Trade schools are booming, companies can’t find technicians, and Gen Z sees skilled trades as a shelter from AI. Meanwhile my son is set on a science high school, and dinner gets lively.

Record employment, yet seven companies in ten can’t find the people they need. At 53, after layoffs and reorgs, I explain why my passion for technology keeps me in the saddle.

Locations that change halfway down the page, remote roles that turn hybrid, absurd salary ranges and ghost jobs: the mismatches in job listings, and why my own job search ended well.

Newsletters, feeds, groups, job boards: every day I sift through dozens of listings hoping to find one that fits. Doom jobbing takes a toll, and for once I’m giving myself a break.

The geography of cross-border work is shifting: French commuters keep rising, Italians are slowing down. Figures, causes, and a personal story from four years spent crossing that border.

I followed an Italian startup that’s now changing its model because the first one never really paid off. Its story explains well why Italy struggles to grow, from capital to method.

Agenda Digitale argues AI favors lean, flexible startups. New studies show AI-driven layoffs kill productivity. I think both are right, and the gap comes down to where the freed time goes.

Between fair bonuses for the lucky few and rock-bottom pay for everyone else, the gig economy tells two different stories: numbers, studies and firsthand accounts from AI training.

Some 52% of Gen Z want no middle management role and only 6% aim for the top. The data from Robert Walters, Deloitte and Gallup, plus my own view on active listening and motherhood.

The Hungarian team on a transcription project kept disappearing, leaving rates and reviews to me. I worked the files by ear, without understanding a word, and discovered a real talent.

What the numbers really say about ageism at work, across studies and testimonials from Italy and the rest of the world, plus a deep dive into tech, where you’re already “old” at 29.

A Fortune 10 project, an immovable deadline and exhausted freelancers: what the iron triangle teaches about forced positivity, and why admitting real limits actually protects a team.