Do you have a reading goal for 2022? I've read 3 books already this year and want to try to finish 60 before the end of the year.

Wondering if I should look into anxiety meds (or if I’m just a baby and need to get used to this life).

Have you tried any? Did it help? Affect your productivity? Which ones? tya!

I’m curious to hear which insurance company has the best work life balance for a senior commercial or middle market underwriting role. I currently only handle new business, which I love, but see that other companies like liberty make you handle new business and renewals. Any insight is appreciated.

What skills to have to make it to PO/PM in Faang?

Has anybody opened a residential real estate law firm? What are the margins and hours like? Thanks!

I am ready to transition my Salesmen to a base salary with commission to incentivize new hires & reward my long term guys. My industry is aftermarket auto parts. I am leaning towards a 2% commission but am flexible and just need help in figuring out salaries.

which agencies are hiring juniors?

Maybe this is the socialist in me but shouldn’t Moderna and Pfizer waive their patent exclusivity for their Covid vaccines? Don’t we have a moral obligation for the world to vaccinate as many people as quickly as possible?

It blows my mind that many countries won’t be able to vaccinate most of their people until 2023. There should be access to vaccine generics

I'm considering taking on some freelance web design projects to earn a little extra cash for the holidays, any ideas on where I can find projects?

Hi,

I am working as Java Microservices developer. Is there ny udemy course or YouTube video playlist that teaches the end to end development.

Awfully quiet here. I have been looking at news and seeing weird stuff. Do 70% of Republicans really believe that Trump lost due to voter fraud? That is an insanely high number.

I’ve been having a super hard time concepting lately, especially knowing that the “concept” will mostly serve as a sticker to slap on the cover of a CVA and the top of a website. I feel like every pharma concept I’ve ever seen or created becomes so cheesy once it appears in tactics. Does anyone have any examples of HCP creative (non-DSA) that is both impactful and translates well into pharma tactics?

How much can I ask for expected salary for devops. In Lisbon Portugal, for 10y experience, India having 28l

New Vat and CIT law 4 Costa Rica

Interviewing for a SE lead role for a SaaS FinTech company. Any ideas what a good OTE to shoot for would be? Looking like 130-140 seems about right with 3 YOE.

To sleep or not to sleep? That is the question... that I’m contemplating right now. At what point is sleep the better choice in the middle of a very busy week? Will I be more productive tomorrow if I call it quits and actually get a full 8 hours tonight? Or do I keep churning out half-assed work product until the wee hours of the night in hopes of catching up, since I’m already two days behind where I need to be?

How many billable hours in a month does it take for you to think you are billing a lot?

Hi! I recently read Their Eyes Were Watching God and was stunned and the poetic and beautiful creations of Zoe’s Neale Hurston. Would love to discuss with anyone!

Folks, wife told me I have too many books and some need to be packed and go to the store room. What should I pack them in so they are still accessible? Any suggestions?

I’m considering Gravity’s Rainbow. As a lawyer who reads hundreds of pages not for fun a day, how fucked am I?

I am studying for MBA and need 3 books. They are very expensive to buy, so I am wondering if any of you have access to a soft copy that you can share.
> Management Research: Applying the Principles by Susan Rose, Nigel Spinks
> Research Methods for Business and Management by Kevin O'Gorman, Robert MacIntosh
> Theory and Practice of Leadership by Roger Gill

Hi!!! how do you all suggest getting the books? amazon? pdf’s? kindle?

Please drop all your thoughts, questions and insights from first three chapters here. We will be start discussion at 7pm CST. But please feel free to post your thoughts at the time convenient for you.

Hey everyone. Please drop your suggestions below this post.

Has anyone read ugly love? 🫣

What’s the first selection?

Can anyone recommend a book I can get lost in? Escapism, something to take my mind off of things.

𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 (𝐛𝐲 𝗺𝐚𝐣𝗼𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲) 𝐭𝗼 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐠𝗼 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐓𝗼𝐝𝐝 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝗺𝐚𝐧. 𝐃𝗼 𝐲𝗼𝐮 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝗼𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬 𝗼𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐭?

Anyone have a reading recommendation for navigating office politics, especially “managing up” ? I’m reading Influence without Authority and it’s starting off very well and I think I want to explore the concept more deeply.

Any sci-fi fans here? I recently read this book - blindsight. Absolutely delightful! It's one of those hard sci-fi novels and I'll be honest i didn't understand about 25% of all the concepts.. but even with that, it was soooo good!

Would welcome any other recommendations...