Another week, another post. Canada is on fire. Please stay indoors if you can. Air quality is expected to drop for a few days.

For those of you that have been to Costa Rica, how difficult is driving there? Planning on renting a car and worried about the roads/road signs since I know minimal Spanish.

Whether amount added on meal voucher through company can be transferred to bank account?

I have accepted offer letter.would like to change my surname in offer letter.last company my surname is yyy. have recived offer letter with surname as yyy. My govt IDs have surname after marriage zzz.I would like to join tcs with surname zzz. What is the procedure.?

How will covid impact commercial space downtown? What is the future of commercial space? I personally prefer to work in office, but I’m sure organizations are starting to see how much $$ can be saved

How long did it take y'all to prep for the GMAT? I would need to start from basics for all of the sections just so I can get my fundamentals down.

I have total 6.3 years of Experience in IT and willing to make a career outside IT in sometime and also not quite interested in pursuing MBA . What are other alternative options I have in india .

What's the minimum days/ years that one should have worked in order to receive the gratuity at Nagarro?
Do we get the amount in full that was deducted or do they give a fixed amount?

Hi Fishes,
Need 11 likes for DM. Pls help me out & thanks in advance.

My current ctc is 13.8 lpa.Before scheduling L1 interview, HR told me for this role the maximum pay is between 13lpa and 5lpa.. I said ok.. and i have celared the interview as well. HR negotiation is pending. Now if i negotiate for a higher salary.. what will happen? Would they be able to go beyond 15lpa?

Hi 🐠, connecting documents for I-485 filling. Any insight on the medical check? I don't have vaccination records. Is this required?

Okay, I feel like if a QE in India needs to email me, an SE, to just press the 'resolve' button on a user story that was created after a bug report was issued and fixed, then maybe... Just MAYBE... There might be a bureaucracy problem. 😒

Hi folks,
How long jio hr take to release offer after all requested documents sent?
Jio hr not answering my call and email idk why?
Is this normal?

Family luddites ask about my work and immediately behave annoyed when I start to answer.

I just got into reading books, any suggestions to start with? Which could help to increase media/marketing knowledge.

We’re hiring for Mechanical Engineering interns for our Concord, MA office. In-progress BS/MS in ME needed. Come join a lovely consulting firm. DM to discuss a possible referral 💥

What is it like to work for DevOps engineer position in McKinsey?

How is the work culture in BMW Canada? General culture, support and mentorship, work life balance and job security. Thanks.

Is an offer after only a first screener a red flag?

Any good ideas for mouse macros? So far i have ctrl shift L, paste values, and format painter....

Starting a side project, if there are any other consultants who are interested with skill sets in art, animation, design, audio, coding, etc let's try to get something going

CS Go anyone?

There’s a lot of hype around the new Lego Star Wars game. Is it actually good?

Where all all the LoL players?

Trevor from GTA was in The Walking Dead. Mind blown.

Been a great year for games. What was your fave?

Is it me or the wifi in hotels is too bad to play online games? How do you people manage gaming while traveling?

Weekly Hot take, the lack of couch Co-op is the reason gaming doesn't feel like it hits the same. I miss the days of bringing over the crew to play a game that isn't smash bros. One of my best memories is playing Tower fall with my college friends in my dorm.

Most obscure game you’ve played?

Like this if you play video games on your work laptop

Xbox Series X/S or PlayStation 5 or stick with Xbox One?

Favorite mobile strategy games? (iOS) Would be great to find something I can also play offline

Waiting for God of War and for Bungie to grab Halo back from 343 Industries since Destiny has always been trash.
. . .S/O to Horizon Zero Dawn though.

Weekly Hot take. While I am enjoying subscription based game libraries. They will be the death of quality game releases.

Weekly Hot take. Accessibility=/= easy mode. I know it would take alot more time and resources to develop but more games sould come with accessibility features like color blind mode and maybe a bullet time for jumps. I am not a person with disabilities but i believe Celeste did a pretty good job at adding some of these features. I know it's hard to account for every type of disability but we can at least start with the most common ones.

Anyone going to PAX this weekend??

Anyone else play lord of the rings rise to war on their phones?

Recs for gaming chairs? I would use it for work too (long hours working). Thanks!