Nicholas DiBiase recalls being stuck in an “unrewarding” career as an operations and personnel manager when his 6-year-old daughter, intrigued by a “Harry Potter” movie, asked him about chess. The chance inquiry led him to study the game, which he credits with giving him the confidence, in his mid-30s, to pursue a more challenging career in software development.
“I was like, ‘Maybe I do have more capacity for left-brain thinking.’ Chess is highly analytical,” said Mr. DiBiase, who is now 40 and lives in Phoenix.
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