McGill University Discussions

How many of y'all have trust funds? What'd you do with the $$$?

Just got word I'll have an in-person (final round) interview for a venture team position in industry. In the details they said there will be a technical test based on the company's biz units (cont)

🐟 without dependents, what % of your monthly income do you save and what % do you contribute to 401k.

How do I check my actual utilization (not the effective one). Mybusiness only tells me the effective utilization

Any good business/consulting books on amazon kindle that y’all have read that has helped you in your job?

Any new seniors already regretting banking that bonus and committing to another 3 years?? 😬

I’m currently working with a senior level HR candidate. This individual has a doctorate in business with a focus in HR, her SPHR, Federal, and private sector experience at the singer level, and has a fabulous personality. I’m curious is anyone else having difficulties play some candidates like this? At this point I’m starting to think it’s racial or her sex based of the lack of interest in this candidate. Any thoughts?

When you feel like you could be providing better work product and feel like your partner isn’t your biggest fan, what advice would you have?

Gripe in here about Legal Assistants (more in comments)

Index fund or ETF? I cant determine which is more advantageous, just want to sit and hold similar to retirement accounts (already maxed out). Looking at VFINX vs. VOO. Advice is appreciated.

I have to quit my Diet Coke habit. What's the best way to detox from caffeine without losing your mind?

Has anyone used gliders that stick on tyres of office chair, for better movement over the carpet?

Does anybody have good electric standing desk recommendations? Ideally in the $200-300 range.

Insights into the best consulting firms for public service/ nonprofit work?

Got yelled at for coming in at 9AM... we’ve been staying till midnight/1AM on the regular...

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

Has anyone ever been drug tested by large clients for tax compliance?

I’m planning to buy the study materials for the SHRM-CP certificate through Amazon. What are the best ones to obtain?

STARTUP FOUNDERS and FAANG: would you rather hire MBB with 3-4 years of exp or Tier 2 with 5-6 years? If you could isolate those variables and everything else held constant.

Hello Fishes, I've joined IBM last year( Oct 2021). Am I eligible for hike this year? If yes how much % can I expect? YOE - 4.2 years & pmr ratio - 1.12 band - 6B

What’s the going rate for a Group EP in nyc? Either freelance or staff?

Do you know a reasonable non-union, production designer or props people in the NYC/BK/ LI area?

Hi! I'm technically an AD but have found myself working in so many production roles as my work and really digging it all. I would love to talk to someone about all this production. Anyone down to chat about the production life?

Agency producers in nyc, how much should a monthly retainer be? Max hrs?

Howdy…I need a sanity check! As part of my previous role, I reported security non-compliance and gross security misrepresentations. For my valiant efforts I was laid off (despite being a protected whistleblower) and my reports were buried. Everything I did was in line with my responsibilities. I was extremely concerned that systems housing personal credit data on all US consumers were not adequately protected. I essentially risked my job to protect data and I’m not sure if it mattered.

What value do brand strategy consultancies like Siegel+Gale, Landor, Interbrand, etc bring to the table? Doesn't what ultimately get implemented by ad agencies primarily influence the brand strategy?

Any insight into STB’s tax group?

My law school experience has built heavily around bankruptcy and tax. I’ve been interested in pursuing a tax LLM. Doing corporate bankruptcy now. Admittedly I like both fields. Can anyone share some insight and/or advice for pursuing the LLM?

ADVICE WANTED. I’m a Program Analyst on my first government contract. I work with SharePoint and Power Automate and been on the contract for about a year. There’s been high turnover and I don’t know if I should start looking for jobs. I want to get into tech, finance, or obtain more program management skills. Pretty much open to anything being a young professional. Any advice? Thanks in advance.

Any updates on yemalur office, when will it open?

Hi everyone, I am actively looking for a change.

I am working as a data scientist in a product based company and having over all experience of 5 years in industry. Expertise in machine

learning, prescriptive and descriptive analysis, data manipulation. Lead a project of predictive modelling. Tools- R and SAS.

Any leads would be much appreciated.

Thanks

As an IT infrastructure i have been tagged un cognizant internal project to support the cognizant owned datacenters VMs and infrastructure.

Can anyone please tell me how is that project in terms of Career growth and learning??

Hi Sharks,

I work in Java-Microservice having 4+ YOE .

How is the Anaplan client projects in GL?

I have been told I would get the same after joining.

If anybody knows about it,it would really help.

Hey Boschlers,
Is tomorrow holiday??

Choosing between industries for Big 4 Audit. Asset Management or Technology Media and Telecommunications to transition into TAS down the line for Major Metro Markets?

In my third year of real estate practice. Run the gamut between leasing, acquisitions and sales, financing and everything in between. Enjoy where I'm working but (continued in replies...

When to sell at a loss?

I’m 26 and have a fair chunk of my NW tied to Cloudflare - a tech stock that I believe has the opportunity to 3x and become a $100b+ company over the long term. Similarly, I have a lot in cloud computing etf - WCLD.

Given short term rotation out of growth stocks, I’m confused on what to do. I think we still have some time before growth stocks bottom out, but do I sell?

I would consider myself a “long only” investor, but am unsure what to do given my lack of diversif