and will probably never do it again. Here's why, and what surprised me the most.

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
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Remedy Place is a social wellness club in NYC, and it is just one of the many places in the US that offer AI massages.

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I left the Bay Area and moved to Barcelona after my tech layoff. It felt like losing my identity, but I'm so much happier now.

Tech Insider : Business, Economy, Environment
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Steph Kumar relocated her family from the Bay Area to Barcelona after getting laid off and founding her own company.

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The Tiny Team era is here

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
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Quentin Peccoux, Anada Lakra, and Shivam Sagar spoke with BI about tiny teams.

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Quentin Peccoux vibe codes every day. He's one of seven full-time employees at an AI-powered startup. Initially, he feared the technology would replace him. Now, he says it "feels like a superpower."

I left quant trading to work in AI. Here's why I gave up a more secure career to join an AI startup.

Tech Insider : Business, Environment, Technology
A man stands smiling in front of the Golden Gate Bridge on a foggy day, with the bridge's top partially hidden in the mist. They are wearing a dark t-shirt, white pants, and white sneakers, posing with hands in pockets.
Varun Goyal joined an AI startup last spring after graduating from his master's.

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I quit investment banking to work in Big Tech. My work life balance is better but it's harder to make friends.

Tech Insider : Business, Environment
Dana Schoolsky
After two years of working in investment banking this former analyst left for a job at TikTok.

Dana Schoolsky

I was unemployed for year after being laid off twice. Here are 4 things that gave me the confidence I needed to keep chugging on.

Tech Insider : Business
Jasmine Lee
Jasmine Lee says facing two layoffs in two years felt like a quarter-life crisis.

Jasmine Lee

I worked as a Google recruiter for almost a decade and now coach job seekers. Here are 4 ways to become a rare end-of-year hire.

Tech Insider : Business
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Sarah Goose says generalists will struggle in today's job market

Photo courtesy of Sarah Goose.

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