- A Canadian software-engineering student who moved to San Francisco to break into tech and landed an OpenAI internship.
- The OpenAI stint fast-tracked his skills—shipping code quickly, learning to supercharge work with AI agents, and feeling the energy of a startup environment.
- After visa hiccups he’s pivoting to his own agentic-AI projects, saying San Francisco’s dense talent and opportunities make the high cost worthwhile compared with Canada.
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- Ellie Waters-Barnes, who survived an aggressive soft-tissue cancer as a teen, has graduated in medicine and will begin work as a Foundation Doctor at Royal Stoke University Hospital.
- Her 18 months of treatment left lasting effects (including early menopause) and ongoing checks, but also fuelled her passion for medicine.
- She says surviving cancer gave her a patient’s perspective—a "superpower" she hopes will make her a more empathetic doctor.
- Moved from South Africa at 47 and relaunched her PR career in West Palm Beach after pausing her business.
- Struggling to find full‑time work in her 50s—facing ghosting, possible age bias, and the emotional toll of job hunting.
- Juggling freelance clients, reopening her PR firm, learning AI, and networking (she enjoys Chamber of Commerce events) while stretching her savings.
- Refer is a "reverse recruiter" — job seekers pay a success fee (about 20% of the first month's salary) only if they land a role, flipping the traditional recruiter-employer model.
- An AI agent called Lia makes introductions only after both candidate and employer show interest; Refer says over half of users get an interview within 24 hours and the platform has facilitated 5,000+ interviews.
- The San Francisco startup just closed a previously unannounced $7.5M seed round (on top of an earlier $2.5M), and users like recent grad Hansheng Liu report getting hired through the service and being willing to pay the fee.
- Jamie Dimon says he won’t “twiddle my thumbs” after stepping down—plans include writing books, teaching and maybe doing media or other business projects.
- He’s signaled retirement as CEO in a few years and might stay on as chairman, fueling a succession watch with co-presidents Doug Petno and Troy Rohrbaugh as top contenders.
- It’s part of a broader trend: former CEOs like Steve Ballmer, Indra Nooyi and Howard Schultz stayed busy after leaving the top job—buying teams, teaching, writing, serving on boards and doing philanthropy.
- AI startup Rilla requires a 12‑hour, six‑day workweek and backs it with on‑site support—three meals a day, a gym with sauna and cold plunge—to help employees “get into the flow.”
- The company offers an $18,000 annual housing stipend for staff who live within about a 10‑minute bike ride of its Williamsburg office; roughly 80% of employees use it.
- Rilla spends about $37,000 per employee annually (≈$4.4M total) on perks and facilities, and says each engineer generates $4–5M in revenue.
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