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The best college town or city for students in every US state
Where a student attends college can shape their experience as much as academics, athletics, and campus life do. Beyond being the backdrop for college memories, a school’s setting often determines what students do outside class and the opportunities and experiences they have access to as they pursue…
15 Cities With the Most Women in Construction
Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared on Construction Coverage. Construction has long been a male-dominated field. According to recently released data from the U.S. Census Bureau, only 11.7% of payroll employees in the construction industry are women. However, a shift is underway. In recent…
I accidentally became a household manager. I make $450 a week and still have time for other side hustles and jobs.
I was fired, frustrated, and, frankly, fed up. After losing my job as a flight attendant, I spent more than a year trying to figure out my next move. I had a communications degree and professional experience, but the bustling career in a newsroom I’d dreamed of hadn’t materialized. Eventually, I…
Mountie bears and battle-ready beavers star in a viral AI-made Canadian trade-war anthem
The latest front in the US-Canada trade war isn’t tariffs, it’s an army of Mountie bears playing bagpipes. A new AI-made music video, “Canadian Resistance Army — Trade War,” has become the latest online expression of Canadian defiance toward US tariffs — and an unlikely patriotic anthem. The video…
I was nervous to take on a dream role 2 states away for 3 weeks. My husband and son fully supported my decision.
“I miss him so much,” I sobbed into the phone. “I don’t know if I can do this.” I was surprised my sister could understand me through the tears, but she’d always been good at decoding my words — and what was behind them. I’d been away from home for less than 48 hours, and
Ukraine is helping NATO trainers recreate its battlefield, calling out what they get wrong to make it more realistic
Western trainers are trying to recreate Ukraine’s battlefields on NATO soil to make training for its soldiers as realistic as possible. Ukrainian troops are key to helping them get it right. Western militaries are training Ukrainian soldiers at a purpose-built facility in Poland as part of…
I help clients buy $400K gifts and handle $900K gambling losses. It’s changed how I see wealth.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Olivia Ferney, chief marketing officer with Top Tier Travel. It has been edited for length and clarity. When I was growing up in Canada, raised by two guidance counselors, hearing “no” was a fact of life. Even for little things, like making a…
The fine line between getting noticed and getting embarrassed on LinkedIn
We all know the quote, “Do one thing every day that scares you.” For plenty of people, that’s posting on LinkedIn. The professional social network is notorious for cringeworthy, performative posts. But those posts also generate a lot of engagement and raise the poster’s profile. With everyone…
I worked 13-hour days building my startup while working at Apple. Here’s why I ignored advice to go all in sooner.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Julie Zhu, a 29-year-old entrepreneur in New York City who left Apple last year to focus on her startup, Odd One In. The following has been edited for length and clarity. A few years ago, I started considering leaving my job at Apple and making…
He left OpenAI to become a filmmaker. He said AI coding was ‘lonelier’ and ‘mentally draining.’
Kasra Kyanzadeh missed working with people. “I was like: Where are there smart people?” the 33-year-old engineer told Business Insider. “At OpenAI, there are smart people.” So, Kyanzadeh joined the team building the Codex desktop app in June. By mid-August, he said he was feeling tired and drained…