Calling all high earners, what’s a piece of advice you’d give your younger self?

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1. Buy real estate instead of a fancy car and other luxury items you don’t own anymore;
2. Don’t day trade;
3. Travel more because the pandemic is gonna ruin things for you for several years

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Contribute to your 401k at least to company matching %.
Pretax, grows exponentially - park it and leave it. Don’t touch it unless you a life-threatening emergency. (My problem was how I defined “emergency” LOL)

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Everything is going to be alright. Do what you can enjoy and pays decently well. Do it well and be known to do it well.

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Like if I could say it back then? Buy bitcoin 😂

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Same lol

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How do you deal with ambiguous feedback?

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Is 100k in EY at Boston for senior 1 in cyber advisory good compensation?

MS in cyber with 2-3 years exp.

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Currently I have an offer on my hand and my current employer has nominated me for H1B

If I resign what will be the consequences?
Is it good to stay in the company or resign as I have a better offer in hand

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(1/2) People who work in the Bay Arae peninsula (Menlo Park) and live in the east bay- which is a good place to buy a house, upcoming, easy to rent or Airbnb in case I have to move back to my country! Prefer single family home as young as possible.
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5- what else?

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Thoughts on Northwestern 1 year MBA program? Trying to determine if that is my ideal option since I want to quickly knock out and come right back to current gig. I already have business degree.

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Experienced hires who have recently joined Big 4, how rough has the transition been?

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