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A writer recounts how a demoralizing job experience led them to pursue writing projects outside their regular work. They describe balancing a 9-to-5 role with creative side projects as a source of renewed confidence and purpose. The essay reflects a broader pattern the author observes among peers who maintain multiple professional and creative pursuits simultaneously.
A commentary piece contrasts Steve Jobs' Stanford advice to 'follow your passion' with Mark Cuban's advice to 'follow your effort,' arguing both reflect each man's personal temperament rather than universal truth. It extends the point to other contradictory maxims, such as 'say yes to everything' versus 'say no to almost everything,' and to engineering debates over microservices versus monolith architectures.
An Entrepreneur contributor argues companies lack a clear executive mandate for developing employees' adaptability and judgment as AI reshapes work, proposing a new 'Chief Human Capacity Officer' role. The piece cites WEF, Microsoft/LinkedIn and McKinsey research showing most workers need retraining by 2030, most AI users get no employer training, and few organizations have redesigned workflows around AI.
A new essay on product design argues that as software commoditizes thanks to AI, functional quality alone no longer separates products. Instead, the piece claims brand, design and overall user experience—what the author calls 'taste'—are what now distinguish successful products, citing commentary from Anu Atluru and Steve Jobs on exposure to great work as a way to develop this instinct.
A new survey finds that 86% of job candidates report having come across job postings they suspected were not tied to any actual open position. These 'ghost jobs' appear live on job boards despite the role not actively being filled, leaving many applicants submitting resumes into a void.
Federal investigators tracking the ShinyHunters hacking group have identified executives at two ransomware negotiation firms who had unusually close contact with the gang, according to sources cited by KrebsOnSecurity. One U.S.-based executive is suspected of helping the group operate a website used to pressure victims into paying ransoms. The probe follows ShinyHunters' breach of the FBI's recruitment site and the arrest of alleged member Pepijn van der Stap in the Netherlands.
Researchers and advocates are drawing parallels between AI's potential workforce impact and historical technology shifts, like the automated telephone switch that eliminated the female-dominated operator profession. The International Labour Organization reported in March that nearly one in 10 women in high-income countries work in occupations facing the highest risk of AI displacement. Experts note that clerical and administrative jobs, where women remain overrepresented, are especially exposed because AI excels at routine, pattern-based tasks.
Carolyn Marvin was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct after standing in front of an Uber delivery robot and refusing to let it pass. She told local broadcaster ABC13 she deliberately blocks the robots because they displace human delivery workers. Police arrived, asked her to move, and cuffed her after she declined.
Robert X. Cringely, the technology journalist known for the PBS documentary series Triumph of the Nerds, has died. He was widely remembered for his 1995 interview with Steve Jobs, conducted while Jobs was at NeXT, of which only 10 minutes aired originally before the full 70-minute recording surfaced later.
A growing number of workers are taking on second or third jobs simultaneously, often without hiding it from employers as they once did. This practice, sometimes called 'parallel work' or overemployment, is reportedly becoming more common and more socially accepted in white-collar workplaces.
A decades-old Steve Jobs quote, recirculated by commentators, claims that roughly half of what distinguishes successful entrepreneurs from others is perseverance. The quote is being revisited in discussions about how leaders sustain motivation once initial excitement fades, sales slow, and key staff begin leaving.
A working Apple-1 computer known as the 'Hatfield' unit sold at a Bonhams online auction for $1,148,200, up from $686,000 when it last changed hands in 2013. The machine, named for original owner Fred Hatfield, includes a motherboard signed by Steve Wozniak and a letter signed by Steve Jobs offering to trade the Apple-1 for an Apple II after Hatfield complained about limited software.