I'm a senior software engineer at Microsoft. My AI skills have helped me climb the ladder in my career — here's my advice.

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Nandita Giri.

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I quit Meta and left a comfortable salary to build a startup. Leaving wasn't easy, but now my AI receptionist answers millions of calls.

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Ruchir Baronia.

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Big Tech turned me down. At Walmart, I found a career opportunity, work-life balance, and good food.

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Kanish Shah
Kanish Shah

Kanish Shah

Walmart salary data revealed: How much the retail giant pays designers, software engineers, and other tech workers

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A rendering of Walmart's new corporate campus.
A rendering of Walmart's new corporate campus in Bentonville, Arkansas.

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11 executives and researchers who left Google in 2025 — mostly for Microsoft

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Google lost AI and cloud employees to rivals, mainly Microsoft, in 2025.

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I moved to the US from India. Here's how I landed a job at Microsoft after first misunderstanding the Big Tech hiring process.

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Rishab Jolly.

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I was a senior leader in Big Tech, and I'm worried by middle managers losing jobs. They're essential — if you know how to use them.

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Antin once had to lay off more than 25% of his team.

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ElevenLabs CEO says non-traditional hiring outside LinkedIn led to finding a 'brilliant' researcher working at a call center

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ElevenLabs CEO Mati Staniszewski
ElevenLabs CEO Mati Staniszewski

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

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An AI-generated image of silicon handcuffs.

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Why AI giants keep axing tech jobs

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg goes for a run wearing the new Oakley Meta Vanguard glasses after presenting the new line of smart glasses, during the Meta Connect event at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, California.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg getting lean in Silicon Valley

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