DFW Term A - PreCheck is insane. You've got to be kidding me.

What’s an appropriate comp package for an institutional investment management company in San Francisco? Interviewing for an associate director role and trying to understand salary.

24 F, Atl ... Slide In 😏

What is your favorite holiday tradition/event to attend in San Diego?

It is TOO HOT in San Francisco today 🥵🥵

Senior dev working alone in an office, everybody is remote. Thinking of moving to PHX to be fully remote myself, currently in LA. Lower COL. Change to buy house. I like heat. Thoughts? Why? Why not?

San Francisco, Bay area- first week of august ?

Just moved to sunny San Diego with my fiancée and don’t have any friends in the city! Anyone open to grabbing a drink in the coming weeks? Currently in North Park

Hey friends. My wife and I are looking to start investing in the market outside of our 401ks, hsa etc. We opened a Charles Schwab brokerage account and planning to transfer 2-3k/mo. We’re in our late 20s/early 30 and likely won’t need to touch the money for 10+ years. What should be our investment strategy? How should we allocate to what funds? Thinking of splitting evenly across large, mid, small caps, and growth, value funds using DCA.

A first for me, after 1.6 million miles. Thankful for a delay. The delay on the connector saved me a night at ord Hilton after the ludicrous delay on the first leg.t. Truly grateful united

Planning to visit San Antonio for a day. What are some cool things to check out ?

Anyone hiring or recruiting in the San Diego area? Experienced scientist/engineers with over ten years of industry experience and MS in Bioengineering

So how does the Uber PIN thing work at LGA? Whenever I request an UBER there, it just connects me with a driver. I don’t get a PIN for the cars queuing up.

Cisco

Pros:

- fairly decent place to work (from someone who worked with the Vancouver and San Jose offices). never met a blue badger (permanent employee) who had awful things to say.

- Ashley Goodall (their SVP, Methods & Intelligence) co-authored a brilliant book on leadership and people management called “Nine Lies About Work” that makes me believe they can be an awesome place to work

Cons:

- red badgers had low morale since they’re contract workers and can be terminated at any time

Looking for a luxury 1bd apartment (stainless steel appliances, nice pool, etc.) for less than 1.5K. Is this realistic? I was looking at Gables Water Street & Crest at Las Colinas ( both are in Las Colinas area but also considering Uptown and Frisco). Any suggestions?

Got an offer as a Senior 2 in EY’s FAAS practice for $117,500 base and $12,500 bonus. Home office is San Francisco. Is this expected for that position? Any insights?

Looking at switching to tech consulting within EY. Can someone break down the big differences between the different areas of practice (eg., Tech transformation, DET, etc..)? Especially information regarding the kind of work and clients.

I always have faith that everything will make sense, and we will move into a better era. Sometimes it's challenging to maintain that faith, but it's always there.

Is it true for Assoc 602 level who hasn't completed one year, can't have S. My managers(functional and local) gave this reason for my OOO?

My functional manager personally messaged me later and said his recommendation is SOS but they cannot work past through the rules of less than 1year

What are some of your “schooling the client” moments?

Took my usual flight on American today. They passed out pretzels to everyone. wtf? Is this new?

Going to Italy end of October, planning on visiting the Lamborghini and Ferrari museums. Which Ferrari museum is better? Modena or Maranello? Or is it worth it to visit both?

Anyone here from LPA and willing to talk or give insights into the company, projects and current situation?

Not much to be found online.

Hi Fishes,

What are the chances of getting a job offer from a Canadian organization while working in India?

You may have noticed the new Networking feature that has been added to our and other bowls. It concerned me with regard to privacy, so I reached out to Fishbowl for answers.

More in thread...

Does Lebanese diaspora really command more power in the MBB and T2 in the region? How can others navigate a career here?

Hi Fishes,

Looking for a job referral for Production Support L2/L3 role.
I have 6 years of experience.

Do let me know if any openings.

We are starting to build our SE team after a successful pilot with one person. Have you ever built a team from the ground up? How did you prove out the business case? What was most effective for building the case for more hires?

Delivered Mindtree laptop today, can we use this laptop for our uses like learn online, play YouTube, netflix and all after office hours?

Which is the right move for a young creative: free ride to portfolio school, or take a full time junior position where you’ve been interning?

Any companies hiring for Forensic Accounting (Investigations, Litigations, AML, etc.) I have both my CPA and CFE.

Another day going to the client with my gym bag, another day going home late with clean sport clothes. Work-life balance they said... 😤

Took my usual flight on American today. They passed out pretzels to everyone. wtf? Is this new?

When conference goers come into the Sheraton lounge and are *blown away*

Ritz Carlton Chicago anyone?

For those that have switched from Big 4 to MBB, how was the switch and any advice?

My background isn’t in marketing/branding/PR but I’m being thrown into an engagement for a small organization who has many different sub-brands. I now how to give them high level guidance on how to ensure their branding and message is consistent. Any resources/books you’d recommend I could crash course this on?

Anyone have any recommendations for home office ergonomic desk chairs?

Notice there are so many people with debate experience in consulting. Kinda impressed. Any highly recommended books related to debate or communication in general?

For Deloitte Senior Manager in cloud… what’s the expected compensation $$??

Interested in a San Francisco/Bay Area networking/support group for consultants that have been laid off?
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Thoughts on Roland Berger Middle East?

How to link ESPP to Personal Capital/Mint? Not 401K, I already got that covered 👀

How much (%) of your annual income should you spend on a car?

🐠 Fam - What’s a good whiteboard solution for my home office? What do you use and from where do I get it? Thanks!

Is it worth getting PMP, Scrum, CSCP?

Hey 🐟 fam. I’m starting a new gig next week that’s 90% WFH. I’d love some recommendations on a second monitor. Nothing crazy pricy, but something that’ll work well with my MacBook Pro. Thanks y’all.

How does your firm measure utilization? I work for a small boutique that defines it as utilization = number of billable hours/2,080 and full bonus payout occurs at 80% plus.

What are the top consulting firms in the retail/CPG space?