This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Georgia Witchel, an entrepreneur in her 20s who lives in New York. The following has been edited for length and clarity. In 2022, the summer after my junior year of college, I interned at Tesla as a software engineer. It was a busy summer. That June, CEO Elon Musk told employees that they had to work from the office at least 40 hours a week or risk losing their jobs. Later that month, Tesla laid off 10% of its workforce. Once the dust