I dropped out of college and now earn $159,000 as a software engineer. Lifestyle creep left me $30,000 in debt. - Business Insider

The ChatGPT prompts read like a to-do list. Build “a continuous audio recorder.” Add “live listening” and “downloading/deleting recordings.” Encrypt the SD card. Make the USB output “power-only.” Develop “a second unit and speech-triggered recording,” then “a third unit.” Finally, “apply final protection and silence boot output.”

Joseph LeGare works at a data center site in Maryland. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Joseph LeGare, a 24-year-old project engineer based in Frederick County, Maryland. He works at Rowan Digital Infrastructure, a hyperscale data center developer, which introduced Business Insider to LeGare. It has been edited for length and clarity. It has been edited for length and clarity. I studied philosophy for two years at The Catholic University of America before dropping out and working as an assistant superintendent at a construction company. After about a year, I moved into residential and did administrative work, including daily reports, county inspection scheduling, quality verification, and weekly safety meetings with foremen. I even worked as a materials management specialist at a residential home manufacturer. At the same time, I was taking night classes in construction management at Frederick Community College. I assumed I'd go into residential construction, but my classes made me realize I really wanted to pursue commercial construction. I wanted to get out of office work and back into the field.

TorontoPublished: October 17, 2026 at 2:31p.m. EDTThe next Lotto Max draw is on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. The largest lottery prize ever offered in Canada is still up for grabs after there were no winners for Friday’s Lotto Max draw. The winning numbers were 01, 11, 13, 36, 41, 43, 51. The next draw for the $90 million Lotto Max will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 20. The jackpot is unchanged, as $90 million is the cap. While no one claimed the jackpot on Friday, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation said four Maxmillion tickets worth $1 million each were sold in Ontario. Fourteen other tickets won $100,000 each, including seven in the Greater Toronto Area. Tuesday’s draw will also feature 20 Maxmillions prizes worth $1 million each and at least 90 Maxplus prizes worth $100,000 each. How to set CP24 as your preferred source on GoogleHow to set CTV News as your preferred source on Google

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