I've worked in San Francisco, Chicago, and Silicon Valley. Only one has the best mix for career, family, and socializing.

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Manalan with his wife and son on the rooftop of Google's Chicago office in June 2024.

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AI can be used to create job promotion, not be a job replacement, says AWS vice president

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Swami Sivasubramanian, VP of AI and Data at Amazon Web Services, shares how AI can change the future of work.

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My 3 years at Tesla were the best and worst of my life

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Amanda Manley says her breaking point at Tesla was when she returned from maternity leave.

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Feeling stuck at a job you hate? Here are 4 ways to unstick your career.

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Never seek or accept a counteroffer at work. The result could be ugly.

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Chris Williams, a former Microsoft VP of HR, said your company might feel like they've been held hostage if forced to make a counteroffer to keep you.

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How do you actually network to land a new job? Microsoft's ex-VP of HR explains

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The key to networking is to expand your visibility beyond the people you work with every day.

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Loyalty at work no longer pays — and it's employers who are to blame

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I cold-emailed Mark Cuban and a Meta exec, and they both responded. Here's how I worded it.

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A Google executive shares the 5 things to avoid doing for a successful career

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Daniel Rizea, a director of engineering at Google, advises against extreme job-hopping. While you may earn more money for a while, your performance will plateau, and you will not learn new skills.

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I've flipped burgers and hauled packages, but I didn't realize how bad hourly service jobs were until I got a 9-to-5 office job

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Justin Jordan says he has more mental energy to focus on things like his health now that he has a corporate office job — something he couldn't do when he worked a physical labor job.

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