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When we bought our home, we thought it needed only cosmetic updates — maybe updated appliances and a fresh coat of paint.So, we felt pretty good about tackling our first project as homeowners: replacing the floors in our main downstairs living space.We consulted specialists at a home-improvement chain, got measurements…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Abhinav Bohra, a senior applied scientist at Amazon. He’s in his 30s and lives in Seattle. The following has been edited for length and clarity.For most of my career, everything I built lived and died inside Amazon.I joined Amazon in 2019…
My oldest daughter is entering her senior year of high school, and instead of adding savings to a college fund to send her off to school, I’ve invested heavily in her extracurricular activities over the past decade.This choice hasn’t always been easy and required careful deliberation, but now that she’s…
When I got a job with a nice signing bonus, I didn’t think twice before hiring movers. After all, I finally had adult furniture.In retrospect, that was a huge mistake.My move from Denver to NYC was a $5,000 cross-country crash course on how a full-service move can be far too…
