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I'm a software engineer stranded in the IT outage airport chaos. CrowdStrike broke a cardinal rule of software development and I can't believe the fallout.

Fri, 07/19/2024 - 13:58

Tech Insider : Travel

Lines at Barcelona-El Prat Airport at the check-in desks amid travel chaos. — Check-in was congested at Barcelona-El Prat Airport.
Ahmed Al Sharif

Tech, Travel, as-told-to, contributor-2024, Outage, Microsoft, travel-chaos

I was given six months to live at 20. Years later, I'm a thriving college grad with a life partner.

Fri, 07/19/2024 - 13:52

Tech Insider

a woman looking out at the sky — The author, not pictured, was given six months to live.
The Good Brigade

health, Essay, as-told-to, health-freelancer, health, College, Education

I quit my 6-figure tech job when my mental health collapsed. My only responsibility now is to make myself happy.

Fri, 07/19/2024 - 05:04

Tech Insider

a woman stands near a lake with boats in the background — Rachel Stolba plans to move to Mexico in August.
Courtesy of Rachel Stolba

Careers, as-told-to, BI-freelancer, Tech, marketing, Mexico, quit-job

I grew up in France and the US but America is the best place for a go-getter like me

Fri, 07/19/2024 - 05:00

Tech Insider

Side by side landscape view of the city of Nice and Atlanta. — Siripong Kaewla-iad; Steve Kelley aka mudpig/ Getty Images

Real Estate, contributor-2024, as-told-to, Relocation, us-jobs, France, Europe

I was on a flight that received a bomb threat. We were treated like suspects, and the police examined everyone's handwriting.

Fri, 07/19/2024 - 04:00

Tech Insider : Travel

A collage of passengers lining up on the runway at Ahmedabad Airport to board an Akasa Air flight, and Molina Singh. — Passengers lined up to board an Akasa Air flight, and Molina Singh.
Courtesy of Molina Singh

Travel, as-told-to, Airlines, Aviation, bomb-hoax, akasa-air

I got a 2.75% mortgage rate when most other homebuyers were being quoted 7%. Now I can save more for retirement.

Thu, 07/18/2024 - 15:09

Tech Insider

Brian Sankey on the beach. — Brian Sankey purchased a home with a 2.75% interest rate in June.
Courtesy of Brian Sankey

Real Estate, as-told-to, Military, assumable-mortgage, mortgage-rates, Homebuyer, homebuying

I saved $1,000 a month when I cut alcohol. The emotional and physical tax was just as expensive.

Thu, 07/18/2024 - 11:21

Tech Insider

Katie Butler at her college graduation holding her diploma — Katie Butler said that she went back to school to fund her drinking and partying lifestyle.
courtesy of Katie Butler

health, Budgeting, Sober, Alcohol, saving-money, Sobriety, healthy-lifestyle

I left my $130K job at Lyft and became a barista. Here's what it taught me.

Thu, 07/18/2024 - 07:13

Tech Insider

Chris Jereza posing whilst wearing a black shirt and chain in front of a light blue background — Chris Jereza said taking a break after leaving his job at Lyft allowed him to explore his values.
Chris Jereza

Careers, Tech, trending-uk, as-told-to, Lyft, tech-careers, barista

A 60-year-old CEO says she lowered her biological age to 35 with 4 simple changes

Thu, 07/18/2024 - 06:32

Tech Insider

tina smiling, dressed to DJ and wearing heart shaped sunglasses — 60-year-old Tina Woods DJs as "Tina Technotic" alongside 27-year-old DJ Yukari.
Tina Woods

health, Longevity, healthy-aging, biological-age, as-told-to

I was a female Secret Service agent. Women can do the job just as well as men.

Thu, 07/18/2024 - 05:05

Tech Insider

Mary Beth Wilkas Janke was one of less than 200 female Secret Service agents in the early 1990s.

Zubin Stillings

Careers, as-told-to, BI-freelancer, secret-service, us-secret-service, Women, law-enforcement

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