Success
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This CEO lived on canned soup and took just two days off for his daughter’s birth. Now he admits he lost sight of proper work-life balance
The grind to success can be long, punishing, and it can quietly take more than it gives. Ron Schneidermann knows that better than most. After scaling his first company, Liftopia, into a business with more than $60 million in annual revenue, he went on to become CEO of AllTrails, the popular hiking map app. And…
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With entry-level jobs vanishing, Gen Z grads are ditching corporate America—piecing together careers with entrepreneurship, gig work and freelancing
College was once a one-way ticket to a secure, full-time job with health care and a 401(k). But in the AI age, it’s becoming less of a reality and more of a faraway dream. That’s most apparent to recent graduates. Today, instead of betting on a full-time job, more Gen Z graduates are looking to…
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Meta executive says he only gets stressed five times a year and that it’s actually a ‘useful signal’
CEOs and workers alike struggle with intense pressure from unmanageable workloads, mounting job responsibilities, and lofty business expectations. However Meta’s chief technology officer, Andrew Bosworth, is good at keeping his cool amid the heat in leading the $1.69 trillion business; If anything, stress is a helpful cue rather than a debilitating feeling. “I don’t feel…
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Forget LinkedIn—Amazon’s Andy Jassy started a chicken wing eating club to network when he first moved to Seattle for work
Moving to a new city and starting a new job can be one of the most intimidating parts of building a career. You have to make new friends, rebuild your local network, and, in Andy Jassy’s case, find the best spots for buffalo chicken wings. Now the CEO of Amazon, Jassy was just another new…
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‘Godmother of Silicon Valley’ Esther Wojcicki, mother of the YouTube and 23andMe CEOs, shares her secret to raising future leaders
Every parent wants their child to succeed, but some parents, like Esther Wojcicki, are especially adept at inspiring greatness in their child. Dubbed the “Godmother of Silicon Valley,” Wojcicki is the mother of Susan Wojcicki, the late YouTube CEO who left a secure job at Intel to help start Google out of her garage. She’s…
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Nearly half of working-age Americans don’t have a retirement account—even 40% of workers nearing their 60s don’t have any money stored away
American workers have dreams of throwing in the towel by their mid-60s and spending the rest of their days in cushy retirement—but it’s become less of a reality for most. In fact, many professionals aging towards their workforce exit could make the leap with thin financial safety nets. Nearly half of working-age Americans in the…
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LinkedIn’s new CEO Daniel Shapero says the company you keep has a bigger impact on your career than job titles
Daniel Shapero was named CEO of LinkedIn this week, stepping into the role long held by Ryan Roslansky. But after nearly two decades at the Microsoft-owned company, Shapero says he didn’t climb to the top by chasing titles—he did it by choosing the right people. “The best career decisions that I’ve ever made have been…
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Gen Z graduates’ best shot at good pay and homeownership isn’t in New York or L.A.—it’s Omaha and Dallas
College graduates are turning their tassels and searching for cities with ample job opportunities as AI swipes white-collar roles. But popular hotspots like New York City and Los Angeles may not be their best bet—they may have better luck kick-starting their adult lives in less glitzy cities. The top 10 best big U.S. cities for…
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Elon Musk thinks college is ‘basically for fun’—but his former Tesla HR chief tells Gen Z even their liberal arts degrees are more valuable than ever
Gen Z’s relationship with higher education has never been more fraught. Soaring tuition costs and a brutal entry-level job market have left many young people questioning whether getting a degree was worth it at all. But Valerie Capers Workman, who served as vice president of people at Tesla, has a sharply different message for the…
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Craving work-life balance is a huge red flag, says Fortune 500 CEO—and like Barack Obama, he happily works through the weekends
While millennial and Gen Z workers consistently rank work-life balance as their number one priority, Iñaki Ereño, the chief executive of one of the world’s largest healthcare companies, says if you’re obsessing over balance, your problem isn’t the hours. It’s the job. “When the balance of your life becomes a topic, then you have a…