Robin Madell

Aria Kim landed contract jobs at Google and Meta, and a full-time role at Sony. She shares the six pieces of career advice she wishes she'd ignored.

Namaswi Chandarana, a senior engineer at GameChanger, said that "the most important survival skill" in a tech job is communication.

After four years as a full-time software engineer, Phani Sai Ram Munipalli knew a massive shift was coming in tech and entered the AI talent wars.

When a former tech worker was jokingly called a "dino" by a coworker at 37, she realized he had a point.

After nearly two years at a FAANG company, a software engineer improved his work-life balance and cultural fit by taking a new role at Oracle.

Randy McCabe used four strategies to transition from corporate to freelance and earn over $1 million in five years. He's found balance and happiness.

Peter Lewis is an entrepreneur, consultant, and father who starts work at 4 a.m. and makes other key adjustments to balance fatherhood and his job.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ken Mac, a 43-year-old stay-at-home dad in the Chicago area. It’s been edited for length and clarity.We have four children, ages 19, 15, 7, and 5 — and while my wife, Andrea, makes over $500,000 a year as the family’s breadwinner, I’ve been a stay-at-home dad for the last seven years.I used to work full-time as a new product design engineer for a global industrial manufacturing company, but I left when our third child was born. I made six fig…

Stevie Howell is an artist who has lived in LA for about five years.She enjoys the city’s creative scene and the many produce that can be grown in the area.This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Stevie Howell, an artist and business owner who lives in Los Angeles. It’s been edited for length and clarity.I moved to Los Angeles about five years ago from San Francisco, and I previously lived in New York City and Chicago.I expected my move would be easy since I’d still be living in Ca…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Andrea Mac, a growth strategist at Prequal from the Greater Chicago area. It’s been edited for length and clarity.My husband handles 90% of our home life while I earn 100% of our family’s income: I’m the family’s breadwinner. While this is the right dynamic for us, my doubts creep in when things get imbalanced, and the parent/provider pendulum swings too far to either side.For the last seven years, my husband has been a stay-at-home dad for o…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Andrea Mac, a growth strategist who started her own revenue and growth consultancy, Prequal, from the Greater Chicago area. It’s been edited for length and clarity.I have four children, ages 19, 14, 7, and 5 — and while I’m the family’s breadwinner, my husband has been a stay-at-home dad for the last seven years.He left his full-time job as an electrical project engineer when our third child was born and my maternity leave was ending. He’s be…

Shelley Alvarado worked for five years at the Louis Vuitton store in Topanga, California.All employees were trained to spot signs that a Louis Vuitton bag was fake.This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Shelley Alvarado, a senior account executive and former Louis Vuitton employee from Los Angeles. It’s been edited for length and clarity.I’d wanted a career in fashion, and luxury retail seemed like it would be a great experience.During college, I worked at two well-known luxury re…

Richard Sim and his dog Auggie posing in front of the iconic Golden Gate bridge.Courtesy of Richard SimRichard Sim, the senior director of product for monetization at Roblox shared his daily routine.He starts with a bike ride, then drops his kids to school and heads into the office.This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Richard Sim, a senior director of product for monetization at Roblox, from San Mateo, California, about his daily work routine. The following has been edited for…

Tom Keiser says he starts work around 7 a.m. after catching up on industry newsletters and has used the same favorite notebook for decades.

Dean Drobot/ShutterstockTop VC podcast picks include “a16z” by Andreessen Horowitz and “How I Built This with Guy Raz” by NPR.According to a 2015 article published