I'm a 38-year-old software engineer making $200K a year. I grew my salary by moving to the US and plan to retire soon in Mexico.

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Why is Google suddenly losing AI talent? The lure of pre-IPO equity is strong.

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Noam Shazeer is leaving Google to join OpenAI.

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Chipmakers Nvidia, AMD, and Broadcom are slapping 'golden handcuffs' on workers to meet demand for the AI boom

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Big Tech's 'golden handcuffs' have become 'silicon handcuffs'

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RIP 'rest and vest.' Big Tech has a new way of paying employees.

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Nvidia employees are getting richer with a 'special Jensen grant' that boosts their stock awards by 25%

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.

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TikTok has a rule that strips workers of their stock if they ever bad-mouth the company: report

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A shareholder agreement prevents 'critical, adverse, or disparaging' comments about TikTok, according to a report by Fortune.

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