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I'm the CEO of the largest superyacht firm in the world. I start my days commuting from France to Monaco and end with a family jam session.

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A baby crawls away from its mother, who is sitting on the floor looking at her cellphone.

Why being a parent could give your career a boost

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The author wearing a black puffer jacket and sunglasses and carrying a black purse, walking down a street.

I accepted the first job I was offered out of college and ended up hating it. Quitting led to my dream career.

It took months to find a job after college and I accepted the first offer I got. It wasn't right for me, and quitting was the best move I ever made.

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Jessica Testoni, standing near a souvenir shop, has always lived in Venice, Italy.

I run a souvenir stall in Venice. The real chaos is coming from protesters, not Jeff Bezos' wedding.

Jessica Testoni runs a souvenir stall and says every time a celebrity wedding is on the news, it puts Venice even more on the map.

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A worker arrives at his office in the Canary Wharf business district in London

Another bank joins the lineup, telling employees it's time to get back to the office

The Canadian bank told employees they'll be expected to work on-site four days a week starting on September 15, mirroring widespread RTO policies.

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What aspiring business leaders can learn from Zohran Mamdani's success

Zohran Mamdani's New York Democratic primary success reveals strategic lessons for business leaders.

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My first dog was a handful, so I built the training app of my dreams. It became a $20 million business — and we're still growing.

Natalia Shahmetova built Woofz, the dog training app she wished she'd had when raising her puppy, and earned millions.

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Businessman covers face while on rooftop

Bosses should encourage workers to own their mistakes, take risks — and not throw colleagues under the bus, says this VP.

Leaders should encourage transparency and owning mistakes to foster innovation and trust in the workplace, says Skillsoft VP Leena Rinne.

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Satya Nadella: The hardest part of AI isn't the tech. It's getting people to change how they work.

Change management is the main bottleneck. Deploying the AI technology itself is the easier part, said the Microsoft CEO.

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Bill Winters, the CEO of Standard Chartered, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

A top banker said his Wharton MBA was 'a waste of time' — but the skills from his humanities degree are needed more than ever

Bill Winters, the CEO of Standard Chartered, studied international relations and history before earning his MBA.

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I struggled to land a job in LA, until I started producing video podcasts for influencers

Devon Asher produces video podcasts for influencers like Tana Mongeau and Trisha Paytas. He shared how he built his career and what his job is like.

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Podcasters sitting in headphone-shaped chair, while recording an episode.

Video podcasting is surging and creating much-needed work in Hollywood

Video is transforming podcasting as consumers increasingly prefer watching their favorite hosts. It's also helping people build careers.

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Why a mission-based approach to leadership can pay off

Ethical leadership and investing in people can drive long-term profits, says Brian Peckrill of the McGowan Charitable Fund.

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Power Hours

I'm the CEO of Rocket Lab. I get up at 4:30, avoid meetings, and fly a helicopter — here's a typical day in my life.

Peter Beck, founder and CEO of Rocket Lab, doesn't drink coffee, keeps bits of old rockets on his desk, and tries to make it home for family dinner.

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The list of major companies laying off staff this year including Bumble, Morgan Stanley, Disney, and Meta

Layoffs have hit companies from Disney to Meta to Intel this year amid a backdrop of cost-cutting and technological change.

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A business woman stared out an office window.

I'm a Microsoft employee witnessing the Great Flattening. So far, the middle manager squeeze has been a career opportunity for me.

A Microsoft employee shares why they view the Great Flattening of middle managers as a career opportunity.

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Citadel CEO Ken Griffin speaks at the 2022 Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, May 2, 2022.

Ken Griffin says young grads who are not interested in reading books about their field have 'picked the wrong career'

Citadel's founder and CEO said that young graduates need to read about the domains they are in.

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Blurred image of people walking in Financial district of Paris

I had a corporate job in Paris. The French work norms and office culture felt so different from what I saw in the US.

I moved from the US to France for a corporate job. Working in Paris was filled with surprises about quitting culture, job security, and career growth.

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I started a recruiting firm after getting laid off. I now work 9-2, am around for my kids — and make a lot more money.

Laura McDonough started her own recruiting firm after a pandemic layoff, and achieved a better work-life balance as well as increasing her income.

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An ex-Googler who earned $450,000 before he quit shares 6 things Big Tech candidates are doing wrong — and how to fix them

Taalai Djumabaev spent 15 years at companies like Google and Deutsche Bank before quitting to help other IT specialists prepare for interviews.

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A female employee touches her temples with eyes closed

If you think your job is hard right now, try working in HR

Unceasing layoffs, return-to-office mandates, immigration raids, and a need to help everyone master AI are among the latest challenges upending HR.

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Two women talking at a water cooler and one woman is putting her hand up like she does not want to talk to the other woman

The clearest sign that America's work-life balance is totally out of whack

Gen Z is forging a new workplace culture where oversharing about relationships, mental health, and political views is the norm.

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The cofounder of the viral AI 'cheating' startup Cluely says he only hires people for 2 jobs

Cluely, which recently landed $15 million in funding led by a16z, is betting big on influencers to drive growth, said its cofounder.

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Thomas Dohmke, CEO of Github, speaks at the Digital Life Design (DLD) innovation conference. His hands are elevated in front of his chest, and he is mid-speech.

GitHub's CEO on why it's important for companies to keep hiring junior engineers

GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke said early-career coders often bring fresh perspectives to the table and are more likely to have already adopted AI.

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A surprising number of tech leaders think AI will mean more hiring for their teams

In a Deloitte survey, nearly seven in 10 tech leaders said that they expect to add to their teams because of generative AI.

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Sara Schiller and her friend wearing brightly colored clothing and playing with purple slime against a teal background.

I founded a multimillion-dollar slime company with a friend. I can provide better care for my nonverbal child because of it.

Sara Schiller and her friend Katie founded Sloomoo Institute, a slime experience. They want to give others joy through playing with slime.

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The exterior of the new Aritzia flagship store at 555 N. Michigan Ave. in Chicago.

20 of the highest-paid entry-level retail jobs in the US, from ALDI to Aritzia

These are the highest and best-paying retail jobs you can find now, according to Glassdoor data on hourly wages of companies in the US.

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Big Tech paid me with stock and I became unsettled about risks to my net worth. I left to build a solution.

After working at Uber and Waymo, Srikanth Narayan started a brokerage called Cache. He said he's working three times as much, but he's more fulfilled.

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A former OpenAI and Meta exec says there's a clear way he can tell if an employee is succeeding 6 months into the job

Peter Deng was OpenAI's vice president for consumer product as well as the head of product at Facebook and Instagram.

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AJ Eckstein, podcast host of the Final Round Podcast

5 things people don't understand about consulting, from a former consultant who became disillusioned with the job and quit

AJ Eckstein learned a few years into his consulting job that his job was to hand off recommendations, not implement them, and he wanted more autonomy.

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8 manager jobs you can get without a bachelor's degree, and how much they typically pay

Manager jobs don't always require a bachelor's degree. Some require just a high school diploma and experience. Their median pay varies.

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Alexandr Wang poses for a photo on a rooftop with a cityscape behind him.

Alexandr Wang said he refused to let go of 2 tasks — no matter how big Scale AI got

Wang said he approved every hire at Scale AI and reviewed customer data before it was sent out.

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A man wearing a pink hat and laying on couch with two dogs.

My small American town was perfect for growing up, but not for building a career. So I moved to China.

Emory Babb, 32, never thought he would live outside the US. He's learned that for those looking to build something, there's real opportunity in China.

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Pat Casey, ServiceNow's chief technology officer.

AI is upending engineers' career trajectories, the tech chief of a $205 billion company told BI

AI has created a "pinch point" in the middle of the engineering pipeline and raised questions about how to distinguish top engineers, says Pat Casey.

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FedEx founder Fred Smith is dead at 80

Fred Smith, the founder of FedEx and a celebrated entrepreneur who frequented Washington, DC, died Saturday at 80.

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I left my Hollywood career to become a pet grief counselor. It changed the way I think about life, loss, and money.

Beth Bigler, a former Hollywood development executive, gave up her film career to start a new business as a pet grief counselor.

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I'm a 17-year-old founder and CEO. It can be hard to juggle high school and a successful business, but it's worth it.

I started my company at 12, and it has grown into a successful business. I've had to miss school dances, trips, and hangouts because I'm a teen CEO.

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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy came clean about AI's impact on white-collar jobs. That might be a good thing.

In this Sunday edition of Business Insider Today, we're talking about Andy Jassy and other CEOs' message to workers about AI's job impact.

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The universities already offering AI degrees, from Penn to Rice University

The advent of the AI degree means the computer science major, long viewed as a pipeline into Big Tech, has some more competition.

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I was laid off from Microsoft after 23 years, and I'm still going into the office. I feel responsible for my team and customers.

Freddy Kristiansen, 59, was laid off in May after 23 years working for Microsoft's Denmark office. He's still turning up to the office.

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