Plus, a custom AI career coach and a marketer turned mailman.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Good morning. Today, we look at a tech researcher who built her own dream AI career coach and check in with a marketing professional who got laid off during the pandemic and found a new job delivering mail. | | | | | |  | | PHOTO: JESSICA RUIZ FOR WSJ | | | | | | Many U.S. earners in the top 10% don't feel rich. Households in that group, generally classified as those making about $250,000 or more, are thriving by many measures. Yet years of soaring costs for housing, borrowing and more feel oppressive, even for those with hefty paychecks. | | | | | | | | MEMBER MESSAGE: Marketwatch Picks |  | | 'He Drained Everything.' My Husband Left and Took the 401(k) | | After 33 years of marriage, her husband walked away, taking all of their investments with him. Now she wants to know how to move forward. What should she do? Who can help? Read More | ![]() | | | | | | |  | | PHOTO: DESIREE RIOS FOR WSJ | | | | | | Amazon is on the cusp of using more robots than humans in its warehouses, where it has deployed more than one million of the machines in a yearslong automation push. The e-commerce giant's increasing integration of robotics has helped boost productivity and reduce turnover pressure. | | | He seemed like a great worker, but the FBI says he's a North Korean scammer. The man was hired at a U.S. crypto firm, and later fired. Yet authorities now accuse him of defrauding his employer, one of many such hackers to infiltrate tech companies with a false identity. | | | | | | | 30.81% | | The increase in median pay for chief technology officers in 2024 from the previous year, to roughly $2.4 million, according to C-Suite Comp. Meanwhile, as AI elevates top U.S. tech roles, base compensation for chief information officers is also growing by roughly 20% to 30% according to Martha Heller, CEO of Heller Search Associates. | | | | | | | | |  | | PHOTO: STEPHEN STARRING GRANT | | | | | | A marketing professional lost his job…so he started delivering mail. No one expects to have to start over from the bottom rung at age 50, but that doesn't mean it's impossible, writes Stephen Starring Grant in an excerpt of his forthcoming book. | | | | | 📰 Enjoying this newsletter? Get more from WSJ and support our journalism by subscribing today with this special offer. | | | | | | | The Careers & Leadership newsletter helps you get ahead and stay informed about careers, business, management and leadership. Reach us at careers@wsj.com. | | | | | | | |
