I moved to Seattle for a high-paying tech job. It turned out to be the loneliest time of my life.

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A lone man cloaked in shadow stands with his back turned from the viewer. He looks at the city skyline of Seattle.
Alexander Nguyen (not pictured) moved to Seattle after he got a job offer from Amazon in 2020. Despite the $150,000 salary, he wishes he had stayed in New York.

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I was a cliff diver at Casa Bonita, the restaurant made famous by South Park. Here’s how I got the job and what it was like.

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Vanna Curtis cliff diving at Casa Bonita.

Joel Giltner

I'm the former VP of HR at Microsoft. I've met a few outstanding leaders in my 40-year career — and they almost all had these 4 traits.

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Chris Williams
Chris Williams spent 8 years at Microsoft.

Chris Williams

10 mistakes I made while selling my first startup and what I should've done instead

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Andrew Gazdecki
Andrew Gazdecki, founder and CEO of Acquire.com, says don't get greedy.

Andrew Gazdecki

I moved my family from California to Austin, Texas, and regretted it. Here are 10 things to consider before making an expensive mistake.

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Brett Alder
Brett Alder.

Brett Alder

I left the US and moved to Northern Ireland and I'm the healthiest I've ever been. I lost weight, my grocery bills were cut in half, and the people seem happier here

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Bridget Sweeney moved from NY to Northern Ireland
Bridget Sweeney moved to Northern Ireland, she says there are many big differences.

Bridget Sweeney

I quiet quit my job strategically over 8 months after feeling burnt out and overwhelmed. Here's exactly how I did it.

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Amy Zhang
Amy Zhang is the founder of The Command Shift.

Kristin Litzenberg

I regretted moving to France. The cost of living was too high for my low salary and I experienced xenophobia — so I moved back to the US.

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Colleen Gill
Colleen Gill says she became depressed living in France.

Colleen Gill

I'm a senior leader at Amazon and have seen many bad managers. Here are 3 reasons why there are so few great ones.

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Brandon Southern

Elon Musk has unprecedented influence that spans multiple industries — and our fate is in his hands

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Peter Csathy writes that Musk's fingerprints are all over virtually every major aspect of our lives and no other captain of industry has ever come close to this kind of power, not even the great Steve Jobs.

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