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I took a nearly $90,000 pay cut to work in food—now my restaurant brings in more than $1.8 million per year

Every decision she made revolved around one question: “What is it that I have to do to keep the legal status?” she says. Getting into college meant getting to extend her student visa, for example. And any job she got…

I took a nearly $90,000 pay cut to work in food—now my restaurant brings in more than $1.8 million per year

This is a special Gen X installment of CNBC Make It’s Millennial Money series, which profiles people across the globe and details how they earn, spend and save their money. Ji Hye Kim never considered a career in food. The 46-year-old’s family…

Airbnb Veteran Krishna Rao Joins AI Startup Anthropic as CFO

Artificial intelligence (AI) startup Anthropic has appointed Airbnb veteran Krishna Rao as its chief financial officer (CFO). In his new role, Rao will help shape Anthropic’s financial strategy and operations as the company grows and expands internationally, the company said in a Tuesday (May 21) press…

29-year-old ex-bartender now earns $100,000 working in AI without a college degree—here’s how

She enrolled part-time at Georgia Southern University in Savannah as a high school junior at the encouragement of one of her teachers.  “He could tell I was bored in high school, but I didn’t find college much more stimulating, either,”…

Climate change could cost Americans born in 2024 nearly $500,000 in their lifetime

A man stands outside his flooded home after heavy rain in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on April 13, 2023. Chandan Khanna | AFP | Getty Images More people are likely to experience financial pain as temperatures climb and extreme weather events…

Taylor Swift’s new song resonates with working women — ‘I cry a lot but I am so productive, it’s an art’

Taylor Swift accepts the Best Pop Vocal Album award for “Midnights” onstage during the 66th Grammy Awards at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Feb. 4, 2024. Kevin Mazur | Getty Images When Taylor Swift on April 19 surprised the…

Taylor Swift’s new song resonates with working women — ‘I cry a lot but I am so productive, it’s an art’

A song on Taylor Swift’s new “Tortured Poets Department” album, which goes, “I cry a lot but I am so productive, it’s an art,” is resonating with many women on TikTok. As of April 25, more than 98,000 short-from video…

Ivy League stress expert: This ‘underrated’ skill can help you beat burnout and be happier at work–here’s how

According to Wiens, the “most underrated” skill successful people use to stave off burnout is shifting their stress response from “fight-or-flight” to “challenge.”  You’re probably familiar with fight-or-flight, the stress response that can happen when you encounter a perceived threat….

Google restructures finance team as part of AI shift, CFO tells employees in memo

The latest cuts follow a broader effort by Google to rearrange its workforce and resources to accommodate further investment in new technologies such as AI as advertising growth slows. CEO Sundar Pichai told employees in January that more job cuts…