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US shipbuilders are trying to bring younger workers into their yards, and that means adapting to a generation with different expectations and a willingness to walk away if the job isn’t the right fit.The priorities of younger workers are prompting changes in how the US Navy’s Submarine Industrial Base Program…
Growing up in Florida, I always pictured a future in New York City.I attended law school in Manhattan, then worked my way up the corporate ladder after graduation. Big Law was never my dream, but it felt like a stable career path.Over time, though, I started realizing that working as…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Nathan Bennett, co-founder of Crux Analytics. It has been edited for length and clarity.When my brother started asking me more and more questions about the financial technology company he wanted to start, I could see where things were heading. Jacob’s great…
I showed my daughter a video of her gnawing on a chicken claw, back when we lived in China. “Eww,” she says, annoyed that I’m asking her to look away from Roblox.”Do you remember this?” I ask. She shakes her head. Another memory lost.My daughter doesn’t remember much about the…
I grew up in early 2000s Los Angeles, which is to say I grew up believing it was the center of the universe. Loading audio narration… Not metaphorically — literally. Everything sparkly seemed to happen there: movies, fame, ambition, reinvention. Even failure felt cinematic.For over a decade, I assumed this…
A host of factors go into deciding whether to have a child, from finances and medical expenses to one’s lifestyle and living situation.But in the US, another sometimes crucial detail is the companies where parents work.The US is the only developed, high-income nation that doesn’t guarantee national paid parental leave,…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Matt Lowrie, 55, a former Google employee who lives in Colorado. The following has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… I’ve always been interested in financial independence and investing.When I was a kid I asked my grandad, who…
