👋  Good morning. Remember when every undergrad was trading philosophy courses for computer science? Turns out software engineering might not be the guaranteed career path it once was: Hiring for recent engineering grads has fallen 25% since 2019, according to LinkedIn data, the steepest decline among the 20 most common majors on the platform. English majors — this is your time to shine.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

The most interesting business stories of the week

• The bougie evolution of boxed wine: Long the low-class domain of broke college students, boxed wine is showing up in high-end hotels and private social clubs thanks to upstart beverage companies rebranding the bag-in-a-box format. Read more
  
  
• The vending machine renaissance is here: The machines are having a bit of a renaissance. Entrepreneurs and artists are turning the machines into creative micro shops with unusual offerings to generate additional revenue with minimal overhead and time commitment.  Read more
  
• Home-sharing platforms are matching the elderly with roommates: Increasingly, cohabiting with strangers is becoming as common among senior citizens as it is among youths. Several platforms have since emerged to help match “home providers” with “home sharers." Read more
   
• Not sure about having kids? There’s a coach for that: Munich's Keltie Maguire spent years being ambivalent and unsure about having kids. The more she thought about it, the more she realized others might need help making the life-altering decision too. So she made that indecision her business. We talked to her about her "motherhood clarity coaching" practice.  Read more
  
  

WORTH A CLICK

👵  An oldie but a goodie:  How Big Diaper absorbs billions of extra dollars from American parents

🔥  One of our most-read stories this week:  Why Japan has millions of abandoned houses

⚒️  A free resource:  How to use AI as your personal assistant

AROUND THE WEB

🎨  Game: Test your color memory.

🖼️  That’s fun: Drop down a rabbit hole of random Wikipedia images.

🌱  Bored?: Watch grass grow.

😴  Yes, please: Doomscrolling designed to put you to sleep.

📻  That’s interesting: Take a virtual road trip through random cities around the world while listening to their local radio stations.

🐩  Aww: Hi, Henry!

SHOWER THOUGHT 

People self-organize in elevators to maximize space.  SOURCE