Racepoint Global Discussions

I joined an agency about 2 months ago and every single day I get more responsibilities, to the point that I don't even know what my actual job title is. I'm frustrated, to say the least.

Do you believe influencers have just as many efficient marketing skills as someone in the field?

I got into marketing because I thought it would be an opportunity to make good money in a field where I could still exercise my creativity, but I’ve found it to be extremely stifling and bogged down by bureaucracy. Does it ever get better?

I'll switch to a startup as the only data engineer and will closely work with all the Head ofs + the CTO.

Any advice/books/... on stakeholder management at that level? Especially when things fail/discussing budgets/new hires etc.

I'm having trouble. I have a client who is going from a climbing company, to a fitness company. They have a product that lets them expand from where they are. I am failing to sell them on the importance of strategy and taking a step back. Honestly, I don't even know that I'm sold on it. But I feel like it's important. Anyone have ideas on how to argue for this? Happy to share more info

B-roll footage used to be a just-in-case thing ... now you can squeeze half the campaign assets out of it!

Hi guys! I work as a software engineer and the work is very easy, I’m somewhat bored. I have family in FAANG, and I’m looking to get into it for the $$ and hopefully to work on new technologies.
Any advice on where the interesting work is being done in the tech field in Atlanta to take my next career step?

Looking for senior designers that knows shopper marketing. Please DM with books!

Our grp president sent email recognizing women today, but only sent to a small group. Defeats the purpose, no? Wtf.

I’m currently a Grade 11 at Cisco. With the recent pay structure changes my annual comp will be $150k + 12% bonus. I live in a large metro area in the middle of the US. I’m looking to move around the company so that I can make commission but I don’t want to be an account manager. Can anyone tell me if there are Customer Success Managers, etc positions that manage customers post sale and have a similar range base as me with commission plans? I’m just trying to understand income potential.

Hello all, I'm in the tech industry (networking and networks security) currently in France and considering moving to Canada in a couple of months. I was wondering about how much time in general i might spend searching for a job there, and is the french/europeane experience is taken into consideration in canada?

Came up with an idea in an agency brainstorm, even who the influencer should be. Now it’s being executed, but I’m not working on it. Weird if I put it in my book? Maybe as just the one who came up with it?

If you have majority real campaigns - Should you mark something as student/spec work in your book especially if it looks real?

Would you accept a job offer where pair programming is mandated 100% of the time? I have no real experience pair programming so would like some perspective.

I just got my first promotion! Start in the new role next week. Any general tips for hitting the ground running when you change orgs? I really want to make a good impression with the new team.

Does anyone else build decks in their head instead of counting sheep when trying to fall asleep?

Has anyone rented office space over the last year so that you didn't have to be stuck in your home all day? Was it worth it, or did you just feel lonely there?

How often does anyone feel burned out? At what point does anyone say enough of this shit after feeling ignored by your company? Keep in mind that this is work at home.

I know agencies across the board did some layoffs right before the holidays, but when do we think hiring will pick up again? Getting to a point where I feel like I need to start thinking about a change.

Are salaries credited/delayed for everyone today? Generally its 25th morning time when salary gets credited.

Wine friends help! I need an amazing California Pinot Noir for $150-200. Got any suggestions?

I have had salary discussion and the Hr provided me the salary breakup on 5th August, I have accepted the the offered salary, how long will it take to receive the offer letter for TCS.

Kindly recommend some self help books!

4th year lateral market —
Anyone get asked to complete conflicts prior to a formal offer being extended? Not sure I want to disclose clients before accepting said offer.

Guys keep posting hikes ..but be truthful about it.

Any one from tata technologies? How is work life balance and job security in ER&D...

Just lost my job. Has the job market started to cool down? What should I expect for leadership roles in I.T.

Moving into a new role to support marketing efforts of two smaller divisions under our brand umbrella. When I asked my boss what the job description was to create year end goals they told me to write one. . . Where do I start?

If the WH thinks Fauci is doing a bad job, why not just fire him? Instead of leaking their dissatisfaction with him. Seems cowardly.

Any russian-speaking M7 MBA graduates here? What was your GMAT score?

What is one thing you found unbelievable/surprising after you became a senior counsel/partner?

Looking to learn coding. Any thoughts on learning code through a website like Udemy, CodeAcadeny, etc.?

Does anybody know anything about international secondment opportunities from KPMG India?

Starting to feel I don’t like litigation. Third year. I’m not excited about winning an argument or destroying the other party’s arguments. But the current market doesn’t seem to favor a transition.