Does your boss support you? I spend so much time making sure my team feels heard, supported, and set up for success… but sometimes I wonder, who’s doing that for me? Managing is a job where you're expected to give more than you get, but at what point does that become unsustainable? Do you feel like your own boss has your back? Or do you mostly have to figure it out on your own?

Considering making a switch from Big 4. Comments to share on bonus this year and in a normal year? Culture?

Hi Fishes,

Asking for a friend - Need your suggestion !!

He has 8+ years of experience as an Automation tester.

CCTC: 15.25 fixed (JPMC) + 10% Bonus (Not a part of CTC)

Got an offer from @IBM ISL

Role : Senior Software Engineer

Offered CTC : 22.5 fixed +2.5 JB

Is it a fair amount for 8.5 YOE? Should he negotiate further. As this is his first offer , should he keep trying for better salary?

@IBM

On a scale of 1 - 10, what would you rate me as a potential dating prospect?

Age: 40
Gender: male
Occupation: lawyer
Height: 5'11
Weight: 185 lbs
Physique: muscular (benchpress in high 200s)
Salary: 450K
Real Estate: 2M
Smoking: never
Drinking: on occasion
Drugs: none
Other interests: traveling, cooking, smooth jazz, alternative rock, krav maga, and long walks through downtown

Hi all, Can you guys do me a favor I need 11 likes to start my DM

Have you ever joined a firm purely based on how many POC would be in your practice area?

A recent post graduate looking to penetrate tech sales industry. I have 18 months experience of derivatives portfolio management and 16 months experience of customer service with a knack for marketing

I would love if one can guide to work on certifications or affiliate courses or suggest me companies to venture into for an entry level tech sales opportunity .
Location : Vancouver,BC or Remote opportunities in Canada.

How does it feel to earn less than US Consultants while also struggling for utilization

Your favorite resources for learning just enough UX?

My baseline is a data scientist background: stats, data visualization, storytelling with decks

What’s the TC range for 1-2 years exp product manager in NYC?

I’m currently a PM in a startup in Greater NYC area looking for other opportunities. Any insights or advice on what salary/compensation expectations I should have with 2,5 YOE in this area? Any guidance would help. Thank you!

Hi,

Can we verify content of email using cucumber framework?

If yes any reference link please...

Thanks

How are the hikes at @UBS

Which is better for onsite opportunity, wipro or hcl tech

Anyone get in on the polymath airdrop? I did and now trying out if the platform is actually viable. Thought?

Finally. Long Fridays are back. We made it. :-)

Praise be to Harambe 🐵

Other than Mint, Nerd Wallet, Emma, Personal Capital, what other apps are there that helps track, categorize and summarize all of your transactions?

Looking for ergonomic office chair recommendations, budget is $500. Any suggestions?

It feels very telling that there are so few people in this group. Any thoughts on that? It feels like the vast majority of people managers only want the title and don’t want to worry about their people.

Newer manager here (18 moths). Recent org announcements and hiring holds have put major stress on my team. Some are hyper focused on all the bad, how do I get buy-in that this is temporary and we still have a job to do? I feel it’s more important than ever to show value vs being task takers.

Any books suggestions?

Hi! Any career coaches who offer a full support throughout job search?

-Experience: 8 years of project/program management and/or communication
-Companies of interest: Google, Microsoft, Facebook
-Location: Washington DC or VA

For the past 25+ years, I've been a devops engineer, cloud architect and team lead on many projects. I would like to make a career move into IT Management (i.e. DevOps Manager, Director of Cloud Ops, etc.). When it comes to skills needed, what should my focus be on and how would that translate onto a resume? I would love to still be hands-on to utilize my tech knowledge.

What is your toughest challenge hiring someone in their early 20’s?
For lots of different reasons I get the impression that younger people aren’t equipped for the employer, employee relationship.

One of my top talents just put in his two weeks notice and I had nothing to offer him to stay. I told upper management this was going to happen! I’ve spent months asking for a promotion for him, trying to push his career forward and got no traction. I know i did my best. He knows i tried. I still believe i work at a good place but i feel like we’re losing focus. I feel my boss is leaving soon. It’s a mess.

I have a direct report who is smart, passionate about her job and can be really innovative. However she carries this enormous weight of responsibility, for needing to do everything, do it right, make sure it's perfect, not trusting colleagues to help. It creates dread and panic and overwhelming workload and a terrible attitude for her and I am speaking with her this week to start to shift her mindset. Any tips in navigating how to let go of this heavy idea of "responsibility"?

Does anyone else just not even want to be a people manager anymore?! The amount of work this is taking, I’m just so over it. In addition to them piling on my work (which is a full time job) the people management stuff is just as much a full time job that no one in management seems to take into account. I have tried countless times to explain this but I end up burnt out, everyone suffers including me. I just left one role bc of it and now this new role, same thing. I’m over it.

I got into Management a year ago and now I miss developing. How do software engineers turned managers feel about their switch over to people management?

Looking to apply for a manager role in my CS team. Any tips for the interview?

4 years of CS experience, no management experience

Whats your biggest challenge as a manager?

What do you enjoy most?

How do you manage your friends/people who used to be in your team?

Any interview tips appreciated! Last time failed the interview cause did not show a proper action plan. Find it tough as I do not know what challenges my manager has

Anyone have suggestions on a team building exercise or consultant/coaching to build/improve energy. I feel 2020 was such a big drain on everyone’s energy and spirit just looking for ways to start the year out on a more positive note. TIA

What was your salary as a first time manager (and where were you based)?

I’m a manager and one of my direct reports makes more than me. It really bothers me. Anyone else been in this situation before? What’s the best way to handle it?

A report opened to me that they are having money problems and wants a raise. We are remote and they moved to a high CoL city. We gave an increase to help with retention 6mths ago. In my response, I helped mentor with best practices on how to ask for a raise professionally since I need to make a case to my Head on finances. But their performance has been avg and not seemingly worthy of another large raise within a short period of time. But how do I respond when they talk about personal finances?

We interviewed a great candidate, extended a verbal offer and she accepted. We sent the written offer a few days ago but she hasn’t opened it or accepted (it’s expiring tomorrow). Have you ever had to follow up? How did you handle it? My company is small with no HR, so I have to handle the hiring myself.

Hi. People Manager here. I've been one for 12 years now and I encourage my team to not be "yes" people. At this time, it feels like my manager wants me and my team to be yes people for her. How do I deal with this? I've never been a yes person and I don't preach this to my reports. I don't know what to do. Help?

You're a new manager with direct reports. One of your directs is very determined. You consider yourself a good manager so you want to help them grow. They are killing it and taking on an enormous of workload, and executing flawlessly. Do you let them continue killing it? Ask how they're doing? Or warn/advise them on how to avoid burnout?

Looking for info about the engineering culture at Netflix from the perspective of someone who identifies as a woman or non-binary person and is also a person of color. Do you feel safe and included? Would also love some input from someone in a leadership position, do you feel supported as a leader?