When Manasi Mishra graduated from Purdue with a computer science degree, working on software at a big-tech firm was on her mind, and turning burritos down the counter was the furthest thing from it. But after submitting scores of applications…
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While most children are studying algebra and defeating video game bosses, 11-year-old William Maillisis is shooting for something much grander: disputing the theory of Stephen Hawking. It seems improbable, perhaps even farcical, but this young wunderkind is not merely another…
Most of us know that the lottery is a game you can’t win. The chances of winning a jackpot are so outlandish that you’re four times more likely to be struck by lightning than to become wealthy. And yet millions…
As Cindy Sheahan got on a flight in 2017, she figured she was just going on a well-deserved holiday. Time off work, time for some fresh air, perhaps some trips off to destinations on her bucket list. But the adventure…
When office manager Nikita Twitchen returned to work from maternity leave, she was eager for a warm re-welcome, not a layoff. But a few weeks after notifying her boss that she was pregnant once again, Twitchen was jobless. The woman,…
When Michigan man Sauntore Thomas went into his hometown bank on a cold winter morning, he did not expect another showdown in court. He had already had one, a suit over racial discrimination, when he worked at another establishment. But…
The average commuter struggles through traffic or takes the morning train. For 22-year-old Sophia Celentano, the morning commute involves boarding a flight before dawn to reach her internship. Ogilvy intern wakes up every week around 3:30 a.m. in Charleston, South…
When Cynthia Rodriguez dropped out of college at 21 as the mother of three, nobody would have expected her to be earning a six-figure salary. Fewer yet would have suspected the occupation that would lead to it: court reporter. As…
In 1973, the first Merrick McDonald’s spot in New York had fired up the grills for the first time, and Paul Hendel, a tall, ambitious 16-year-old with a fondness for free fries, was one of the first to put on…
When Tori Gerbig, then a 24-year-old insurance saleswoman who made $35,000 a year, began selling a few items on eBay in 2011, she couldn’t have imagined, or even hoped, that it would someday become a multibillion-dollar fashion brand. Fast-forward over…