Lauryn Haas

“I get handed $100 bills for doing practically nothing,” Darby Pappas, 25, said about her job as a server in the most exclusive ski town in the US.

Lucien Charles worked on hits like “FBI: Most Wanted” and says he’s never experienced anything as tragic as what happened Thursday on the “Rust” set.

24-year-old Tita dropped her $3,200-a-month Manhattan rent to travel and work remotely in Florida, Colorado, and California with her boyfriend.

Natalie takes her day job seriously and only posts after hours: “If TikTok or Instagram goes away, I’m proud of my career and what I do.”

Jay Suggs, 30, takes trips with EF Ultimate Break and posts about them on her Instagram and YouTube, earning referral points along the way.

Alex and Elise Coleman saved 70% of their corporate paychecks for four years. By the time they decided to start a business, they were ready.

Sam Madden completed a $10,000 sommelier training course in New York during the winter of 2019. She’ll be a sommelier at Cru restaurant this summer.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ana Colak-Fustin, a 32-year-old former recruiter and career coach turned online entrepreneur in Gothenburg, Sweden. It’s been edited for length and clarity.I’m a former recruiter and career coach who now sells résumé templates on Etsy. I also run a job-search blog and do HR consulting for small businesses.I started my HR career in Croatia before relocating to Krakow, Poland, where I became a corporate career coach in 2018. I started my Etsy s…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Grayson Stewart, the winemaker for The Dreaming Tree from Sanger, California. It has been edited for length and clarity.I grew up in California’s Central Valley and discovered my passion for grape-growing and winemaking at an early age. My uncle who was a winemaker in Napa introduced me to the business.I worked my first grape harvest before I was of legal drinking age, and I was inspired to pursue an enology degree, which led to me entering w…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Syed Lateef, a 36-year-old Airbnb Superhost in Chicago. It’s been edited for length and clarity.I’m the CEO of SyedBnb, a short-term rental company with over 300 units and 100 employees.After dropping out of college for one year before returning to get my degree, I started working in finance, but I didn’t aspire to have the lifestyle of the company’s VPs. I wanted wealth, exotic cars, luxury vacations, time, and freedom, so I pivoted to real…