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Hello,
I had my interview with Infosys for .net full stack developer.
It went well and i am hoping for a positive response.
Want to know how much should I expect Or at what pkg should I negotiate with them.
I am thinking of proposing 13-15 LPA negotiable.
4 YOE and 7 LPA currently
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Just ensure you have bigger traumas in life that public accounting feels like an escape
Just do your best but don’t let work take over your life. If you do a great job and build a solid reputation for quality work and dedication to getting the work done, then people tend to trust you (so then you can come and go as you please, for life and social events, vacations, daily exercise, whatever’s important to you).
Find bright minded associates/interns and crush their souls. Rinse and repeat.
Lots of therapy
boundaries, boundaries, boundaries. stick up for yourself so you don't get the short end of the stick on tasks, engagements, etc. and have priorities for your life - for me, i will always prioritize sleep over work, and usually prioritize exercise over work unless there is a big deadline, which makes things a lot more bearable and hasn't actually affected my performance poorly
Good teams
Ride the highs to survive the lows. Find side projects that bring you greater satisfaction (e.g., community work, training/ facilitating, mentoring).
Advocate for yourself to get off of toxic teams/clients and stay on good ones. Learn to say no when something is unreasonable. Know your stuff (this helps when you need to say no).
I dunno. I'll get back to you if I'm still in public accounting in a couple of years.
From what I've seen though- I think a few things help.
1. A genuine interest in audit/tax - this job is always a lot of hours, so you have to enjoy what you're doing.
2. Partner potential - enough said
3. A thick skin - this job is to criticize or to be criticized
4. Being detail-oriented - those who I've seen really stick it out with audit (and have no interest in leaving) tend to be very good at delving into the details and actually enjoying that aspect of the job.
Have co-workers that enjoy laughing and making jokes about the season or the clients (especially the ones that loooooove to be late 🤦♀️) Humor has been helpful for me and my friends. Also, I have made it known to my bosses that my family is important, so if I'm being called by the school, I'm heading over. It actually became a joke for all of us during COVID, something was happening at least once a week. Coworkers were betting which kid it was. 🤣 But I always made sure to do my best at work and I created a good work relationship with my bosses.
Sit down , buckle up and get ready for the ride of your life
I have been in public accounting for 14 years. If you don’t enjoy the work the schedule will crush you. I look forward to tax season because I look forward to the work. My firm gives comp time hour for hour for everything over 40 hours a week, so it also increases the time off I can take the rest of the year.
Boundaries and knowing your limits. Naming the tax seasons is fun though.
I believe the worst one I went through was named "The Inexorable March of Doom" by our admin worker. One of our better ones was "Nailed it!" And I think there was a "Stuck the Landing!" a few years ago. I think if we had one that was not super chill but not terrible I'd name it Gary or Bess 🤔🤔
Make sure to enjoy the perks as much as possible, make good friends, set boundaries, and remember that you’re not saving lives. You have to know it’s a war of attrition and they probably won’t fire you unless you did something illegal.
To be fair, most only stick around for 1-3 years.
Key number 1 is don’t stay in audit more than 3-4
I say to leave audit after that long because so much of audit is internal bullshit you never use at an industry job. Switch to advisory see more clients and do transactions and make more money.
Been in for just over 10 years now. My liver is probably 30 years older than it should be, but still kicking.
In seriousness, I found a niche I actually enjoy. I did audit for 2 years and hated it, but rather than going private, I switched to the consulting side and have found it a lot more fulfilling.
Enjoy the work. Enjoy the people. Figure out how to make the career work with your life.
Leave after 3 years
Find a service line, IG, and team that you actually enjoy working in and with. It makes all the difference.