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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Courtney Clapper, a 32-year-old strategy lead for a major retailer in New York. It’s been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… I started my job hunt in the fall of 2025, a few months after graduating with my MBA from Cornell Tech. I was applying for a mix of roles, such as product manager or digital strategist, and I knew the competition would be fierce in this tough job market.From portfolios to video cover letters, I tried all sorts of creative methods to stand out and show off my…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Navya Jammalamadaka, a 27-year-old software engineer at Microsoft who lives in Redmond, Washington. The following has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… I’m still fairly early in my career, but I’ve seen software engineering roles change a lot.I used to go to work and code for five to six hours a day without the assistance of an AI tool. Now, my job is more like being the architect — guiding AI to write the code while I design the system.At Microsoft, there’s definitely been a push to adopt…

Then-Attorney General Pam Bondi answers questions from the media at the U.S. Capitol on March 18, 2026. Bondi is one of several DOJ officials who’ve faced ethics complaints with state bar associations in recent years. Matt McClain/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Matt McClain/Getty Images The Justice Department wants to oversee the discipline of its attorneys — even as government lawyers face more questions from judges and watchdogs about their conduct. A DOJ rule that would allow the attorney general to step in and potentially delay state bar investigations into federal prosecutors has sparked a flurry of comments from attorneys…

When layoffs are looming, do you grind harder or dust off your résumé? Loading audio narration… Meta employees are now facing that thorny question after the tech giant said on Thursday it plans to eliminate about 10% of its workforce on May 20, acknowledging that the announcement “puts everyone in an uneasy state” and leaves them “with nearly a month of ambiguity.”The long notice period has created a peculiar kind of workplace limbo: Unlike the abrupt cuts that have become common in tech, Meta’s warning gives employees time, but not clarity.”It freaks everybody out,” former Netflix chief talent officer Patty…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Oscar Brisset, 25, a French-Australian founder based in San Francisco. He cofounded Remy AI, a warehouse robotics company. Business Insider has verified his former employment and funding. This piece has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… In 2024, I used 18 of my 25 allotted vacation days from BCG to sit at home and teach myself to code. I wanted to have the skills to one day found my own company.In November 2025, I quit my job at BCG after launching a robotics startup. We have since raised…

Target is calling more remote workers back to its headquarters. Loading audio narration… The retailer is requiring about 150 remote workers within two teams in its merchandising group to relocate to Minneapolis, a spokesperson confirmed to Business Insider. Bloomberg earlier reported the news.The company is offering relocation assistance to those who decide to move and severance to those who choose not to.A company spokesperson said in a statement that “increased in-person collaboration across a core part of our merchandising team will help us reinforce our merchandising authority, unlocking greater creativity and enabling us to move faster to deliver on our…

President Trump speaks during an event on health care affordability in the Oval Office at the White House on Thursday in Washington. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption toggle caption Mark Schiefelbein/AP WASHINGTON — An appeals court on Friday blocked President Trump’s executive order suspending asylum access at the southern border of the U.S., a key pillar of the Republican president’s plan to crack down on migration. A three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit found that immigration laws give people the right to apply for asylum at the border, and the president can’t circumvent…

A tech banker really, really wants Anthropic shares. Loading audio narration… The hunt for shares in Anthropic has become so frenzied in recent weeks that Storm Duncan is offering up his $4.8 million Marin County estate in exchange for stock.”If you’re going fishing, you’ve got to put a worm on the hook,” said Storm Duncan, the founder and managing partner of Ignatious, a tech boutique investment bank, in an interview with Business Insider. “What’s my other option? Not being in it?”The offer comes as Anthropic’s valuation on secondary markets soared to $1 trillion, driven by investors who have been wowed…

YouTube’s biggest star, MrBeast, is looking for a leader to help his company create “AI-native” productions. Loading audio narration… A job posting says that Beast Industries wants to build a new production capability in which AI is “not a tool but the foundation.”It calls for someone who can help define “what AI-native entertainment looks like, develop original formats, and build systems that enable content to be conceived, produced, and scaled with AI at the core.”MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, wouldn’t be the first creator to delve into AI. Fellow superstar creator Steven Bartlett has been making fully AI-animated…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Harry Jones, 63, who owns and runs Bridge Avenue Berries with his wife, Susan, in Allenwood, Pennsylvania. It has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… Since I was a kid, I’d always wanted to run my own business, but it never quite came together. I tried starting a small tree nursery business, but we couldn’t compete with the big nurseries and had to close it.Then, a blueberry farm that my wife and I had been picking berries at for years went up for sale. When I first mentioned…