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Pocket’s Best of 2021: Business & Career

A hiring paradox, the mind of Jeff Bezos, and hacking McDonald’s ice cream machines.

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Why Everybody’s Hiring but Nobody’s Getting Hired

America’s broken hiring system, explained.

‘A Managerial Mephistopheles’: Inside the Mind of Jeff Bezos

The Amazon founder’s relentless quest for ‘customer ecstasy’ made him one of the world’s richest people—now he’s looking to the unlimited resources of space. Is he the genius our age of consumerism deserves?

They Hacked McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines—and Started a Cold War

Secret codes. Legal threats. Betrayal. How one couple built a device to fix McDonald’s notoriously broken soft-serve machines—and how the fast-food giant froze them out.

The Dream Job That Wasn’t

A lighthouse keeper, a deep-ocean researcher, a park ranger, and a “Snoozetern” on the pitfalls of “doing what you love.”

Is That All There Is? Why Burnout Is a Broken Promise

Burnout isn’t just fatigue. It’s far more insidious and complicated.

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The year’s most intriguing ideas and indispensable advice, plus the top stories in science, technology, sports, culture, long reads, and more.