Can I start season 4 of Halt & Catch Fire without watching seasons 1,2, 3? (Heard this is the only great season)

Official live-chat thread for Happily Ever After S5E8 Hell Hath No Fury. Comment here while you watch!

I don’t get the hype about the new Spider-Man movie. Yes, it’s a good one, but why do people think it’s the best one yet? Am I missing something?

By chance anyone needs it this Sunday. Don’t punish yourself for the things done whilst drunk. Chemically you are not the same person, your whole brain is altered, who could expect for it to make the same decisions. And Alan Carr is the book I always go back to - remember every time it gets easier because you know what to do and you learn!

Looking for recommendations of any good non-finance books to pass some of the downtime at home

Book recommendations for Experimentation (for a noob)

Are there any good places open for brunch that aren’t freezing??

I can’t find the good book thread from a while ago. Just finished the likes of Billion Dollar Whale, Panic and Spider Network. What do you got that’s good?

I have an idea for a live session. What if we have people recommend their favorite brands. We purchase them and then discuss? It could be like a book club but for liquor. At the close of each session we can select the next top 3 recommendations and so on and so forth? 🥃

I found the best way to describe myself - I have 100 bottles in my wine cellar but go buy bogo cheap wine to drink by myself.
I was at a prospect dinner and someone said “I’m well off enough to buy fun bottles but not rich enough to drink them by myself”

I have a friend who's a big women's sports fan, and I want to gift them tickets to see the Mystics or the Spirit.

Is it possible to do this without a specific game in mind (ie, just give a general gift card that can be used for tickets)? Or would I need to pick a specific game?

Bought my first club set online (used to rent) and I was bending a lot more than usual. Stopped by PGA store and found out I need 1” long clubs, so I returned my set and am on the lookout for new clubs. Any advice for 1” long beginner sets? Don’t seem to see that many online and there wasn’t much choice at the store…

In Barcelona right now, any top recs for places to eat / drink / see?

I have an obsession in accumulating more and more plants.

What kind of music is our national anthem?

Selling two tickets to Hannah Einbinder - 7:30 PM, June 2, DC Improv. Paid $61 with fees, would sell for $50 or best offer

What things have you stopped doing since the Pandemic that you think you won't go back to? I am giving up Manicures

whats your worst experience with Revit/Autocad so far? i love a good story.

I am going to join jpmc in Mumbai for Risk CCB Strategic Analytics (HL Origination) -601
YOE 7.
Could someone please tell me about WLB, kinds of projects and work environment in general there. Also how much is the ideal CTC for this level?

I’m my partners only associate and I went on parental leave two weeks ago. I feel horrible for leaving him to handle our cases alone, but am trying to focus on my wife and new baby. That being said, should I still offer to handle minor matters that come in to ease the workload off my boss? He’s been super cool during my entire leave, so I don’t feel pressured to one bit.

Hello Bowls,

Three Months back, I gave interview for Infy and got selected after that I got one offer from another company with very good pay so, I have to tell infy that I will not be joining. The same thing happened for me in 2018, Initially I gave Interview for infy got offer from them after that I joined in TCS. If I reject the offer now, will they black mark my profile by not allowing me to join in future. Also, what I can tell them for offer rejection. Thanks.

Has anyone tried emergency appointment for parents b1/b2? What reasons did you use? Are there any other options?

Yasss to whoever started this bowl!!! Let’s do a meetup next week!

Still better than working in the States!

I got offer from Accenture and TCS. Accenture is offering 21.5(17 fixed) and TCS is offering 18(16.5 fixed). I have 7 years experience in .Net. Which one to join?

Hello, I am a junior business administrator working in advisory operations. I have been with the company for 6 months, and was employed along with 2 other colleagues. I have picked the job up really fast and am even doing some “extra curricula’s” I really love my job. However I have recently found out I am being paid the same as an apprentice on my team, I usually do at 3 x the work he does whilst also doing my Cert CII. It has really disheartened me and I feel I should be earning more money

Does anyone here work at Cover Whale Insurance? They are a wholesale company and I’m wondering what the culture is like since it is a fairly new but quickly growing company.

I am an IT Professional with 15 + years of experience of which 12 years in mainframe programming across various domains insurance, banking, telecom etc currently working as a senior Technichal Business Analyst for Lending completed the Pspo1 certificate recently. Experienced with both Agile and water fall model well versed in scrum master and PO roles Would it be a nice idea to switch as a product owner .

People that hop between Dubai and Riyadh like me anybody interested in meeting up sometime and maintaining a semblance of a social life?

I was fired after I reported a partner for a serious (criminal) ethics violation. The firm covered it up. Are all companies like this in the end? I’ve lost my trust and don’t know how to start over.

Is biglaw litigation slow right now?

What is expected of an associate in FDD? Especially when there is no senior on the team. Would I be acting senior? How can I better help the team with my limited experience? I just transferred from Audit to FDD.

Sold 10% of my ETH @$2,500 to pull out my initial cap investment - so tempted to throw it into btc on this dip. Should I pull the trigger at $50k or wait for $47k?

A few days later with time to process, what does everyone think of the ending?

How do we go about renaming this bowl to Technology Risk? #ey

My family wants to set up eCommerce transactions on their existing website (jewelry). I'm not an ecomm expert. 🐠s with this expertise, can you provide tips or tools to look into for a fellow 🐟?

McCann women are way hotter than the rest of the ship

Future 'Havas Health & You'ers (yes I know terrible name)... what's the verdict. Are they moving the 200 Hudson folks to 200 Madison?

What do CDs look for on a resume? What would you expect to see on an art directors resume? Do things change if applying to agencies versus in-house?

Two months ago applied for a "dream role" at a "dream company" (not an agency). I am qualified for the role & they are looking for ppl with agency experience. a few days after applying a recruiter

I've received an offer from another agency and my manager says he needs to see it before a counter offer. He says it's GroupM policy. Is that true? Thank you!

Freelance 🐟: Any places you like to freelance that aren't the usual suspects? Places you were unsure about going in, but then had a good experience based on the projects/people/atmosphere?

Let’s all agree on some collective self care this week - NO early morning meetings or client deliverables the day after the election. Perhaps we extend these rules this whole week. K? Great. 😅

a friend just let it slip that it's generally known that I'm an asshole. feeling hurt and not sure how to proceed from here.

Calling all tech obsessed 🐠! Thoughts on Chromebooks? My mom needs a new laptop and absolutely loves the simplicity / app-based nature of her iPhone, but I can't afford to buy her a Mac. TIA!

Pros and cons of working on an auto brand?

Working with another agency on a project and think I'd rather work there. Protocol for reaching out to someone to pick their brain? Email? LinkedIn message?

Pretty tired of smart women undermining each other, especially seniors doing it to juniors. Why the hell is the first instinct to attack&destroy? Not into kumbayas but more into having my peer's back.

Next time I have a meeting my Senior Manager, I may just snap and tell him that instead of constant nitpicking and giving hurtful, blunt feedback, how about acknowledging sometimes for a change?

Branding people - how do ya'll feel about the new startup "Bodega" and its name? It's been all over the internet today.

Community Manager: Outdated term for social. What would you rebrand it as for a more real-time & accurate description of life in social? 🤔

What in the world is this old spice YouTube thing ?

Tips on landing entry-level strategy?!

Are there any solid recruiters in SF?

Thanks to the robots, there’s just not a lot left to do.

So why do we still have to spend all our waking time playing office?