I became a data analyst and grew my salary 5x without working in Big Tech. Non-tech companies offer more flexibility and less stress.

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Charlotte Chaze went from making $28,000 to $158,000 in four years after becoming a data analyst.

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I moved to NYC from Ukraine for a tech job. Here are 3 main differences in America's work culture.

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Yaroslav Zubko moved to the US to work for a startup in New York.

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Big Tech's big green card problem

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A happiness response monitor awaits immigrants departing the US Citizenship and Immigration Service in Irving, Texas.

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Tech interviewers can't tell when candidates use ChatGPT to cheat in coding rounds, experiment finds

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When I was hired at my first tech job I got an 81% salary bump. I had no idea my customer service skills would transfer.

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Tech layoffs are way down from last year. Why does it feel so grim?

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Google employees at the company's Silicon Valley campus

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2024 has started with another wave of tech industry layoffs. This time, though, the cuts are way smaller.

More tech grads are applying to jobs in Boise, Madison, and other small cities

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Columbia, Maryland is planned community of ten villages that's about an hour commute from Washington D.C.

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Thanks to AI, you don't need a computer science degree to get a job in tech, IBM AI chief says

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"Questioning, creativity skills, and innovation are going to be hugely important because I think AI's going to free up more capacity for creative thought processes," IBM's global managing partner for generative AI, Matthew Candy told Fortune.

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Big Tech vs. startups: I've worked at both — and they're very different. Here's how to decide which is right for you.

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Software engineer Sheldon Chi (not pictured) is a tech worker who helps other people get jobs in tech with his training company.

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Women who work in Utah's Silicon Slopes share its dark side

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During an interview for an engineering job at a Utah tech company, Trina Limpert was told she was a "risky hire."

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