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Slumped in exhaustion on the floor of a phone room, Jenny Blake realized her five-year career at Google had hit a plateau.

Slumped in exhaustion on the floor of a phone room, Jenny Blake realized her five-year career at Google had hit a plateau.

I was midway into my five-year tenure at Google when I found myself curled up on the floor of a small phone room, unable to muster the strength to reach my arm up to the top of the desk, pick up the phone, and cancel my next back-to-back meeting. I felt light-headed and nauseous.

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19-year-old Connor Krukosky has been collecting computers for years. His latest relic helped land him a job.

19-year-old Connor Krukosky has been collecting computers for years. His latest relic helped land him a job.

The IBM z890 Mainframe computer weighs 1,500 pounds and stands over five feet tall. When it was first unveiled in 2004, it cost over $300,000. At that time, the z890 was a cutting-edge solution that helped midsized enterprises run their businesses. A 2004 ComputerWorld article described it as small, but by today’s standards it’s a big honking computer, and it’s for anything but personal use.

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This behavioral scientist harnessed the psychology of choice to grow his Twitter account from 85 to over 101,000 followers.

This behavioral scientist harnessed the psychology of choice to grow his Twitter account from 85 to over 101,000 followers.

I opened my Twitter account a few years ago, but for a while I didn’t have much to show for it. As of April 27, 2014, I had never posted a single tweet and had a mere 85 followers.

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The main upside, says one Buffer employee, isn’t about early birds catching worms—it’s about the power of choice.

The main upside, says one Buffer employee, isn’t about early birds catching worms—it’s about the power of choice.

I work for an incredible company, with teammates scattered around the globe. Most of us tend to work nine to five–ish hours, and up until a few months ago, I did, too. My schedule was pretty standard:

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August’s top leadership stories may get you to take your to-do list analog and help you get noticed by a Google recruiter.

August’s top leadership stories may get you to take your to-do list analog and help you get noticed by a Google recruiter.

This month we learned how Patagonia recoups 91% of the cost of onsite child care, why an Industrial Age to-do list hack still has life in it, and why Google is thinking more creatively about hiring engineers than it used to.

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The iPhone/Apple Watch payment system is already easy to use. But it won’t become a daily habit until it’s available everywhere.

The iPhone/Apple Watch payment system is already easy to use. But it won’t become a daily habit until it’s available everywhere.

Apple Pay is nearing its second birthday, and mobile payments are far from ubiquitous. The credit-card replacement, which lets you use an iPhone or Apple Watch to pay at retail stores, only touts a user base numbering in the “tens of millions,” according to Apple CEO Tim Cook.

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