I work on an oil rig. It has lonely moments, but every rig I've been on is like a family.

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Oil and Gas Drilling Rig over Offshore Platform

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I landed my dream job at a VC fund after I offered to set up payroll for free. People called me a try-hard but that's just what it takes.

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Neal Mintz, 26, landed a job at Wischoff Ventures after three weeks of interviews with the fund's founder Nichole Wischoff.

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Spotify's HR chief says the company won't be following Amazon and others in return-to-office trend

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A millennial with a doctoral degree and over $250k in student-loan debt says she's been looking for a job for 4 years. She wishes she prioritized work experience over education.

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A. Rasberry has struggled to find a job in her field of study for the past four years after earning her doctorate in business administration.

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I'm 65 and I refuse to retire. I work multiple jobs and have at least 15 years of work left in me.

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At 65, Andrew Middleton's motto is "I'm Not Done Yet."

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My coworkers helped me get through my divorce. As a gay man, I was shocked that straight divorced men were my biggest allies.

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The author and his coworkers formed an unofficial club to help each other navigate their divorces.

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After 5 years in tech, I wanted something new. An internship on a tea farm in Japan was the wake-up call I needed.

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Cherie Luo interned at a matcha farm for four weeks, where she helped out with the business aspect of the farm.

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Inside the lives of travel tutors for the wealthy: big paychecks, yacht trips, and very little personal space

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Travel tutors can earn 6 figure salaries but at high personal costs.

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I struggled to make friends at work, and it was even harder to keep them once I left the job. A simple tip from a therapist helped.

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The author, not pictured, struggled to make friends at work.

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The PayPal Mafia includes tech titans like Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and Reid Hoffman. Here's where its members are now.

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Peter Thiel, left, and Elon Musk, are two members of the so-called "PayPal Mafia."

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