Stacey, a 26-year-old who had recently earned her master’s degree, was back on the job market. She’d done internships and a brief role after college, but this felt different—her first real plunge into adulthood, and she was determined to make it count.
To fund her education, Stacey had lived with her parents until last year. But now, with her first corporate position at a publishing house, she’d finally saved enough to move out of her parents’ basement—a symbolic step toward independence.