The onset of the pandemic in 2020 and the disruptions that followed thereafter revealed how dissatisfied most are with their jobs. Now that the economy is regaining its footing, people have begun to reassess and reinvent their careers. The question…

Higher education is failing to meet one of its top promises to its students: employment. A recent report by job site Monster reveals that among the Class of 2020 college graduates, 45 percent remain unemployed. While a significant part of…

Data has been baked into nearly every industry, as companies continue to place big bets on data initiatives. But here’s the paradox: one in five companies are failing to maximize the opportunities that data presents.  A report from commercial data…

What is design worth? A lot, apparently, as it’s become a critical component to business success. According to the Design Management Institute, design-led companies have “outperformed the S&P 500 by 219 percent” over 10 years. A sit-down interview in 2013…

There’s a fine line between good and bad software, and that could be a single line of code.  To an aspiring software engineer, this might seem like a welcome invitation to simply pick a language, watch countless YouTube tutorials on…

When Vik Paruchuri decided to move from Boston to the Bay Area, he knew the apartment hunt was going to be brutal. “[I] figured out that a lot of finding an apartment comes down to timing,” he said. A minute…

Picture 20 chessboards set up next to each other. A single player stands on one side of them. On the other side, 20 players stand ready to attack. Put simply, it’s one versus 20. In chess, this is called the…

In April 2020, Kevin Williams signed an income share agreement (ISA) to finance his full stack web development training at a coding bootcamp. A year later, Kevin has yet to secure a job in the tech field. Despite the setback,…

A man walks into a bar and engages in a conversation with the bartender. The bartender, intrigued, listens to the man with full concentration. The next day, the bartender hit the books to prepare for a new career. The bartender…

After leaving behind a 10-year career in art education, Leanne Frisinger spent six months chasing after what she considered another artistic pursuit, with code as the chosen medium of expression: software engineering. “When I was teaching in South Africa, I…