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☆ 6 signs you'll be a 'late bloomer' in your career — and how to set yourself up for a strong second act
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Julia Pugachevsky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementHe said there's no universal age that makes someone a late bloomer. Instead, he defines late bloomers as "people who start doing incredible things after the point when no one expects it." Sometimes, late bloomers would find a way to use their talents in new ways. "We're always keen to compare the late bloomer with the early bloomer," he said. "But I would compare the late bloomer with the person who dies without doing their thing."

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☆ Opinion: ‘Kinds of Kindness’ has a cultish take on toxic work culture
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Opinion Noah Berlatsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

In his new film, “Kinds of Kindness,” though, Yorgos Lanthimos goes further. Jesse Plemons is Robert in Yorgos Lanthimos’ new film, “Kinds of Kindness." Workplace harassment is a pervasive problem in a huge range of professions, from farm work to domestic labor to Hollywood itself. Remote work saves companies money by reducing rent and relocation costs, and because workers who work from home are more satisfied with fewer pay raises. People in “Kinds of Kindness” are pushed to mistake domination for kindness.

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Master chef and restaurateur Paul Liebrandt rates 11 fine-dining scenes in movies and television, such as "The Bear," for realism. He also explains cooking and plating techniques, along with the evolution of French cuisine, via the molecular gastronomy scene in "The Hundred-Foot Journey," with Helen Mirren; the use of foie gras in "Cook Up a Storm"; the cooking competition scene "Food Wars! : Shokugeki no Soma," and the omelet-making scene at Le Cordon Bleu in "Julie & Julia," starring Meryl Streep as Julia Child. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.

Persons: Paul Liebrandt, Jeremy Allen White, Jon Favreau, Bradley Cooper, Anya Taylor, Joy, Ralph Fiennes, Helen Mirren, Cook, Julie, Julia, Meryl Streep, Julia Child Organizations: Michelin, Business

☆ 5 in-demand admin skills, according to Upwork: Some can pay more than $100 an hour
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Freelance marketplace Upwork has long been documenting the most popular skills and specialties on its website. Among those that made the list this year are data analytics, social media marketing and accounting, according to its Most In-Demand Work Skills in 2024 report. Upwork groups its popular skills according to field, such as coding and sales. This year, it also included a list of its most in-demand customer service and admin support tasks, some of which don't necessarily require much experience. That's the sort of admin work general virtual assistants pick up and why they're so in demand.

Persons: Margaret Lilani, Vicki Salemi, they'll Organizations: Microsoft, Research

☆ Election Updates: The Jamaal Bowman-George Latimer primary could signal many political benchmarks.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Claire Fahy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

New York is a closed primary state, meaning Democrats and Republicans can vote only in their own parties’ primaries. Bowman and Mr. Latimer may serve as harbingers of many political benchmarks. Mr. Latimer is largely supportive of Israel, calling for a return of all hostages before any potential cease-fire. Mr. Latimer has received $14.5 million in support from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. It has also featured negative characterizations, with Mr. Latimer portraying Mr.

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☆ Our Pandemic Puppy Brought Pure Joy. Losing Him, Pure Heartbreak. - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Margaret Renkl | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The first good thing about Rascal was his wiggling, leaping “You’re awake!” greeting at the start of every day. Because the second good thing about Rascal was his irrepressible joy. There is no gratitude like the gratitude of an animal rescued from a life of pain and fear and hunger. The third good thing about Rascal was his undimmed delight in what may have been the first real home he ever had. He turned laundry folding into a game of keep-away, and then a game of tug of war.

Persons: Rascal Organizations: Metro Animal Control Locations: Nashville

☆ Human rights lawyer to political reformer: Who is Keir Starmer, the UK's new would-be prime minister
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Karen Gilchrist | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer speaks ahead of the U.K.'s general election on July 4, 2024. The left-of-center opposition party retains a commanding lead of around 20 points over current Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservatives, according to the latest YouGov poll. But who is Keir Starmer — Labour's leader and the clear favorite to become prime minister after Britain's July 4 election? Starmer also served as a human rights adviser during former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair's Northern Ireland Good Friday Agreement. Labour leader Keir Starmer takes a selfie with students after a campaign event at Three Counties Medical School on May 29, 2024.

Persons: Sir Keir Starmer, Anthony Devlin, Rishi Sunak's, Nigel Farage's, Keir Starmer —, Starmer, Margaret Thatcher's, Tony Blair's, Jeremy Corbyn, Keir Starmer, Christopher Furlong Organizations: Labour Party, Getty, Conservative, Britain's Labour Party, Labour, Conservatives, British, National Health Service, University of Leeds, University of Oxford, Shell, Tony Blair's Northern, Service, Counties Medical School, Wealth Fund Locations: London, England, Victoria, EU, Britain

☆ The ‘Kinds of Kindness’ cast explain the cruel, violent and sexy imagination of Yorgos Lanthimos: ‘He’s actually a nice guy’
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Thomas Page | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“Oh, I like that.”The film’s writer-director Yorgos Lanthimos, a connoisseur of Biblical violence and creator of cursed demimondes, likes to push viewers to the limit. Hong Chau and Jesse Plemons in "Kinds of Kindness." Courtesy Searchlight PicturesIn “Kinds of Kindness,” Lanthimos injects Old Testament logic into everyday life in twisted parables about the social contracts we write one another. Alwyn, a veteran of “The Favourite,” is in many ways the typical Lanthimos actor. “Kinds of Kindness” is available in select US cinemas from June 21, and released nationwide and in the UK on June 28.

Persons: Jesse Plemons, ”, Yorgos Lanthimos, Plemons, Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Hong Chau, Joe Alwyn, Margaret Qualley, Mamoudou, “, Oscar, Tony McNamara, Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou, Dafoe, Stone, she’s, Atsushi Nishijima, Alwyn, ” Athie, isn’t, ” Dafoe, Omi, we’re, God, Raymond, ‘, Colin Farrell, Christos Stergioglou’s fabulist, curdles, awfulness, Emily, ” Alwyn, he’s Organizations: CNN, Cannes Film, Searchlight, coy Locations: Hong, America, ”

☆ Fake elector case in Nevada dismissed over venue question, state attorney general vows appeal
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford said he’ll take the issue to the state Supreme Court after Clark County District Court Judge Mary Kay Holthus ruled that Las Vegas was the wrong venue for the case. “They’re done,” said Margaret McLetchie, attorney for Clark County Republican Party chairman Jesse Law, one of the defendants in the case. The state Republican Party issued a statement welcoming the court decision, pointing to Ford’s vow to appeal and asking for contributions to continue the court fight. Chattah ran as a Republican in 2022 for state attorney general and lost to Ford by just under 8% of the vote. Also, unlike other states, Nevada did not have a legal challenge pending in courts at the time.

Persons: Donald Trump, Aaron Ford, he’ll, Mary Kay Holthus, we’ll, ” Ford, “ They’re, ”, Margaret McLetchie, Jesse Law, Michael McDonald, Jim DeGraffenreid, Shawn Meehan, Jim Hindle, Eileen Rice, McDonald’s, Richard Wright, Ford, ” Wright, Holthus, Matthew Rashbrook, McDonald, Brian Hardy, Meehan, Sigal Chattah, Chattah, Joe Biden, Kenneth Chesebro, Chesebro, Trump, Biden, State Barbara Cegavske, Cegavske Organizations: LAS VEGAS, Las, Clark County Republican, Democratic, Republican, “, Republican Party, Convention, Ford, Trump, State Locations: Nevada, Clark, Las Vegas, Carson, Douglas, Storey County, Carson City, Reno, ”, Nevada’s Storey, Milwaukee, Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin

☆ Millennials and Gen Zers are 'quiet quitting' friendships, and it could backfire
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Mikhaila Friel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewSome millennials and Gen Zers are embracing "quiet quitting" as a means of ending friendships. "While losing enduring connections can lead to feelings of isolation or missing out, quiet quitting may also be a healthy way for millennials and Gen Zers to prune their social lives, allowing new, richer relationships to grow," he added. Quiet quitting can lead to regret, experts sayMark Vahrmeyer, a psychotherapist and cofounder of Brighton and Hove Psychotherapy, told BI that the consequences of quiet quitting depend on the circumstances. Sophie Mort, a clinical psychologist and mental health expert at Headspace, told BI that quiet quitting to avoid conflict will lead to feelings of regret, as unresolved feelings remain permanently unaddressed. AdvertisementMargaret Bankole, a friendship and relationships counselor, told BI that quiet quitting can be harmful for both sides, as it will ruin the opportunity to gain closure.

Persons: —, Zers, Melissa Ann Marie, Marie, 168,7000, gossiped, Daniel Glazer, Blaquier, Mark Vahrmeyer, Sophie Mort, Margaret Bankole Organizations: Service, Business, Brighton, Hove Psychotherapy Locations: millennials, Argentina, Buenos Aires, Hove

☆ Chasing Spring and Fireflies Into the Absolute Darkness - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( Margaret Renkl | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

I first learned about blue ghosts last year from Jennifer Frick-Ruppert, a zoologist at Brevard College in western North Carolina. I was at Brevard for a writers’ conference, and Dr. Frick-Ruppert offered to take me to see the ethereal fireflies that glow without blinking. Synchronous fireflies flash in unison — blinking together and then going dark together before blinking together again. By the time my family left for vacation in western North Carolina in early June, I’d given up on seeing the famous fireflies of the Appalachian forests. She said he could point me toward the fireflies I’d been longing to see.

Persons: Jennifer Frick, Ruppert, . Frick, I’d, Georgann Eubanks, Tal Galton, Snakeroot Organizations: Brevard College Locations: North Carolina, Brevard, Smoky, East Tennessee

☆ Washington Post CEO Will Lewis faced with new allegations of phone hacking
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-16 | by ( Eva Rothenberg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Citing a former co-worker of Lewis’, a private investigator and its own investigation of newspaper archives, the New York Times said Lewis used phone and company records that were “fraudulently obtained” through hacking and paying sources for information. A spokesperson for the Washington Post told CNN Lewis declined to comment. The Washington Post did not respond to CNN with regard to these allegations. “It’s as bad as I’ve ever seen it, truly,” one staffer said earlier this month, noting that the Washington Post has hit “rough patches” before but that the stormy atmosphere hanging over the outlet is unprecedented. In an opinion piece for the Guardian on Wednesday, Sullivan wrote that firing Lewis and finding a new CEO is “the cleanest, best move” Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos could make.

Persons: Will Lewis, Lewis ’, Lewis, “, Margaret Sullivan, Craig Newmark, Sally Buzbee, CNN Lewis, Rupert Murdoch’s, Prince Harry, Guy Ritchie, Hugh Grant, Buzbee, ”, “ It’s, Sullivan, Jeff Bezos, Bezos, — Organizations: New, New York CNN, New York Times, Times, Craig Newmark Center for Journalism, Columbia University’s School of Journalism, CNN, of Professional Journalists, Washington Post, Washington, Murdoch’s News Corporation, NPR, The Washington Post, Guardian, ” Washington Post Locations: New York, Washington, London

☆ UAW President Shawn Fain under investigation by federal monitor
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —Shawn Fain, who led the United Auto Workers union in its strike against all three unionized American automakers last fall, is under investigation by a federal monitor overseeing the union. It dredges up past union corruption issues that sent previous union officials to prison, an issue that helped Fain win a narrow upset victory to lead the union last year. Fain was a guest of President Joe Biden at the State of the Union speech, where Biden recognized and praised him. Biden also joined Fain on the picket line during last year’s auto strike, the first sitting president to visit a picket line. Fain, a former critic of both former President Donald Trump and the Biden administration, has become a vocal supporter of Biden, who has been endorsed by the UAW.

Persons: Shawn Fain, Fain, Margaret Mock, “, Neil Barofsky, Rich Boyer, Boyer, Barofsky, Mock, ” Barofsky, ”, We’re, Stellantis, Joe Biden, Biden, Donald Trump Organizations: New, New York CNN, United Auto Workers, UAW, Volkswagen, Stellantis, TARP, General Motors, Ford, State Locations: New York, Tennessee, Mercedes, Alabama

☆ Baby naming is big business, with consultants charging up to $10,000 to find the perfect name
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-07 | by ( Lindsay Dodgson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Now, there are baby naming consultants who rifle through popularity lists, analyze trends, and recommend the right fit for families. There are companies that specialize in baby names, too. AdvertisementCoffield said she knew she could make a living from baby names when she started talking about it on TikTok. She had previously focused on educating women about how to be empowered while giving birth and casually spoke about baby names a few times. The biggest way to build success in the baby naming business is to make sure people find you credible, Coffield said.

Persons: —, influencer Francesca Farago, @francescafarago, ames, earbooks,, ike, ersonal, ake, ince, ure Organizations: Service, Business, Netflix, ust

Tu Lam, a former Special Forces soldier, rates the fighting techniques Keanu Reeves uses in the "John Wick" movies. He talks about judo and jujitsu, sniper techniques, and the ways public missions are handled in "John Wick" (2014), with Alfie Allen, Willem Dafoe, and John Leguizamo. He explains how suppressors work, the best ways to handle a knife, and how to turn anything in a room into a weapon, as seen in "John Wick: Chapter 2" (2017), with Common, Ruby Rose, and Laurence Fishburne. He compares his own experiences with urban shootouts, working with military dogs, and fighting on a motorcycle to "John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum" (2019), with Halle Berry, Ian McShane, and Anjelica Huston. Finally, he breaks down defensive driving, clearing a room, and fighting on stairs in "John Wick: Chapter 4" (2023), with Bill Skarsgård and Donnie Yen.

Persons: Lam, Keanu Reeves, John Wick, Alfie Allen, Willem Dafoe, John Leguizamo, Ruby Rose, Laurence Fishburne, Halle Berry, Ian McShane, Anjelica Huston, Bill Skarsgård, Donnie Yen Organizations: Special Forces, Business

☆ 2024 may once again suprise investors with double-digit returns: Allspring's Margaret Patel
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via Email2024 may once again suprise investors with double-digit returns: Allspring's Margaret PatelMargaret Patel, senior portfolio manager for multi-asset solutions at Allspring Global Investments, joins CNBC's 'The Exchange' to discuss market outlooks, timeline for potential Fed rate cuts, and more.

Persons: Margaret Patel Margaret Patel Organizations: Allspring Global Investments

☆ Opinion | On the Pleasures and Risks of Rereading a Beloved Book
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Margaret Renkl | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On the day of the eclipse back in April, walking through Boston Commons on a fine spring afternoon as every expectant face turned upward, I thought again of Annie Dillard’s wondrously dislocating essay “Total Eclipse,” which I have reread more times than I can count. “My hands were silver,” she wrote. “All the distant hills’ grasses were finespun metal that the wind laid down.”Then I read “This Is How a Robin Drinks: Essays on Urban Nature,” the forthcoming book by the Nashville naturalist Joanna Brichetto, which begins with an epigraph from “Pilgrim at Tinker Creek,” the book that won Ms. Dillard a Pulitzer Prize when she was 29 years old: “Some unwonted, taught pride diverts us from our original intent, which is to explore the neighborhood, view the landscape, to discover at least where it is that we have been so startlingly set down, if we can’t learn why.”And then, as if I were a dullard the universe can’t trust to take a hint, the writer Jennifer Justice mentioned in her wonderful Substack newsletter that 2024 is the 50th anniversary of the publication of “Pilgrim at Tinker Creek,” a book that changed me when I was 18 as thoroughly as the eclipse changed Annie Dillard. On the same day, if you can believe it, the novelist Barbara Kingsolver singled out “Tinker Creek” in an Earth Day recollection for The Washington Post: “Her writing helped me see nature not as a collection of things to know or possess, but a world of conjoined lives, holy and complete, with or without me.”

Persons: Annie Dillard’s wondrously, ”, Joanna Brichetto, “ Pilgrim, Dillard, Jennifer Justice, Annie Dillard, Barbara Kingsolver, “ Organizations: Washington Post Locations: Boston, Nashville, Tinker

☆ How This 300-Year-Old Pastel Stick Maker Creates Nearly 2,000 Colors
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Sarah Elkasaby | Claudia Romeo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Henri Roché pastels are highly coveted for their particular texture, ability to adhere to most mediums, and intensity of colors. For over 300 years, La Maison du Pastel has handcrafted these pastels, used by artists like Degas. Today, the company is run and operated by just two women — Isabelle Roché, a distant relative of Henri Roché, and Margaret Zayer. But it's taken them decades of work since Isabelle took over the dying company in 2000 to build it back up to where it is today. We visited their secret workshop in the French countryside to see how La Maison du Pastel is still standing.

Persons: Henri, Degas, — Isabelle Roché, Henri Roché, Margaret Zayer, it's, Isabelle Organizations: Business

☆ Teacher on leave after holding mock slave auction, using N-word in 5th-grade class
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Paradise Afshar | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A Massachusetts teacher who staged a mock slave auction and used the N-word in a 5th-grade class has been placed on leave, according to a letter sent to parents by the school’s superintendent. The school district is about 30 miles west of Boston. In January, the teacher – who is not named in the letter – held an “impromptu mock slave auction” during a lesson on the Atlantic triangle slave trade, during which slave auctions were discussed, the letter said. “It was later brought to the District’s attention that the ‘N-word’ does not appear in the book,” Martineau said. CNN has reached out to the school and to the school district for further comment.

Persons: CNN —, Margaret, Gregory Martineau, –, ” Martineau, “, Martineau Organizations: CNN, Margaret Neary Elementary, WCVB, Public Schools of Northborough Locations: Massachusetts, Boston

☆ Emily Ratajkowski, Stormy Daniels and the not-so-subtle art of sartorial support
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

On the final day of Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial — in which a jury found the former president guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records — Emily Ratajkowski was spotted wearing a not-so-subtle statement shirt. Ratajkowski wore her $95 Stormy Daniels T-shirt out in New York. Ratajkowski herself is no stranger to the art of sartorial support, wearing a conspicuous Rage Against the Machine T-shirt in 2020 featuring a young Bernie Sanders. Despite a lack of statement, Cate Blanchett's latest Cannes look was interpreted by many as a nod to the Palestinian flag. Similarly, Ratajkowski has spoken at length in her 2021 book “My Body” about her experience enduring several instances of sexual assault.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Emily Ratajkowski, Stormy Daniels, Daniels, Robert Crumb, Katherine Hammett, Margaret Thatcher, Pershing, Hammett, Thatcher, ” Hammett, Ratajkowski, Bernie Sanders, Queen Elizabeth II —, Cate Blanchett’s Haider Ackermann, Blanchett, Ackermann, Cate Blanchett's, Daniel Cole, Guy Pearce, Netanyahu, ” Pearce, ”, I’ve Organizations: CNN, Trump, British, Guardian, EU, Cannes Film, Fair Locations: New York City, York, British, New York, Gotham, Palestine, Gaza, Cannes, Fair France

☆ Rumer Willis reveals the group chat she and her sisters have with mom Demi Moore during her career revival
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Jason Guerrasio | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

At the Cannes Film Festival earlier this month, Moore's latest movie, "The Substance," received a 13-minute standing ovation. And Moore's three daughters — Rumer, 35, Scout, 32, and Tallulah, 30 — are here for all the praise. Advertisement(L-R) Rumer Willis, father Bruce Willis, sister Tallulah Willis, mother Demi Moore, and sister Scout Willis. Getty"We have a thread that we call 'Lineage of Females' that has all my sisters and I on it, and we don't see the looks she's going to do, so when we do, we're like, 'Oh my god, mom, mom, mom, this is amazing, you look iconic! Moore, 61, who had her daughters while married to Bruce Willis before they divorced, found fame in the 1980s.

Persons: —, Matthew McConaughey's, Brendan Fraser's, Demi Moore's, Moore's, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid, didn't, — Rumer, Rumer, Rumer Willis, Bruce Willis, Tallulah Willis, Demi Moore, Scout Willis, Getty, Jenna Bush Hager, Matthew McConaughey, Moore Organizations: Service, Cannes Film, Business, York Locations: Tallulah, South, France, Elmo's

☆ Opinion | A Tiny Museum Takes the High Road and Shows the Way Forward
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-27 | by ( Margaret Renkl | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It winks at the absurdity of finding an exact, full-size replica of an ancient Athenian temple in a Nashville city park while simultaneously acknowledging the breathtaking grandeur of the building. By the mid-19th century, Nashville had come to be known as the Athens of the South, a reference to the city’s uncommonly high number of colleges and universities. Our Parthenon was built in 1897 as a temporary exhibition space in connection with Tennessee’s centennial celebration. It is now a museum and still stands in Centennial Park, surrounded by 132 acres of gardens and other public spaces. Like the original Parthenon, Nashville’s Parthenon tells the world something about how the city sees itself, how it hopes to be understood, the truths it values most.

Organizations: Nashville Locations: Nashville, Athens, Centennial

They’re noisy and clumsy, and there are a trillion of them. Take a stroll with the Opinion contributing writer Margaret Renkl as she shares the sounds of cicadas buzzing and mating in her Nashville neighborhood. For Renkl, these often maligned insects give her great hope and joy. (A full transcript of this audio essay will be available within 24 hours of publication in the audio player above.)

Persons: Margaret Renkl Locations: Nashville

☆ Former OpenAI board members say the company can't be trusted to govern itself
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-27 | by ( Lloyd Lee | Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewTwo former OpenAI board members say artificial intelligence companies can't be trusted to govern themselves and that third-party regulation is necessary to hold them accountable. Helen Toner and Tasha McCauley were board members at OpenAI before they stepped down in November amid a chaotic push to oust OpenAI cofounder Sam Altman. AdvertisementWith Altman back at the helm, Toner and McCauley wrote that OpenAI can't be trusted to hold itself accountable. Related storiesThe former board members wrote that they once believed that OpenAI could govern itself, but "based on our experience, we believe that self-governance cannot reliably withstand the pressure of profit incentives." AdvertisementThe board's 22 members include Altman and chief executives of large tech companies, including Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai.

Persons: —, Helen Toner, Tasha McCauley, OpenAI, Sam Altman, Altman, Scarlett Johansson, Chat, Toner, McCauley, — bode, Jensen Huang, Sundar Pichai, ethicists, Margaret Mitchell Organizations: Service, Business, Department of Homeland Security, Artificial Intelligence, Security Board, Nvidia, Ars Technica Locations: OpenAI

☆ 6 in-demand freelance skills, according to Upwork—one pays up to $250 an hour
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-26 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Approximately 2 million people are expected to graduate from college in 2024, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. Data analysts on Upwork charge as much as $167 per hour. Given the constant development of technology, demand for full stack development "isn't going away," says Lilani. Like full stack development and given the prevalence of these platforms, "social media marketing is another one that's not going away," Lilani says. Accountants on Upwork charge as much as $125 per hour.

Persons: Margaret Lilani, Vicki Salemi, they're, Salemi, Lilani, That's Organizations: National Center for Education Statistics, Microsoft, Social

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