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In 2023, after a decade of transatlantic travel for my work in MotoGP, I decided it was time to relocate to Europe.My life in America felt transient. Every couple of weeks, I was back on a plane to a Grand Prix, most of which were in Europe.After many years in…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Yousuf Imran, a 41-year-old former account executive at Google based in the Bay Area. It’s been edited for length and clarity.I earned nearly $1 million last year as an account executive at Google, but I felt some “FOMO” around the AI…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kristina Subbotina, the founder and CEO of Lexsy, an AI-powered law firm for startups. It has been edited for length and clarity.I never planned to start a law firm. I’d been a corporate startup lawyer for almost a decade. When I…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Maia Storm, of Maia’s Makery. It has been edited for length and clarity.In January, my dad, with whom I have always had a strained relationship, died unexpectedly.For the last few years, my dad had been homeless on and off. Throughout that…
I was standing in the security line at San Francisco International Airport when a sudden panic seized me.I was 50 years old. I’d just quit my job as a hospital pharmacist, packed my life into two suitcases, and was on my way to Ajijic, Mexico, where I didn’t know anyone.For…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said he’s at “peace” with where the Anthropic-OpenAI rivalry stands even as a cold war brews between two of the world’s largest AI companies.But he did throw some shade Sam Altman’s way.”At the end of the day, why argue with someone when you don’t have the…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jae Park, a 32-year-old based in Las Vegas. It’s been edited for length and clarity.About a decade ago, I took a furniture-building class on a whim, and I loved it so much.I considered going into carpentry at the time, but after…
Growing up, all I wanted was to leave my rural hometown of Edenton, North Carolina, behind and move to a big city.Alongside a population of less than 5,000, Edenton has one big grocery store and a downtown that really just consists of a single short main street.Almost every bar and…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Astha Chaturvedi, 38, the founder of Mouri Living. Her words have been edited for length and clarity.After a decade in Big Tech and at McKinsey, I was working at Ripple in San Francisco when I decided to build my own startup.I…
When I graduated from college in 2021, all I cared about was moving abroad.As a Spanish and communications student, I was supposed to spend a full year studying abroad in Seville, Spain — something I had looked forward to for years.Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, though, I had to leave…
