I got my big break as a Lionsgate screenwriter after I moved 2,000 miles from Hollywood. Here’s how I made connections and worked my way up from security guard to my dream career.

Ken Miyamoto. Courtesy of Kevin Sparrow Ken Miyamoto was a security guard at Sony, and worked his way up to story analyst for the studio. A self-taught screenwriter, Miyamoto was later offered a development deal at Lionsgate. He was able to continue paid work as screenwriter after a recession, despite living in Wisconsin. This as-told-to…

Why the labor shortage will stick around — and is good news for worker pay

Pedestrians walk past a Now Hiring sign in Arlington, Virginia, on March 16, 2022. Stefani Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images A new Indeed and Glassdoor report looks at long-term trends for the labor market. The report finds that labor shortages are going to stick around, especially with an aging population. Policy solutions like more immigration and family-friendly policies…

I’ve been a licensed psychotherapist in Silicon Valley for the past decade, and I’ve never witnessed such an atmosphere of panic and insecurity amid the massive tech layoffs

Evergreen Counseling Annie Wright runs Evergreen Counseling, a boutique trauma therapy center in Berkeley, California. Since the Twitter and Meta layoffs, she and her team are speaking to hundreds of patients a week. Here’s what she’s observed, as told to Insider reporter Lakshmi Varanasi. Over the past decade, Silicon Valley operated under the spell that…

The middle class is getting left behind as low earners win higher wages and the richest see their wealth grow

Middle-class Americans are losing access to real estate as their most reliable source for wealth building. The Good Brigade/Getty Images In recent years, wealthy Americans got wealthier and low-wage workers bargained for higher pay. But middle-class Americans have seen their wages stall, economists found.  And the real estate market has been a double whammy for…

Apple’s Lightning to USB-C switch will benefit iPhone 15 Pro models most, claims analyst

Seasoned smartphone industry analyst, Ming-Chi Kuo, claims that Apple will complete its switch to USB-C from Lightning for all devices as soon as next year – long before the EU directive demands it. And, his latest report reveals that the entire iPhone 15 line-up will ditch the Lightning port. However, the standard iPhone 15 and…