Best use for Amex points? (Transfers etc)

Looking for some advice as I am considering relocating to US. How difficult is for HR professionals to get a work visa? I think from what I read I qualify under eb3 (no master yet) or h1b. How do for do about looking for positions that sponsor your visa? I'm in the defense sector and have previously healthcare and financial services experience. Also worked in global matrix organisations with US teams so know the culture quite well. Any help is greatly appreciated.

What were people's 401k /pension balances at 30?

Feeling behind at $40k but making big headway now saving 10% and pwc wealth builder at 6, (26k a year on 160k)

How do I legally gets my hands on $100k that my future wife wishes to hand me over for investment purposes (she is outside the US). We won’t be marrying for another two years. Thank you!!

Need a recommendation for a contract analytics service provider. Don’t need the lifecycle or repository bells and whistles, just need something I can feed 10k documents and it provides me with data points, preferably individually and in aggregate. Does something like this exist??

Received an offer to upgrade my Amex Everyday to an Everyday Preferred for 40k points. Is that considered a good offer? And if I do upgrade, will it count towards 5/24?

What companies do you recently regret not investing in?

To take advantage of the next big economic downturn, should I set up a Robinhood or Charles Schwab account?

Is anyone starting at the London office on March 15th? Has Vialto initiated your visa process? The recruiter has been unresponsive

For Indian folks who know the wait for green card is some ridiculous number of years, why don't people get an L1 visa and get a green card faster that way? I'm very curious about that route vs H1B

My portfolio has been stagnant for a week now. Last few times this has happened, market has tanked. Anyone else feeling we’re at an event horizon soon?

What's your target retirement savings? Target age? Combined or single?

Hi fishes, could any one help me on how to withdraw of money and how much can be withdrawn ?

Can I survive on £26,300/yr in Belfast?

Hi all, how did you solve the retirement puzzle?

As an expat, I went on the Degiro for investing at the moment, since the account can be used from all countries.

Was considering to invest also in an insurance, but is apparently not possible if you live abroad and then maybe go back to the home country.

Have any tips?

Can one get transferred to JPMC canada after serving one year in bangalore? I will get married and my spouse will have visa in canada and i will be the dependent one. Can i mention this to my manager and see if it is possible to get me transferred to Canada branch? Or i will have to leave the job?

I have L1 question. My L1 visa is approved till 2022. However petition is up for extension. Do I need a new Visa once the new approval comes or can I reenter with the stamped visa and updated petition

Feel like I’m going to turn out to be a loser doing ID and be making crap money forever.

On a credit file, do multiple credit cards from the same issue count as multiple accounts or is that issuer counted as a single account regardless of how many cards

Anyone start later in life? About to turn 32 and my retirement savings are sad.

Has anyone ever worked with Kate Spade’s husband? I hear he works in Advertising. Sad day for fashion today

In terms of overall value, how will you rate these top Collin County cities from 1st to 3rd?
Plano > Mckinney > Frisco

Or are there other cities better than these three in the county?

What are some of the best public driving ranges/courses in Dallas?

Should I specialize in Blockchain or AI? I’m a freshman in a CS degree and I can’t decide. My main argument to choose blockchain is the easy entry with little experience and high salary, I plan on growing my skills during the bear market and get a job once the market recovers. Regarding AI, I find this field fascinating but I feel like it requires a lot of experience, degrees and diplomas.

Hello Pals - I have 8+ years of exp as business analyst, and consultant. No coding experience, but good in data & reporting. Planning to take a course from Learnbay after reading a lot of reviews in the internet. Its for Data Science Master program - can anyone suggest if they are good and help me make the transition I'm looking for (Feel free to share your choices if any)

I just got a new credit card. It came with a Priority Pass membership. I always travel economy, I hardly ever get lounge access. I got excited, until I remembered I can’t travel and lounges are closed anyways. :(

Brand new baby lawyer dumb question - I am tasked with drafting response to request to produce. How long should this take? And follow up… how do I bill this?

Why does nobody point out the hypocrisy of Democrats nominating Garland and now being against the nomination of a Justice in an election year?

How much Salesforce can offer for a 4 years Salesforce developer? Considering programming skills are good and have good knowledge on LWC and integrations?

Im working in AUM reporting side and looking to automate some daily and monthly processes that are done in excel. I know it is possible with python but I know little to no python any suggestions? Or any other software that may be able to help!

EBITDAD was bound to come up sooner or later

What’s so good about the Georgia Tech OMSC and OMSA? Is it just the cost? Seems to be recommended by most of reddit

RX Consultants (in the US) how difficult is your day to day? Does the legal aspect show serious difficulty especially as you gain seniority (and thus more responsibility/strategy)....and does it stay interesting? Especially those of you who came from an accounting background versus finance (or if you know of colleagues who came from accting background and their story).
Also welcoming horror stories/your worst day as an RX consultant, since they can be hilarious and somewhat telling of the job.

Anyone from the states did a deployment here through work? Any advise on how to go about it?

Hey Fishes,

Have anyone opted for extension in Wfh? How to apply for it? Did you get extension?

TIA

Any XD leads here that work at Accenture Interactive or EY Design Studio?
How do you like it? Is one better than the other? I'm talking to both and I'm kind of torn -- they both seem like good companies to work for. Any insight would be great!

I didn’t get into any schools this past application cycle but got into H/S. I feel like I’m going to be incredibly insecure meeting my classmates this fall who probably got into every school with crazy scholarships too. Do people typically share where else they got in, GMAT, etc. when you go to school?

In terms of total comp, who do you think makes more: an EP at an agency or a mid level producer at a FAANG company?

I'm a Tech Risk SC, but have an accounting/finance background. I'm doing the FRM now for broader cert experience, is it worth doing CA long term in my area?

Capco referrals here London office

What are some concrete reasons why someone in consulting would be fired, other than the obvious stupid things?

Accenture folks, seeing lots of news about layoffs at other firms here. Are we in the same situation?

Hiring manager adds you on LinkedIn a few hours after your final interview with their leader - good sign?!

Does anyone else smoke sheesha regularly? I’ve got a nasty habit of doing this every weekend. Wondering if it’s bad for health

That feeling of knowing you worked your ass off and made sacrifices in your personal life for a promotion you were told you’d be getting at the end of the year, while receiving great feedback all year, only to be told “sorry, maybe next cycle….” 😔

What do people think are the actual top factors for getting into good business schools? How much do “stats” like undergrad GPA actually matter?

Anyone work in Ops at a hedgefund? Are middle / BO roles there worth the transition from consulting?

thoughts on ServiceNow consulting?

I don’t get enough sleep. This causes me to be tired and fall behind on deliverables so I lose less sleep. I’m in a vicious cycle that’s severely effecting my professional trajectory and physical health to the point where I oscillate between anxiety attacks and falling asleep at work. Can anyone else relate? How do I break this cycle? How do you set WLB boundaries?

only doing project work right now. Not in deals.
Realize this is in my control just curious how to navigate

Pls or Please?

Looking for advice fish fam. Deloitte vs EY-P. Same level - Manager/Director. EY-P pays $50k more for base and maybe $10 to $20k more as bonus. Currently at Deloitte. Is the extra $60-$70k worth giving up my network? Plan to stay in Consulting and hope to make SM/SD. I have a family and my wife is a homemaker. So money does matter. Would have left easily for an $80k bump. Wouldn’t leave for $30k or less. Don’t know what to do with $60k. Pulling my hair out here. HELP Please!!!

Does anyone have experience using power apps? I’m creating one and when inserting the button function it keeps moving as I enter it into the screen.

Dumb question - if we were to donate money to support Ukrainian military, how would it help them? Like who would buy weapons and how to give it to them while there’s a war going on. I would guess to bring things to western border and they would come grab but that seems risky still

Interviewed at Deloitte 1.5 weeks ago, how long to follow up?

Wealth of experience working in the Bay Area with pre ipo clients going through funding/ working on pitch books etc.

My hometown has a growing tech scene but little funding. Was thinking of parlaying these experiences and starting a bit of a consulting operations to connect the two

Anyone with insight on how I might go about doing this? Would love to chat!

My portfolio is killing me. Help!!!!