Aptive Resources Discussions

Never understood or appreciated the value of managing up until very recently. I wish this was a skill I learned from day one. If you learn nothing else in consulting, this one skill is key!

In the middle of West Central Ohio and the best dinner place is Applebee's.

How do you negotiate higher salaries or stock in an offer?

Looking to lateral to MBB and got MBB case interview soon, what type of cases/case frameworks should I be practicing, how do they compare to Big 4 case interviews?

For CFB fans who don't get / don't want cable, the Hulu live TV set up is awesome. They have a central hub where it goes directly to games, no channel surfing trying to figure out where FS1 is.

FAANG ranking: Google, Netflix, Facebook, Apple, Amazon. Is this correct?

Any Accenture consultants happy and proud of their job? Debating switching firms for an opportunity to move abroad, and I see a lot of negativity. Just want to see if some people enjoy it there 😅TIA🐠

Best books on leadership and self development?

What are some ways I can start trying to find a mentor outside my company? New hire here, I want to find someone I can speak candidly to about my experiences who can understand & hopefully advise!

What is your daily routine on reading books or news out of work? Feel the time is dramatically reduced after I joined consulting😞

So, what happens if you miss your utilization/billable hour target by like 70-150 hours? Tons of "impactful" PRD work

My RL didn’t have a formal mid year pre CRT review with me. He just pinged me and said: I’ll represent you. Utilization = 75% and average snapshots. Am I at risk?

Interested in a San Francisco/Bay Area networking/support group for consultants that have been laid off?
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Started my first job out of college ~1month ago and am only at around 50% utilization. Before I fully ramp up, what would be some good skills or certs to work towards? I’m working for my firms management/tech practice and am also open to expanding my coding skills (currently pretty basic)

When you check into the Westin and they say welcome home and you know that's weird but it's kind of soothing

Can Postmates meals be expensed?

The thought that goes through your mind as the plane takes off

What are the best consulting companies in the US focused on Sustainability, either Strategy or Ops?

Do agencies outside of pharma have Art Supervisor roles? Or does it go Sr AD > ACD. I just got promoted to Art Sup & honestly don’t know if so should update my Linkedin since i’m working...

Hi, contemplating a bcg expert track PL role after 5 years of ops consulting. Any perspectives on the career trajectory on the expert track vs generalist track? Are the expert track folks really given a 'step child' treatment? Any thoughts on potential exit opportunities?

Hi Fishers,

How is KPMG Digital Trust Cloud security (DT-CDSG) practice? What kind of projects do they work on and is WLB good/balanced?

Men, please trim or shave your chest hair . Gross when it’s peeking out . </PSA>

HCL or Infosys compare to TCS in terms of job security?

Best areas to live in if have to commute to DTLA two days a week and partner has to travel to Riverside next year? Ideally we don't want to move twice. Hoping to not have longer than 1 hr commute with traffic in either direction. Please be kind I know LA traffic is horrible- I don't need a lecture about how bad it is lol

Hello fishes, are there any companies in India that don’t require degrees to join? One of my friends is a college dropout (dropped almost 10 years ago). Is there any way he can join without a degree? Please name companies if you know any. Thanks.

Hi Guys,
I am looking for a job change, looking for postion of QA lead, Automation lead, Test specialist or SDET .
My skills include: Java, phyton, selenium, rest API, Database knowledge, CI/CD( Jenkins), Git, TestNG, performance testing , basics of docker.

Kindly refer me in your company, comment below your email id, I would send you my CV.

Your help is much appreciated 😀

Hi guys,
Got an offer from @FNZ for manual tester. Is it a good organization to join.

Offered CTC (11f + 1jb)
Current CTC 6
YoE 1.8yr

Which navigation apps do you prefer using besides google maps for driving long distances?

Are you guys have come to pune or still working from home town?

Thoughts on 0x?