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Some Uber drivers are letting an AI do part of the job — and the CEO’s OK with it. Loading audio narration… In an interview on Peter Diamandis’ Moonshots podcast published Tuesday, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said that some drivers on the Uber network use Tesla’s Full Self-Driving, an AI-powered, advanced…
A year ago, my husband and I were living aboard a sailboat, traveling to a different port each week. Then, everything changed. Loading audio narration… My husband received a job opportunity in New York, meaning it was time to move again. This adventure would be very different, though: Instead of…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Lisa Fail, 61, who lives in Durham, North Carolina. In late 2024, after about three decades in tech, she decided to take a career break. The following has been edited for brevity and clarity. Loading audio narration… I’m super lucky. I’ve…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Namrata Yadav, a 28-year-old consultant-turned-writer based in Mumbai, India. It has been edited for length and clarity.I’ve always loved writing and being creative.But for my parents, the thought of me pursuing writing was absurd.Creative jobs are rarely supported in mainstream Indian…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kanav Bhatnagar, 24, a forward-deployed engineer at Rippling, an HR tech company, who lives and works in New York City. The following has been edited for length and clarity.I got into software development because I wanted to build cool stuff.Amazon hired…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Nuala O’Hanlon, who quit her marketing role at Primark in Dublin to backpack through Asia. It has been edited for length and clarity.I’ve been in the fashion merchandising and marketing industry for my decadelong career. I started taking on visual merchandising…
In February, I was laid off from The Washington Post when my entire team in Seoul was cut. More than 300 journalists lost their jobs in a single day. Loading audio narration… About two years ago, my family and I moved to South Korea from Colorado after I was offered…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ganesh Karthik Sankar, a 29-year-old UX designer at Google who previously worked at Amazon as a product designer. He lives in Seattle. The following has been edited for length and clarity.During my last job search, I had the opportunity to interview…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Andrew Fletcher, 27, a Canadian banker-turned-chicken farmer based in the Philippines. It has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… I came from working in a corporate office in downtown Toronto. I’d iron my shirt every day and wear…
TikTok has lost another top marketing exec.Zuber Mohammed, TikTok’s global head of consumer marketing, left the company earlier this month as part of a new round of cuts to its global marketing organization, three people familiar with the matter told Business Insider.Business Insider was unable to determine the scale of…
