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I left my Big Tech job to bootstrap my own business. I went from making nearly $300,000 to not paying myself a salary.
In October 2023, Soni Mehra left her job at Uber to focus on her home decor business full-time. Sh…
Pooja Shah
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A Meta product manager who hates negotiating her salary explains how she approaches compensation talks
Negotiating a promotion or a raise is a difficult conversation, and it is helpful to practice exact…
Shubhangi Goel
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A Gen Xer shares how going back to college 5 years after dropping out landed him a nearly $150,000 salary that paid off his student debt
A Gen Xer went back to college five years after dropping out. He said it was worth it and helped hi…
Jacob Zinkula
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I want to be debt-free by the time I'm 30. Here's how I budget my $109,000 salary.
Libby Brooks was using the 50/30/20 rule for budgeting, but when she realized it wasn't helping her…
Charissa Cheong
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I shared my $100K salary details to help my female colleagues get paid more. Disclosing your salary is an ethical duty.
An ex-financial analyst helped his female colleagues negotiate higher pay by sharing his salary. He…
Chris Weller
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A software engineer worked at Tesla, SAP, and Salesforce. Here's how he negotiated his salary, including a $520,000 Meta offer.
Meta engineer Hemant Pandey shared his compensation journey since he broke into tech in 2018, inclu…
Shubhangi Goel
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Salary Journeys: The income of employees across every industry. From the administrative assistant making $16.50 an hour to the pharmaceutical exec making $203,000 a year.
From administrative assistants to IT managers, Insider's "Salary Journeys" series gives job seekers…
Chris Weller
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Readers share their salaries and what money means to them
In Insider Weekly: Our series where workers share their salary journeys, inside Russia's frozen eco…
Matt Turner,Jordan Parker Erb
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I got laid off from my dream job at LinkedIn. 6 months later, I got an offer from Google for almost double the salary.
Mariana Kobayashi was laid off from LinkedIn in May 2023. After traveling for six months, she lande…
Beatrice Nolan
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When I was hired at my first tech job I got an 81% salary bump. I had no idea my customer service skills would transfer.
A customer success manager got an 81% salary bump when she was hired at her first tech job followin…
Chris Weller
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The great hustler: Sharks back a founder but not his startup on Shark Tank India S2
In search of financial freedom, Ilesh Kumar Sharma developed three income streams - a salaried job,…
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Insider is launching a series that demystifies people's salaries, and we need your help
We're seeking anonymous submissions from people who wish to share their salary history as part of a…
Chris Weller
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The remarkable journey of Byju Raveendran from a teacher to a billionaire
Raveendran holds more than 21% stake in the Bengaluru-based educational technology and onl…
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Revolut pays some senior talent up to $300,000 in base salary and is still hiring. Here are 3 valuable traits in applicants, according to its global head of HR.
Mass layoffs have hit the tech industry in recent months, but Revolut is still hiring with plans to…
Sawdah Bhaimiya
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Apple’s woes in India: A timeline of the iPhone maker’s turbulent journey in the country
The Indian market has long been called a bit of a thorn in Apple’s ambitions in Asia, thanks to a c…
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JOIN OUR FREE EVENT MAY 9: Learn how to break into tech without experience and finally land that six-figure salary
We'll talk to three tech workers to discuss their journeys breaking into tech, the most in-demand s…
Jessica Xing
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Top WNBA players are turning down high salaries and opting not to play in Russia to protest Brittney Griner's imprisonment — eyeing other countries like Turkey and Hungary instead: report
WNBA players typically receive low pay in America compared to the millions they command playing ove…
Taylor Ardrey
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7-month-old PagarBook aims for 10 million active users by FY2021 after its first mass campaign with brand ambassador Akshay Kumar
Here is how a 7-month-old start-up manage to rope an ambassador as big as Akshay Kumar
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10 things in tech: YouTube's ad ban, Elon Musk's house, AI salaries revealed
Elon Musk is selling his last house, YouTube banned certain ads, and we examined AI companies' pay:…
Jordan Parker Erb
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SUCCESS INSIDER: 'Big 4' salaries, revealed: How much Deloitte, KPMG, EY, and PwC accountants and consultants make
Our regular newsletter for getting things done, like finding out how much you should be making as a…