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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Lana Ng, a 35-year-old stay-at-home mother based in Houston. It has been edited for length and clarity.I used to work as a marketing coordinator at a local hospital in Houston. I worked in a hybrid role, spending three days working from…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Douglas Craig, a 58-year-old ski instructor in Silverthorne, Colorado. The following has been edited for length and clarity.I worked in media for more than 30 years for a lot of different companies, including Discovery Communications. I helped launch Animal Planet, then…
GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen is so determined to buy eBay that he’s taken his own $35 billion pay deal off the table.Cohen has withdrawn the proposed compensation package because he wants to fully focus on revitalizing GameStop’s business and acquiring eBay, GameStop said in a press release on Tuesday.Cohen has…
For sixteen years, the same photo has been my Facebook cover. It’s me and my twin boys, Charlie and Thomas, then 3, in matching Australia jerseys, taken before I flew to the 2010 World Cup. I crouched beside them shortly after my marriage ended and promised that when they were…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Bo and Emily Petterson, of Dad Advice From Bo. It has been edited for length and clarity.Parents aren’t supposed to have a favorite child, but there’s no secret that Emily has always been mine. She’s the second youngest of my six…
In Japan, the conduct of lower-level employees could mean a pay cut at the top.Japan Airlines announced last Friday that its CEO, Mitsuko Tottori, is taking a temporary pay cut due to an “alcohol-related incident” involving cabin crew members — an episode the airline described as an “extremely serious management…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Hung-Lin Lai, 34, the CEO of Lai & Turner Law Firm PLLC, who lives in Oklahoma. The following has been edited for length and clarity.When a federal ruling struck down the $100,000 H-1B fee on Monday, I was relieved.Many lawyers were…
This is an as-told-to essay based on a conversation with Erica Jackowitz, who runs the New York and Aspen-based lifestyle management company Roman & Erica alongside her husband, Roman Chiporukha. This story has been edited for length and clarity.As a lifestyle management company, we handle all facets of our clients’…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Mattie Gardner. It has been edited for length and clarity.My husband and I are in credit card debt. We started at $63,227, and our current balance is $17,401. Back in 2022, we took a big risk and jumped into a building…
OpenAI has set the goal of making an AI tool that could research its own improvements. Now, the company is preparing for the accompanying dangers.The potential for AI systems to achieve so-called “recursive self-improvement” has come to the forefront for AI leaders, after coding tools from OpenAI and Anthropic leaped…
