Does anyone listen to Jeffery Towson's podcast, The Tech Strategy Podcast? Or can you recommend another industry podcast you like?

Anyone want to buy two Deadmau5 tickets from me for a show tonight? Paid $49 each for them but willing to negotiate. Section MEZZ6 - B - row 324/325

Any thoughts on food (fast casual) and/or lifestyle franchises that are at present, underrated, but well position for growth in the next decade?

Where to go with kids and grandparents during cold season in Chicago or Northshore? Moved to Northshore recently with 2 kids and parents visiting soon.
1. Restaurant recommendations.
2. Play areas.

Who does the best NY style pizza in Chicago?

Evaluation Criteria:

Delicious pizza sauce
Cheese pull (cheese that melts when the pizza is pulled apart)
Crust crunchiness

Kindly recommend some self help books!

I think air fryers are easy bake ovens for adults.

Starting a list of good indo-chinese restaurants in US. Add your favs:
1. The everest momo - Milipitas (CA)
2. Spice symphony - NYC (NY)
3. In-chin bamboo garden - Alpharetta (GA)
4. Masti - Atl (GA)

Dieting- does anyone else do bouillon to trick the brain? Sometimes only something that ‘tastes’ like meat can satisfy. Put a Maggi chicken cube with a Knorr onion cube and nuke for 5 min- delish.

Any good book recommendations? Both fiction and non

Anyone had success with CISSP audiobooks to study? I got a long commute!

Best movie ever?

Daily Dordle 0146 X&2/7
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⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
Pleased with the right side - bummed about the left. 🤷🏼‍♀️

I have 9.5 yrs of experience and am currently level 62 in Microsoft. I feel I should be Senior SE in Microsoft (level 63) but when I got microsoft offer last year the HR said it is the maximum they can give. Fixed base is 28 LPA. There is an upcoming appraisal cycle in September, so I wanted to ask how much can I expect Microsoft to adjust the base salary in this appraisal cycle ( given my performance was decent) ?

For a 10 yoe , azure data engineer role which is best LTI or xebia or HCL ?

HCL Technologies LTI Information Technology Xebia

Hi Folks,

Which company (TCS & HCL) is good in ITIL Domain, i am asking only in ITIL stream not over all as a company.

Please provide your inputs or comments.

Hello People,

I about to move to BLR. My Office is in brookfield. Can someone please refer me some good PG/co living option with single sharing?

I am thinking to not go any further that 3-4KM from office radius.

Any kind of help/advice will be good! Thank you😊

Hi, is there a buyout option in TCS? Is it possible to reduce notice period to 30 days ?

How’s the freelance producer market doing these days? Busy, slow?

Has anyone actually found love at work? My best friend started at a new company 6 months ago and she just took an offer somewhere else because she and her senior manager fell for each other. After 6 months she knew it was worth leaving her job for! I've been working at the same place for three years and I went on one date with a guy who didn't even work with me he just worked in the building. What am I doing wrong.

Got an agent and she was useless for finding good tenants. Got frustrated and finally started finding leads myself and closing on one soon. I have signed a contract with the agent for paying one months rent as fee. How can i fight this or as he has been literally of zero value add? I will ofcourse ask nicely but wanted to see if i have any other options!

Haha why is it called bench “blues”? I’m the happiest man alive on the bench. I do the bare minimum

A couples years ago when I was at 1 of the B4 firms I went on vacation and my backpack (laptop and all) got stolen. I filed a police report etc. A couple months later I got a large package in the mail

Nothing on here for the Forestry industry. This app caters to do nothing managers it seems. :(

Hey honeywellas, :D

What would be the compensation range for a Product Security Architect (HBT) at 9.7 YOE?

My job title says Application Development Senior Analyst (SSE-Developer) but I'm performing Core SYSTEM ANALYST Role.
Is it possible to switch company for 'BUSINESS SYSTEM ANALYST' roles ?

For those working in house, how much “from scratch” document drafting are you doing vs. reviewing and revising “outside documents”. For example, if your company wants to enter into a joint venture company with another entity, are you drafting the company agreement “from scratch” or is it based on internal forms? Or are you getting outside counsel to do it?

Hi Fishes, Please tell the companies which give better packages for Automation QAs. Exp: 4.5 years. CTC: 9 lpa

Cognizant Infosys Accenture India Accenture Newco Capgemini HCL Technologies Wipro

Since the fed rate is now zero.. What does thst mean for mortgage rates and savings rates? They gonna plummet to nearly 0%?

Folks who have gone through the process to get Global Entry approved, do we need a PAN card or Aaadhar card to move forward in the process? I don't have a PAN yet.

Can anyone recommend appropriate user tracking and sentiment / feedback gathering solutions for bespoke internal tools?

E.g to see user behaviour on an internal operational tool used by 100s of staff.

Have worked previously as business consultant, pm in banking domain (10 years) and now as Product manager for a Bank(1 yr) - what are the chances FAANG would be interested in my profile for product manager/ project manager profile?

Any recommendations on offline coding bootcamp in US?

What’s the background of most product managers you’ve come across? Is it engineering, consulting, strategy, etc.? I’ve never met anyone who started their career as a PM and I’m curious how to get in it?

Recently accepted an offer for a manager in Bizops in Ad sales for a tech firm. Curious about the growth opportunities in this area. What do folks do after 2-3 years in such roles ?

What are main differences in career/salary trajectory and WLB for a product manager vs product marketing manager?

Hi, i will be joining a startup soon to work as a product manager. What are some good books/materials/courses I can read in the meantime to prepare myself better for the job?

Feel like I missed the boat years back to get into Director of Product role. Back in the day there was only Senior in between a Director role, now there’s Lead and Group levels, so much hierarchy now.

Anyone go to product from data science? Any thoughts on your transition?

What’s the difference between strategy & ops vs product management?

I used to be a consultant, now work in product marketing at a health tech startup. My goal is to transition to a PM role in big tech. What’s the best way to do so? What are the skills I need to gain / demonstrate to be able to be a PM?

What are the best roles in big tech for someone with tech backround/software development experience ~1.5yoe with an MBA and consulting ~2.5yoe?

Thanks!!

Would anyone familiar with the Meta interview process be able to help with the questions below?

Is there an “acceptable” amount of time you can take between your recruiter screen and the next round of product sense interviews? Does it matter if you’re interviewing for a specific team?

After 3 rounds of Apple interviews, recruiter has requested a call. Do we think it’s more likely a rejection or an offer?