Kiera Fields
Associate Editor, Freelance Desk at Business Insider
Editor overseeing the freelance desk at @businessinsider Pitch me all things work, tech, finance, and careers at [email protected].
Articles
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6 days ago |
businessinsider.com | Kiera Fields |Claire Turrell |Henry Blodget
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Arran Main-McKendrick, 36, who is the deputy general manager of Necker Island. It has been edited for length and clarity. I drive a golf cart to the office. During the two-minute journey, I might bump into a giant tortoise, a kangaroo, or Richard Branson waving good morning. In April 2022, I started working at Richard Branson's Necker Island resort in the British Virgin Islands (BVI).
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1 week ago |
businessinsider.com | Kiera Fields |Claire Turrell |Henry Blodget
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sacha Warren from Surrey, England. Warren's financials have been verified by Business Insider. It has been edited for length and clarity. I bought my house in Epsom, a town outside London, in 2001. It has a huge garden, and I knew I'd never leave. I was lucky to get on the property ladder. My dad gave me the deposit for a one-bedroom apartment in 1997.
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1 week ago |
businessinsider.com | Kiera Fields |Joshua Zitser |Henry Blodget
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Catalina Mendoza, a 26-year-old cofounder of a luxury tote bag business based in Germany. The business's financials have been verified by Business Insider. The following has been edited for length and clarity. I'd always cringe when I saw people crying on social media. I never wanted to be one of them. But in April, my husband got off a call with our suppliers in China and told me we had to stop selling in the US immediately.
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2 weeks ago |
businessinsider.jp | Kiera Fields
スコット・ペイン氏は約20年間、FBIの潜入捜査官および調整官として活動した。 彼はバイカーギャングや過激派グループに潜入し、逮捕につなげる活動を行った。 潜入捜査の仕事は、将来裏切ることになるかもしれない人間関係を築くことだと述べている。 この記事は、元FBI潜入捜査官スコット・ペイン（Scott Payne）氏との会話に基づいて書かれている。ビジネスインサイダーは彼の雇用歴と資格を書類で確認した。読みやすさを考慮して、編集されている。 私は23年間、FBIに勤務し、主にバイカーギャング、麻薬カルテル、アメリカのネオナチグループに潜入する捜査官として働いた。 潜入捜査とは、将来裏切ることになるかもしれない人間関係を築くことであり、それが自分の精神に悪影響を与えることのないようにする対処法を身につけることでもある。 私は常に潜入捜査を扱った映画に魅力を感じており、人付き合いが好きなタイプだった。それが潜入捜査の仕事に惹かれた理由だと思う。1993年に警察官として働き始め、制服巡回警官として3年、その後風俗・麻薬捜査の部署で2年を過ごした。...
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2 weeks ago |
businessinsider.com | Kiera Fields |Polly Thompson |Henry Blodget
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Donald King, a former PwC consultant in New York who founded AMDK, a marketing startup. King's employment has been verified with documents. It has been edited for length and clarity. Getting laid off from PwC was the best thing that ever happened to me. But at the time, it felt like my world was crumbling away. I was 25 and had been a technology consultant at the firm since 2021.
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