Any good books to read to help me decide what I want out of my career? Or how do you research different business career paths?

Controversial question - what are some roles/functions to avoid at Google for ex-management consultants, in terms of potential under-utilization of skills and limited career progression? Common exit opps tend to be in StratOps, PMM, PgM/Solutions Consultant, roles in Sales; would anyone not recommend any of these roles?

Hi fishes,

Got offer in Barclays 10.5 currently in Tcs as unix system administrator application support. Please suggest is Barclays good to move. 3.3 yoe

Did anyone lateral into big law? First year in insurance litigation defense and I’m looking to see if it’s even possible to break into big law in a year or two

Hi all. I’m looking into potentially transitioning to PE with a background in Finance Transformation consulting @KPMG of 4yrs. Do I stand a chance? Any advice on how to best approach this would be super helpful, thanks.

USI Producer Job, how is it? Currently an Account Manager and looking at this opportunity. Also, really any advice from service to a sales transition is much appreciated!

Senior associate with 3 YOE at 130k TC (115 base). Final interview for a PM role at a small company coming up, is 140k base too much to ask for? The opportunity cost of leaving my connections, fast progression, brand recognition, etc makes it hard to justify leaving for less.

Trying to get into stand up comedy, any advice? Not sure where to start but am really serious about giving it a shot

Anyone start there career at GE as an FMP? Deciding if I should go get my MBA or if the program holds weight. Feeling like I got conned while in college

When hopping from one consulting firm to another what’s the reason you normally give as to why you’d like to leave?

AWS Cloud question- what the difference between an SCP and IAM? Thanks in advance

What is the eligibility or time period needed to move from 6B to 7A in IBM? I have 4.7 years of experience and joined IBM recently in JL 6B.

Thanks in advance.

What kid of job role is Sales and ops manager? Is it something that I as a Senior Salesforce Administrator should look forward?
The JD has all responsibility matching an Admin job but the title ka confusing

Anyone prepping for the SHRM-CP test? I’m taking a prep course this fall and would love tips or to know if there are any study groups out there!

I am Product Owner, and have an opportunity to change my Title to "Product Manager". The actual work I'm doing will not change significantly, it's just a Title change, since I've been working less and less with the scrum teams and doing more product analysis over the last year. My main goal with this is to ensure this looks good on my CV. My thought is a Product Manager role seems more senior to a product owner. Any thoughts on this and any advice on how to approach this? I'm based in London.

Hello, in my previous organisation I worked in development domain (Oracle IAM Tool and Java)and my post was software Engineer, i joined Wipro as project Engineer in April 2022 and was assigned non technical project as an analyst.

I fought my way hard to get released from the project. However my designation is changed as Analyst. Should I ask for change in designation as I know that analyst is non-technical profile? Would my designation impact my future role as well?

Why do some of you'll want to work for MBB consulting firms? Are they really that much more lucrative/interesting than GS or JPM?

Hi there,

Just joined S&C from 8 YOE in industry. Joined as M1, but was also a manager in former industry role. How soon is reasonable to be thinking about promotion Senior Manager? What kind of salary increase comes with this promotion?

Also, I negotiated current salary when the offer came 5 months ago now, not taking into account high increases in inflation. Do salaries get adjusted for inflation? And if so, when?

Is the title “art director” going extinct? My recent grads are applying for more jobs as “designers” or “digital designers” or “art designers” or, god help us “creative designers” (whatever that is).

Joined big tech recently (as a PM) after working at a startup/mid sized tech company. Can someone explain the role of a PgM in context of big tech? I’ve never worked with a PgM before and struggling to understand their responsibilities vs a PM

Interms of Job security in IT Streams, How secured Invesco is when compared to other IT Companies ? Will the current recession impact Invesco and can we expect any layoffs in Invesco India as well ?

an someone please suggest me good keywords that needs to be there in resume for a person like me having 4+yeras of experience in Procure to pay and RTR profile. Plus talking about other factors I have done my full time MBA and looking for job in finance profile.

Also Any reference will be highly appreciated.
YOE-4 yrs

Best functional and stylish commuter backpack? (And don’t say north face or Patagonia)!!

Is it OK to ask the interviewer to split a 2.5 hour face to face interview into 2~3 sessions since I am 9 month pregnant? Should I mention that I am pregnant during the interview?

Anyone ever heard of or worked for Sygnia?

Hey Fishes,

Any update on the hike letter ?

Educational book recommendations! I love to read, please list any educational books you loved, especially related to special education!

Hello Fishes, is 15 LPA a reasonable compensation for Machine learning engineer (python, c++, computer vision and deep learning ) with 2 years of experience, current working for a product based company. If not what is the current industry standard. I keep seeing people posting 30+ LPA for data science roles with 3+ yoe.

Got a verbal offer today. waiting on paperwork to come. Cannot wait to get out. Playing a timing game between signing offer letter and getting off the bench. Shine down on me staffing gods

Hello all, my first post. Anyone else feel like their general manager won't promote them because they're afraid you'll make them look bad. Like they don't do their job well enough so you'll outshine them? Do you stay? Leave? Try to build the relationship? It's been a year. @Aimbridgehospitalityllc

Oracle India (IDC) - 17 fixed + pf(91K)

Optum global solutions - 16 fixed + pf(76k) + varibale 2.4 L + 2L joining bonus.

which is better to go for? Considering growth and future.

How's the job market now? Any better???

Hey fellow Sale Bowl Mates. I wanted to give yall a quick update on our numbers.
We have grown by 1,890 members to 7113. This means we are well on our way to the 10K mark.
Thanks!

Worth applying for a gmat waiver versus submitting a sub-700 score or just not apply round 1 in hope score goes up?

Gmat: 690
GPA: 3.34
CPA FDD Manager effective 10/1
Post mba goal: IB

Also looking into Executive Assessment before round 1. Any advice appreciated.

Need MBA general behavioral interview buddy. Immediate deadlines are Yale and Kellogg video essays but I'm applying to many others too! Can do Zoom or Skype. Happy to share my question list if you'd prep together! Thanks all.

Did anyone else not have an observer in the HBS interview this year? I was really thrown by that.

Best consulting firms for defense companies? What credentials do they look for?

Has anyone figured out how to delay their tax payment? I’ve read a lot about payments requirements are now delayed until July 15.
I already filed & scheduled my payment for the delay.. cont...

Anyone else obsessed with the Westin white tea line? 😅

Which B4 strategy group is best?

For people who have a lot of friends, do you make the effort or it comes naturally? I mean when my friends call me, sometimes I would ignore or take a really long time to respond purposely, I also tend to not to reach out to people proactively. Therefore, I don’t have many friends. Is it me or people around me?

Anyone know of a good LBO modeling test example for PE recruiting prep? Ideally something in the moderate-to-advanced difficulty range.

Any advice from someone who’s quit consulting without a job (or school) lined up? I’m kinda miserable at my job and know I want to leave soon, but working non-stop makes it difficult to truly assess my next step. I want a little space, especially because I have no interest in going to another consulting firm or FAANG, but I don’t want to sacrifice job or school prospects for a gap.
Context: recently promoted, high-performing SC at 2 year mark; I know Deloitte offers LOA, but can I swing that?

How are your clients rebranding their Network Operations? I heard Site Reliability Engineer, but isn't that only if you can move infrastructure to third party vendors? How about for those that cannot move?

Anyone here in EY Business Transformation - Transformation Architecture group?

How do you feel about the growth of the group? Is it purely strategy ops? Are you liking the work? How is WLB?

So sad and scary to hear about the shooting at two Mosques in New Zealand killing 49 people during Friday prayer. Thoughts and prayers go out to those families.

I'm trying to buy a bigger than normal whiteboard for my home office: any recommendations?

Beside toastmasters, what are other ways to improve communication and public speaking skills? Books, podcasts...?

Am I the only one who is a victim of emails going to outbox and not sent before you sign off? Happens only when i don’t check my outbox as I close my laptop 😩

Asking for a friend. Do you know if navigant has a “freeze” policy where candidates can’t reapply for a certain number of years if they don’t get in the first time?

Feeling guilty about leaving my team/company even though the opportunity I’m going to is great in terms of salary increase and career progression. Has anyone felt the same and how did you get over it?