I'm a senior UX researcher at Microsoft. Here's how I broke into AI without a tech background — and 3 lessons I learned.

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Priyanka Kuvalekar.

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I was sick of never seeing my 6 kids. So I quit my Amazon job to become a tulip farmer.

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Andrew Miller working at his tulip farm.
Andrew Miller became a tulip farmer after quitting his job in Big Tech.

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I started a list of Black-owned businesses in Maine 6 years ago. I took it down when ICE showed up.

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Rose Barboza founded Black owned Maine in 2020

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I launched a company when my son was an infant. A year later, I quit my corporate job, and I would never go back.

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Shawn Asselin started his company when his son was an infant.

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A Gen Zer who moved home after living in Canada for 3 years shares the fastest way to ruin living abroad

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Zina Malas said having an open mind makes living abroad easier.

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I'm a CTO who built an AI clone of myself. It's given me more time to spend with my kids.

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
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Nabil Bukhari said his AI clone handles 80% of project and program reviews.

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A software engineer of 8 years quit her career to go back to school and switch fields. These 3 steps helped her pivot successfully.

Tech Insider : Business
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Harshita Pal pivoted from being a software engineer to a product manager.

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We quit our 6-figure jobs to launch a company together. Working with your spouse can be complicated — boundaries help.

Tech Insider : Business, Politics, Travel
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Daniel and Gemma Ng and their family.

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I fled Iran and made it to the US when I was 18. I worked my way up from gas station cashier to the CEO of a billion-dollar company.

Tech Insider : Business
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Shirin Behzadi fled Iran and arrived in the US when she was 18.

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I'm an AI résumé builder who's helped hundreds of recently laid-off workers. Here's my advice for people looking for work in 2026.

Tech Insider : Business
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Sam Wright has done around 500 support calls with job seekers since July.

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