Skip to navigationSkip to main contentSkip to right columnDave SmithSun, July 5, 2026 at 2:35 PM GMT+2 6 min readBurdun Iliya / ShutterstockCristina Estupiñán spent nearly a decade writing software in Silicon Valley. Then, earlier this year, she got a rejection email in the middle of the night, and that was the final straw.Estupiñán, 33, had been interviewing with a European company for two and a half months while recovering from a bruising layoff. She was looking forward to finally getting an answer, but the email arrived in her inbox at 3 a.m. "After I got that email, I was like, 'OK, I'm going to be going into nursing,'" she told Business Insider (1). "I was just done."Must ReadJeff Bezos backs a platform that lets anyone invest in rental homes for as little as $100 — 6 ways to build wealth like a landlord without actually being oneDave Ramsey warns nearly 50% of Americans are making 1 big Social Security mistake —