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Case Study: Is It Ever OK to Break a Promise?

Harvard Business Review

Manufacturing is not the most glamorous business, and MBA recruiters are known for tempting people into more “prestigious” careers. Date: May 12, 2013 21:37. Date: June 6, 2013 20:16. Date: June 8, 2013 07:12. Date: June 8, 2013 07:22. Date: June 8, 2013 07:25. Date: June 8, 2013 19:21. Cheers, Dana.

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Why Do App Developers Still Live with Their Moms?

Harvard Business Review

With the virtual disappearance of major white-collar employers like Eastman Kodak and Westinghouse — once fairly reliable career on-ramps — young talent is focusing on entrepreneurship as a path forward. The Thiel Foundation president points out that “the safe career track is totally broken.” This is true.