A former Microsoft software engineer shares the 3 interview strategies he wishes he’d known earlier
Akshay Phadké made it to final interview rounds for roles at Meta, Amazon, Yelp, and Dropbox before being rejected. Akshay Phadké has had what many would consider a successful career in tech. He turned an internship at Ericsson into a full-time software engineering job in 2016, landed a role at Microsoft in 2019, and transitioned…
I did an apprenticeship instead of going to university. I love my job and feel like I’ve got a 4-year head start on saving for a house.
Matthew Rutherford decided to do an apprenticeship rather than attend university. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Matthew Rutherford, an apprentice carpenter from County Down in Northern Ireland. He was named the Screwfix Trade Apprentice 2024 champion. I was definitely on a trajectory toward university, but I knew that wasn’t really for…
Beating the system or cheating it? I set out to learn the ethics of secretly working multiple remote jobs.
Secretly juggling multiple full-time remote jobs raises ethical concerns. Some Americans are secretly working multiple full-time remote jobs simultaneously. Whether it’s beating the system or cheating depends on who you ask. Over the past two years, I’ve interviewed more than two dozen “overemployed” people, many of whom work in the IT and tech sectors. These…
A recession is ‘certainly on the table,’ says Carlyle Group CEO Harvey Schwartz
Harvey Schwartz said he’s most worried about a sustained US-China trade war. Carlyle Group CEO Harvey Schwartz said that a recession “is certainly on the table,” but that it’s too soon to know for sure. “I think it’s very early to make a judgment about whether or not we have a recession or we actually…
A boomer struggled on $1,764 monthly in Social Security until she moved into a trailer to work at America’s parks: ‘It literally saved me’
Lisa Williams, a 64-year-old former housekeeper, has traveled the US since 2022, “work camping” in national and state parks. Lisa Williams and her husband had dreamed of traveling the US in an RV when they retired. But that future evaporated when Williams’ husband died in 2014. The then 54-year-old housekeeper couldn’t afford the $1,200 rent…
Netflix is hunting for its next big hit — and YouTubers are key to its plans
Netflix has mentioned “Survivor,” pictured, in meetings for potential creator-led shows. In the wake of Amazon’s hit “Beast Games,” starring MrBeast, Netflix has been soliciting ideas for competition shows involving digital creators. The streamer has specifically name-checked the long-running franchises “Survivor” and “The Bachelor” as potential inspirations, four people familiar with the discussions told B-17.…
Amid Trump’s feud with Jerome Powell, a GOP senator says the Fed Chair has ‘tiger blood’ and will ‘do what he thinks is right’
Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana, left, has expressed confidence in Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. President Donald Trump has amped up his attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell in recent days. On Thursday, Trump said he was “not happy” with Powell. On Friday, National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said Trump’s team would “study”…
Markets are wrong about Trump’s trade war and recession odds, says a longtime bull betting on a bounce-back
The biggest bull in markets heading into 2025 has already gone back to the drawing board. But considering what’s happened to US stocks in the last two months, he’s as cheery as ever. John Stoltzfus, the chief investment strategist at Oppenheimer, entered the year with a Street-high S&P 500 target of 7,100, which implied the…
‘How to Get Rich’ star Ramit Sethi shares what separates the wealthy from the rest: They’re asking ‘$30,000 questions’ instead of ‘$3 questions.’
Ramit Sethi is the author of ‘Money for Couples’ and ‘I Will Teach You To Be Rich.’ If you want to build lasting wealth, forget about your latte splurges or Target runs. “Target is not your problem. Coffee is not the problem,” Ramit Sethi, personal finance author and the host of Netflix’s “How to Get…
