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Google layoff changed her life: Ex-employee says losing $200,000 job made her an award-winning actor-filmmaker with 'zero regrets'

Former Google employee Trinette Faint says being laid off from her $200,000-a-year job in 2024 became the turning point that led her to pursue acting, filmmaking and screenwriting full-time. In a personal essay for Business Insider and an interview with Sarah Walton, Faint shares how she transformed a difficult period into a new career, winning acting recognition and saying she has zero regrets about leaving corporate life.