I got laid off from Amazon after 11 years. My high school daughter taught me the biggest lesson on how to move forward.

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Hemant Virmani says his Amazon layoff motivated him to prioritize his health.

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We left Amazon to build a startup. A 5-day RTO mandate and the AI moment pushed us to act.

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Joe Luchs (left) and Nicole Landis Ferragonio (right) resigned from Amazon last year to build a startup together.

Joe Luchs (left), Nicole Landis Ferragonio (right)

Tim Cook's political tightrope is fraying

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Apple News is being questioned over alleged censorship.

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Ex-Google X leader thinks AI is about to expose a fatal flaw in capitalism

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Mo Gawdat says AI threatens jobs at all levels, including those of CEOs.

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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 became a tulip farmer after quitting his job in Big Tech.

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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.

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Harshita Pal pivoted from being a software engineer to a product manager.

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A $26 billion software company is selling a US unit that has a contract with ICE

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Capgemini is selling a US subsidiary over an ICE contract.

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'Unsubscribe' and 'opt out': A new Big Tech boycott to protest ICE starts February 1

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Thousands of protesters in Minneapolis protested ICE on January 31.

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I was laid off by Amazon and am struggling to find work. The job market feels like a brick wall, and I'm worried about my finances.

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