I thought a 6-year break had ended my tech career. One thing made returning to work easier.

Brian W. Fraser for BI This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ramya Ramesh, 39, who lives in New Jersey. The following has been edited for length and clarity. In 2018, I was faced with a big decision: quit my job and move to Canada with my husband for a year, or stay in the US alone with our 4-year-old daughter. I had spent practically my whole career working in the semiconductor industry, first at IBM, and then at a company called GlobalFoundries. I'd been there for roughly t...