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I hadn’t always been a believer in working from home. When remote work first became part of my life, I resisted it. I missed the structure of an office, the separation between work and everything else. Home felt like the wrong setting for serious work.Then, slowly, it didn’t. I found a rhythm I hadn’t expected. Mornings became mine. I cooked real lunches. I thought more clearly.More importantly, my girlfriend and I have been living together in London for a year, and we have built a life around being home together that feels chosen rather than forced. I’ve stopped seeing remote…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Quang Hoang, the 37-year-old cofounder and CEO of Vybe, who lives in San Francisco. It’s been edited for length and clarity.We started 10 years ago. We were out of college and wanted to solve a problem that we experienced ourselves. When you’re a student, you don’t have that many problems.When we were interns, we had a lot of expense reports, but we would lose receipts and lose money. When you’re a student, you don’t have much money. One of the first problems we wanted to solve was: Let’s build a mobile…

$75,300 can buy you a lot: a brand new Porsche, a gold Rolex, and, in New York City, one year of kindergarten.As the city’s affordability crisis deepens, the cost of everything from a slice of pizza to private school has risen to new heights.Avenues: The World School, a 14-year-old school in Chelsea, is the most expensive, with 2026-2027 tuition set at $75,300 for full-time nursery (age two) through grade 12, up about 4% from the current school year. That’s $456 per day.It’s not alone. Next year, tuition at eight New York City private schools will top $70,000, Bloomberg reported. By…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Trent Cotton, an HR industry veteran who is head of talent-acquisition insights at recruiting-software company iCIMS. This story has been edited for length and clarity.As someone who works in the talent space, I’ve lately noticed that many people think AI helps make their résumés look better. My response to that is: You know your AI agent is cheating on you, right? It’s doing the same thing for everyone, so your effort to try to stand out is actually making you blend in.Treat AI as an expert career coachIt’s OK to use…

The data is in, and last year presents an economic conundrum: Overall growth was relatively strong, but job growth was virtually nonexistent. It bodes ill for the gap between the rich and everyone else.Newly released data showed the US economy grew 2.2% in 2025. That’s a respectable pace, although cooler than the past few years. Economic activity was affected by the record-long government shutdown in the fall, businesses figuring out how to handle trade announcements, and new investments.Meanwhile, the US added the fewest jobs since 2003 outside recessions. While unemployment stayed low, hiring and job openings fell, meaning plenty of…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sophia Kianni, a 24-year-old startup founder based in New York City. It’s been edited for length and clarity.When my startup was raising $35 million in Series A funding, it was naturally a very intense period for our company. We were heads down, with everyone coming to the office early and leaving very late, five to six days a week.Coming out of that time, one of our team members brought her dog, Ollie, to the office, and he kind of became our secret productivity hack.Now he comes in most days of the…

This is an as-told-to essay based on a conversation with David Ronca, a retired video systems engineer. He spent 12 years at Netflix and six years at Meta. This story has been edited for length and clarity.My time at a startup in the early years of my engineering career was like a really bad relationship.I joined a company that specialized in video playback around 2000. I loved working on video. I consider those seven years like going to school, and I came out with a Ph.D. in practical video systems. But it was the hardest seven years I’ve ever had…

2026-02-22T05:09:54.714Z Share Copy link Email Facebook WhatsApp X LinkedIn Bluesky Threads lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. Donald Trump has chimed in on the Netflix deal negotiations, despite previously saying he wouldn’t. In a Saturday Truth Social post, the president said Netflix should fire Susan Rice from its board. Rice on Thursday predicted an “accountability agenda” for corporations that “take a knee” to Trump. President Donald…

Momo Takahashi, Business Insider 2026-02-22T02:50:32.922Z Share Copy link Email Facebook WhatsApp X LinkedIn Bluesky Threads lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. A junior banking analyst sued her former firm over its unpredictable, grueling work hours. A settlement in the case was reached just before the case was set to go to trial. The terms of the settlement were not disclosed. Centerview Partners and former junior banker…

President Donald Trump is not giving up on his tariff strategy.The president said Saturday in a post on Truth Social that he would now impose a 15% ‘worldwide tariff.'”I, as President of the United States of America, will be, effective immediately, raising the 10% Worldwide Tariff on Countries, many of which have been ‘ripping’ the U.S. off for decades, without retribution (until I came along!), to the fully allowed, and legally tested, 15% level,” he wrote.In a 6-3 decision on Friday, the Supreme Court said Trump did not have the authority to impose his tariffs under the International Emergency Economic…