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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jason White, a 46-year-old startup founder in the San Jose area. Business Insider has verified his former employment with documentation. His words have been edited for length and clarity.I’ve spent half of my 20 years in the tech industry working at…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Loan Huynh, an attorney who serves as the chair of the immigration department at Frederickson & Byron, a law firm based in Minneapolis. The following has been edited for length and clarity.These are not normal times.There’s a huge concentration of ICE…
Competition for top quant talent has never been stiffer.With top hedge funds and high-frequency trading firms in expansion mode — and increasingly encroaching on the same turf — the mathematicians, physicists, data scientists, and engineers who power them are in high demand.The emergence of AI labs, which can outbid even…
A Google AI product manager’s career advice is unexpectedly crustacean.Marily Nika, who has worked in AI product roles for over a decade, said in an episode of “The Growth Podcast” by Aakash Gupta published Sunday that aspiring product managers should “be like crabs.””That means that you need to move adjacent…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Diarmuid Early, the 40-year-old winner of the 2025 Microsoft Excel World Championship. It’s been edited for length and clarity.I’ve been in the Excel business for about 20 years.I played around with it a little bit in college and started using it…
Just about every day, someone asks me for advice. Often it’s a question about parenting, something I have been practicing for decades as the mother of five.Friends, colleagues, and mothers at the beginning of their parenting journey want to know how I dealt with a myriad of concerns, everything from…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Rodin Roohipour, a 15-year-old from Los Angeles. It’s been edited for length and clarity. Business Insider verified the email correspondences mentioned.I’ve wanted to start a company since I was 12.When I was younger, at 8, I loved building things. I started…
My mom has always been my best friend and role model. From bad haircuts to breakups, she always knows the right words to say and best advice to give (when asked).I’m now 32 and Mom’s 65. Our relationship has matured into “walk-and-talk” fitness pals, a treasured travel team, and problem…
I was surprised when my daughter told me she wanted not only to attend college but also to pursue medical school. She even planned out her prerequisite classes, residency, and potential debt.In our house, we rarely talked about college because I never went. My husband also only did a few…
