All the engineers (both male and female) at SpaceX are so attractive. Damn

Anyone here that completed Udacity data analyst nano degree program? I feel that it would be a great way to get into the DataAnalytics practice or find exit opportunities in the industry? Thoughts? I am a first year Senior Consultant.

El Chavo del Ocho is better than Seinfeld. But you are not ready for this conversation.

Anyone working on Oracle Subscription Management ????

To those at V25 firms, how do you view your London office in terms of the quality of work we get and overall importance to the firm? Like is there a perception of us being a step down or ancillary to the big leagues of NYC or not? There’s generally a perception here that L&W and K&E are the only US firms where London can even begin to compete with stateside in terms of generating l work organically but would be interesting to know what you all think? Be brutally honest.

Blast to the past - Anyone going to closing dinners and/or getting deal toys?

25M, unmotivated to work out because I’m so weak and scrawny. I can’t really develop a habit because I just get discouraged being the weakest person in the entire gym. I don’t really feel comfortable around free weights and I don’t want to waste a personal trainers time either.

Any advice to break this vicious cycle?

Best strip clubs in town? Is it weird to hit ‘em alone? Asking for a friend..

What are the best industries for talented strategy/business developers? Looking for industry exit opportunities from retail banking as I find the entire industry too boring.

Anyone here want to be a friend can ping me..

Say you have $1mm in cash, is it plausible to put it all in a HYSA and take the monthly interest payments as income at say 3% APY and then quit your job?

Theoretically*

Hi Fishes,

Looking for advice please!!
Have three offers from Shell, BP and Airbus for IT service delivery role.

BP: 23 Lpa + 1L joining bonus with 1 year lock in ( location : pune)
Airbus: 26lpa + 5 L joining bonus with 3 year lock in( location : bangalore)
Shell: 26 lpa ( final offer being rolled out)location : bangalore

Please advice which company would have a good growth story and work life balance....

Airbus looks attractive but have heard some very harsh reviews on work life balance.

Does Barclays give Diwali gifts?

Leaving EY in a week. Is there anything specific I should do/ save before leaving?

So what's the deal with read receipt requests? Are they timing people once they have that notification? 🙄

What happens after L1 visa I140 approval EB2 category?

Is 628 actually the area code for SF? Or people don’t know it and won’t answer a phone number that starts with this area code?

If taking the subway to my home office isn't part of my normal commute, and the client I am on is outside the commute to my home office and requires it, am I entitled to expense my Metro Card?

How does your firm measure utilization? I work for a small boutique that defines it as utilization = number of billable hours/2,080 and full bonus payout occurs at 80% plus.

I just spent 4 minutes running in place in my hotel room to meet my step / calorie goals for the day to continue my activity streak. Don't know whether to be proud or embarrassed... 😐

Waking up for a 6 am flight and realizing you managed to lose your earbuds between now and when you left the office 6 hours ago. Smh

Any really impactful books that have helped you career-wise? Not necessarily consulting focused. In need of guidance and a new book so figured I'd kill two birds with one stone or whatever.

Forgot my coat this morning. I hope I can handle 48 degrees. #socalprobz

The new grass protection panels on the small really emphasize the small crowd size. Thought it'd be much more bigly. So much white space - SAD!

Do all gifts have material value? Would you be offended by a cheap gift from someone who could have done better?

Confronted client today about partner forcing us to travel while client site has travel restrictions. As a result is team is remote next week. Counting down days till I get rolled off/fired now lol

It's not a full flight but yes please sit right next to me and chat away 😫

Chicago peeps: How bad is traffic around wrigley field? Google tells me it's all blue, but I refuse to believe that considering the game. Anybody on the ground?

I feel I have yet to read a bad thing on here from someone at KPMG about KPMG.

Houston downtown JW vs Westin.. Thoughts?

MLK and all of us at 300 Madison are droning around the office shooting the shit. 🙈

Fishbowlers - do you book your vacation and ask for forgiveness later, or ask for the green light from your PM and then book?

Books to learn more about how to drive sales in consulting? Any recommendations?

Planning on a weekend road trip/get-away on Nov 18th weekend starting from DC with my SO. Planning on driving south and seeing shit. Any suggestions?

Know this may be a long shot in terms of actual responses but:
@PPMDs, what are your thoughts on the current/impending COVID specific layoffs at your firm?

E.G. Glad for the opportunity to reduce the headcount of mid performing SMs with little/no chance of making PPMD? Sad to see a firm you’re a part of undergo such unforeseen circumstances?

Favorite statistical modeling technique to use? ANN, SVM, LR, PCA, etc. And any specific reasons? Industry, ease, interpretability, etc.