Author: News Room
My 21-year-old son recently accompanied me to the grocery store. Our list wasn’t lengthy. We needed a few items for a cookout with neighbors: hot dogs, brats, buns, some fresh produce, and chicken.On these shared trips, the two of us have taken to playing a “Price is Right”-inspired guessing game.…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Emily Worden, a career coach in Boston. It’s been edited for length and clarity.I meet with maybe 10 new job seekers a week, and I’d say at least four or five of them cry during our first meeting.Not only are they…
AI coding agents are increasingly being trusted to work without human oversight.New data from Cursor shows the share of AI-generated code changes reaching production without a separate manual review step has jumped in the past six months.This suggests developers are becoming more comfortable letting AI handle larger chunks of the…
When my boyfriend’s mother and I met a few years ago, I was nervous. Not because I didn’t think we’d like each other, but because we couldn’t communicate. I’m American, and she’s Italian. I didn’t know how we’d be able to make a good impression on each other without speaking.While…
At 21, I planned a girls’ trip to Iceland and fell in love with the art of crafting the perfect itinerary. I’ve been traveling internationally ever since.Now, years later, I’ve been all over Europe, from Spain to Germany to Slovakia. I work in the industry as a travel consultant, and…
A state’s capitol can tell you a lot about its history.State capitols house each state’s legislative branch of government, executive offices, and other administrative and ceremonial spaces. While their function may be the same across all 50 states, their architectural designs vary.Many state capitols feature references to their locations, like…
It is the bottom of the third inning, and I am on my phone.My boys play travel baseball, and I have spent about 4,000 hours on the bleachers watching nothing happen for long stretches. I have also, during those hours, written code for my AI startup, rehearsed answers for an…
I recently quit my full time role to take an unpaid internship that eventually earned me my dream job.I learned so much from the opportunity to start from scratch, yet my most useful lessons came not from management, but from my fellow interns — some of whom were a decade…
In December, my parents gifted my siblings and me a family vacation. We all live in different places, and getting together can be challenging, especially now that there are 14 of us, including kids. With everyone’s schedules, it took over a year to get a trip on the books. We…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Brian “Rusty” Russino, Area Kitchen Operations Manager for The Cheesecake Factory. He oversees nine busy Southern California restaurants across Orange County and San Diego. It has been edited for length and clarity.I’ve spent more than 35 years in the restaurant industry…
