Been a while since I was on Fishbowl, and want to share my journey from making 60k to 500k.

TL;DR (details below):
- 2015 started at EY as auditor
- 2017 left EY, went to Deloitte Advisory as senior consultant
- 2018&2019: took an online CS degree (part time), still at D
- 2020: got put in PIP, left D and got first job as software engineer
- 2021: took second FT job, working both simultaneously

TC progression (base):
60->72->135->320
TC progression (base + bonus + equity):
60->72->185->485

I got an offer from Audible? How is the work culture and WLB? Does Audible also has PIP culture?

TC:240 K
Level: L6

Recently accepted an offer for a manager in Bizops in Ad sales for a tech firm. Curious about the growth opportunities in this area. What do folks do after 2-3 years in such roles ?

Hello Community,

I am interviewing for a senior consultant role in Salesforce practice at a big4 firm. What should I expect as a compensation?

Laid off, 10 years exp, tired of acct management. Feel so lost. Don't want to go back to agency side. What should I do? I feel like 💩

Looking to transition out of a clinical role to a “clinical data/tech role” to help bridge the gap between healthcare tech and implementation to healthcare companies/field clinicians. Any recommendations to look for healthcare tech companies or getting started for a clinical data training?

Currently doing Strategy Consulting. How is Revenue/Sales Strategy considered as a career move? Is it prestigious/important in tech companies and what’s the future path?

Transitioning from line of business familiarity (understanding financial statements) to... real(?) Finance (bonds and cap markets and other debt sales) any advice on books or resources to learn really from step 0?

I’ve been promoted with a title but not the responsibilities. I’m job searching and am primarily looking at postings that don’t include my promoted title — I’m not sure how to professionally articulate in an interview why I would be willing to take a “step down”. As I see it, I’m looking for a lateral move because I don’t actual have experience as a true “senior”.

What does comp look like for PE ops associates?

how much harder is banking then valuation?

Can anyone tell me about job ladder levels in TCS. I here they give IT Analyst for 4 year experience. What are the. Next levels from there and how many years does it take for getting to each level.
Please anyone answer 🙏

Considering a move to NTT Data in a healthcare consulting role. Mixed reviews in the bowls. Major concerns are bench policy, staff aug roles, 2 week PTO, and high turnover due to job dissatisfaction. Recruiter and mgr had great things to say around growth and opportunity, which doesn’t align with feedback from the bowls or Glassdoor.
Understanding things have changed there in the last few months, I need un-biased advice from fellow fish who have recently joined or can speak to recent changes

Any advice on landing a strat & ops role in a tech firm? The JD is my dream role, but these opportunities are few and far between, and yet I keep getting rejections even at the CV stage. Currently in a DD shop, so could be a fit issue (but I can’t pivot…)

My wife is in sales at Mercedes and she has been averaging $200k a year and growing YoY. She loves her job, however she works long days and barely gets time off. We plan on having kids within the next year or two, and it’s highly u likely that she’ll be able to keep her current gig. We want to find a career that allows her to work remote or that at least gives her a better work life balance so that she can see her kids grow up. Should she get certifications to give her a shot at adtech?Too late?

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.

To the post below- it is quiet, so I’ll bite!
Does anyone know about associate compensation at the regional Atlantic Canada firms? The the big ones have all been posting job ads for associates in the 3-5 year range. Any insight on salary and billable targets?

I am working as business analyst having total experience of 5 years 8 months and as a business analyst 4 years and 4 months. I have got offer of 11 ctc with 10% variable on current CTC of 5.75 , Can you guys please tell me what should be the expected CTC for this experience?

Hi All,

I am currently working on Mulesoft in TCS, received an offer from conneqtcorp (conneqt digital) as a sr digital engineer with ctc 22lpa including 2.2 lpa as variable, I didn't find any review about this company. Please share your review if you know about this company. Also let me know if any open position for mulesoft with your organization

Total exp : 11
Mulesoft exp : 4

Any tips, tricks for GMAT and using Magoosh effectively? I’m a month-ish out of test day, and using Magoosh... my practice test says 660 (although I did much higher on GMAT math than Magoosh math).

Hi fishes,

A quick suggestion...the trend earlier was
yoe x 2= good deal
Yoe x 2.5=great deal
Yoex3= amazing deal
Tier 2engg grad
Non mba
Consulting
Is this the same now?

What's going on with the January 6 probe? I am OOTL, can anyone fill me in?

Have you ever in-charged an engagement where your staff are higher ranking than you? E.g. you're staff 1 in charge of a staff 2 and a 1st year senior. What is your advice for others in this spot?

Does anyone on here know someone who's a doctor and not from the US, and came to the the US for their residency?
Had questions around the process. Preferably someone who's studied medicine in India since the person I am asking is from India and would want their experiences to relate.
Thanks!

Hello guys.
Moving to hyderabad this weekend. Can anyone suggest any decent Men's PG near manikonda area. How are the local PGs in hyderabad in terms of food and cleanliness?

I’m doing some research on frequent travel for a new loyalty concept. Looking for newish analysts/consultants who would be willing to answer a dozen or so questions for a $10 Starbucks gift card.

I’m hiring a global internal auditor. Will pay relo. 15% international trip will be included. Please message me if you are interested in it.

Imagine starting Lamar and Diggs and still losing. Couldn’t be me.

Hello guys
Please help me get 11 likes.

Best non-energy groups/firms in Houston? Looking for buy side PE, Corp dev/venture arm investing roles.

Is on-cycle recruiting done? My into meeting was postponed by the headhunters a few times, so I was only able to connect with a few of the major headhunters this week

Thoughts on working for a search fund investor, e.g. Peterson Partners or Miramar?

Hello everyone! I am so interested in developing centers for my 5th grade math classroom. I'd you are a math center guru, I would love any suggestions, recommendations, or examples of what works and what doesn't work! Thanks!

Making a switch from software engineer to product management.
I have been a one man show for most of my projects in years prior and have lead 2-3 engineers and 2 BAs on my recent projects.

How difficult is it to make a switch? 12 years experience in IT.

How many rounds of interview does Persistent take ...cleared with the first round ...any tips/info about the further process?

For those that lateraled to another firm for FDD work - was your 2 week period paid out? Were you worked? Should I expect to have a 2 week paid vacation when I put in notice?

Receiving approx 30% pay bump to move firms. Stay schemin boys

Just over 6 years in B4 financial services tax in PNW area. Mostly doing compliance work pumping out K1s and returns. Just got an industry offer at 155k 15% bonus and 100k equity (4year vesting). Fully remote position with occasional travel. Should I accept? I know it's a long shot but deep down I always had an ambition to pursue PA to see if I can make a partner. Please share your experience.

Is it possible to transfer from Risk Assurance to Tax as a senior and keep your title? I have my CPA and one year exp in audit and tax

Have you ever in-charged an engagement where your staff are higher ranking than you? E.g. you're staff 1 in charge of a staff 2 and a 1st year senior. What is your advice for others in this spot?

Best books for time management / business skills / inspiration?

Who is going to Discover in December?

Does anyone ever use their overtime meal to buy something else when at Walmart or Supertarget?

How do you know if you’re considered a value employee?

Passed my last CPA exam!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Taking BEC tomorrow... any suggestions/ advice?

Estimated tax payment question:
I converted $30k of rollover 401k into a Roth IRA and have $26k of realized ST Capital Gains this year (Roth conversion in end of Q1 and most capital gains in Q2).
My total federal withholding tax last year was approximately $12k and this year I will have 40% more in reported income on my employer W2 and anticipate higher that $12k federal withholding for my new job. Given this, what is the best way to go about making est. tax payments for the income (continued.)

When it's almost 5pm and you are finally able to start on the task you were supposed to spend most of the day on.

Im a senior and got a new associate replacing another one that quit, she’s been amazing and anticipates needs and finishes quickly so that i can offload my work for her. So do i chill with freed up time or go steal the managers job now?

Raises are between 7 and 15%. For just about everyone at every level at every company, depending on performance of you and your service line. You can all shut the hell up now.

Survived the layoffs on friday-but still shook up from seeing a bunch of my friends get walked out all around me. When a layoff happens should I be updating my resume/looking to get off the ship?

I did audit in 2 hours for the whole exam did I fail ...

Do you think it is quite possible to get fired by asking too many questions as an experienced senior 1? If so, i might get fired after this busy season.

Anybody working at a Big 4 accounting firm in the Bermuda region? Willing to chat
EY PwC KPMG Deloitte

If my recon doesn't add up, can I blame Russia?

Having the moment that you just want to smash that excel and call a day.