This As-Told essay is based on a conversation with Christina Jones, a 57-year-old woman from Philadelphia. It has been edited for length and clarity. Although I didn’t expect to be laid off from my business analyst position at United Healthcare last year, after 15 years with the company, I wasn’t surprised. Layoffs are the nature
I moved from Los Angeles to San Francisco because of a cold DM on X. I grew up in the suburbs of Los Angeles and, after attending college there, built my career in journalism across the country, first covering local news and then crypto. I liked my comfortable life with friends and family. Then in
I’m not the biggest World Cup fan, so when the first general admission tickets went on sale earlier this year, it didn’t occur to me to check the prices for an individual match. World Cup tickets reportedly hit the market at a price seven times higher than expected, with one consumer telling Business Insider that
This As They Told It essay is based on a conversation with Michele Ragon, a 46-year-old LinkedIn employee communications business partner based in the Bay Area. The following has been edited for length and clarity. My 11-year-old son just finished fifth grade and was diagnosed with ADHD, dyslexia, and dysgraphia earlier this year. You have
Streets cordoned off by the police. The paparazzi crowd into tiny press pens, with long lenses focused on the most notable celebrities. Locals and tourists change their travel plans in the sweltering heat as the city ushers in the biggest wedding of the year. No, not in Manhattan, where New Yorkers are waiting to see
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jiaona Zhang, the CPO at the AI software company, Laurel. She previously worked in product at Airbnb, WeWork, and Linktree. Since 2018, she has taught an annual graduate-level class in product management fundamentals at Stanford, in-person and online. She is in her late 30s and lives