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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Upasna Gautam, a 39-year-old tech leader who quit a job at CNN to embark on a “micro-retirement” after achieving financial independence. Business Insider has verified Gautam’s employment and finances. The following had been edited for length and clarity.In mid-April, a few weeks before my last day, I started telling my peers I was stepping away from work not for a career break or a sabbatical but for what I call a “micro-retirement.” I expected to be met with concern.It wasn’t an easy decision, especially in the current environment with rampant layoffs…

Mathieu Bonzon spent over a decade working in production in Hollywood, with credits including “Outrage” and “Ford v Ferrari.” But when work slowed in 2022, Bonzon, who had a new baby at home, needed more financial stability than an independent producer’s life allowed for.An introduction to the Gates Foundation led him to start making cinematic educational videos aimed at college kids for Gates, NASA, and other organizations. The long-term contracts brought a more predictable income than he had as a producer. He’s able to get talented crews because so many people are looking for work. He also finds the work…

Big Tech firms like Apple and Amazon have signaled a move away from the complicated coding language C++, but there’s still a place for engineers who know it on Wall Street.Apple created Swift to replace its use of C++, the company’s primary coding language for its devices. Amazon recently awarded a Stony Brook University professor an approximate $100,000 research grant to continue his work to automate converting existing C++ code to Rust, a coding language created in 2006. Even the White House has joined the conversation around C++, urging software developers to move away from the language due to cybersecurity…

It’s a tough world right now for young people trying to save money. Grocery prices and rents keep rising, and even fairly financially stable Gen Zers can feel hopeless and worse off than they truly are, thanks to “money dysmorphia.”Many are “just trying to keep their head above water,” Kate Norris, a certified financial planner at Sun Life, told Business Insider.”Sometimes at the end of the month, you’ve paid all the bills, the groceries, and there’s not a lot left over,” she said. “It is tough, I get it.”Norris said there is a widespread lack of financial literacy among all generations, and…

Jeffrey Katzenberg says Hollywood and venture capital have one big success factor in common.”Storytelling is literally fundamental to every business,” Katzenberg said on an episode of the “Logan Bartlett” podcast released on Saturday.”That’s the one place where those 45 years of experience actually have direct application to doing this,” Katzenberg said about his time in filmmaking.Katzenberg served as chairman of Walt Disney Studios for 10 years until 1994 and cofounded DreamWorks after his departure. As DreamWorks’ CEO, he oversaw the production of hits like “Shrek,” “Madagascar,” and “Kung Fu Panda.” He stepped down in 2016 and cofounded VC firm WndrCo…

This undated photo provided by the Arkansas Department of Corrections Communications Department shows inmate Grant Hardin. AP/Arkansas Department of Corrections hide caption toggle caption AP/Arkansas Department of Corrections CALICO ROCK, Ark. — A former police chief in Arkansas who is serving decades-long sentences for murder and rape escaped from prison Sunday, state corrections officials said. Grant Hardin, the former police chief of the tiny town of Gateway near the Arkansas-Missouri border, escaped from the North Central Unit in Calico Rock, where he has been held since 2017. Corrections officials did not provide any details about how he escaped. The Division…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Martina Smidova, a 29-year-old digital nomad living in Koh Samui, Thailand. It has been edited for length and clarity.At 25, I felt trapped in my corporate job.I was working 9-to-5 as a project manager in the automotive field in the Czech Republic. With an hourlong commute each way, it felt like I was always either at work or on my way there.One day, it hit me: there has to be another way to live. So I quit.I decided to find a remote job and live abroad. I didn’t have a plan…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Mahesh Chayel, a product management lead at Meta. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.Since 2018, I have mentored 12 startups, especially those operating in the enterprise and AI spaces. The biggest gap I’ve seen is essentially, why use Generative AI?I work closely with early-stage founders to shape product strategy, refine their go-to-market approach, and explore how AI can be meaningfully integrated into their solutions.I bring a unique blend of deep product experience at scale, having worked on Meta Ads, along with a strategic understanding of enterprise pain points…

2025-05-25T23:38:59Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link 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. Trump said Sunday he’ll delay a 50% tariff on EU goods until July. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said she had a “good call” with Trump. The US still has a baseline 10% tariff on the EU. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he agreed to extend the deadline…

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told Princeton University graduates on Sunday that he didn’t major in economics as a student because, at the time, he found the subject “boring and useless.”As Powell gave the Baccalaureate address at Princeton, where he graduated with a degree in politics, he recounted his path to a career that included the private sector and government service.”I had no real plan for life after Princeton,” he said. “Many of my classmates and friends went straight into prestigious graduate schools, politics, or Wall Street. Others went on to global capitals, the military, or the Peace Corps.”He continued:…