Does your PhD define your research for your career?

I am about to transition from being a junior partner at a large law firm (my practice has focused on private equity M&A) to Deputy General Counsel at a large-ish Pubco. I am already giving myself a crash course in public securities and corporate governance from my firm’s training materials and my cap markets partners, but I also wanted to poll the audience for other suggestions on how to become as prepared as possible for my new role please. Thanks in advance!

Networking ... 🙌 You have likely heard this since your day 1 at D. Doing good work isn’t enough at D. Connecting with the right people can make or break your career at the firm. How are you continuing to build your network considering the indefinite move to virtual / remote work?

Looking to pivot into healthcare consulting. I come from a MHA background with a two year Administrative Fellowship following it. Any experience breaking into one of the top consulting firms with this type of background?

If I want to transition into M&A from audit, what are some basic things I should consider?

Hi sharks,
How is the career growth for a Salesforce developer in the market in near future.

Hello I am looking to pivot careers. I’ve worked in warehousing, shipping and logistics my entire life. I don’t have much experience else where. How do I find the right move to make?

Hi,

I am looking for a career transition from a civil engineering( work ex. 3+ ) to Business and data analytics, can anyone advise me with dos & don'ts.

Anyone switched from Becker to Wiley and regretted it? I did and though I appreciate the bite-sized lectures, I don't enjoy it as much as Becker. My access for Becker expired already and I don't want to spend 2k again 😭 such a tough choice to make but I feel like I'm not getting what I need from Wiley.

5+ years of full-time job as developer and still waiting to reverse a LinkedList at work.

Since there is a heavy impetus on solving Tree, LinkedList, and Graph problems for tech interviews, it can naturally make freshers believe that these concepts will be used in day-to-day life at work. In reality, most of these DSA concepts are already implemented in some libraries our code uses and we rarely have to code such Algorithms by hand.

Problem solving skill >>> DSA
What's say?

Currently working in SEO at a good sized and reputable agency, but looking to get out or transition into more of a general strategy or data focused role. Keep running into roadblocks because all of my roles have been so SEO specific. Has anyone made this kind of move before or does anyone have advice about how to go about this?

Is there a market for lawyers to add expertise In crisis management or reputation management? My goal is to counsel clients on how to respond to media inquiries without saying or posting something detrimental to a potential litigation while still maintaining communication with their client base. If so, how to break into that industry? Courses? Books? Certifications?

Looking to make a change and I have a PhD in Org Psychology. Any suggestions?

Can anyone explain the Chubb underwriting associate training? Is it in person or hybrid? Interview process? Looking to make a transition from education.

I work in field sales as an IC. My aspirational career path is to end up in people leadership. Recently, an Inside management position opened up that’s been brought to my attention by the hiring director. Question is, is going back Inside the right move to get into started in leadership? Or should I continue down the field path and wait until those field management slots open up?

What advice do you have for someone who will soon start their first job as a retail manager?

Bangalore or Hyderabad, which market is expected to have better PM opportunities in next 5-10 years ?
Anyone betting big on remote PM Jobs in India?

What are your best 5 picks for companies to work as PM and why (optional) ?

Hi, been stuck in the contract analysis/review cycle. I have asked a few recruiters how to make a lateral move into in-house. They told me to focus on contract management, which I have been doing for the past year. Now that I have, are there any sites besides “jobscan” that I can use to make sure my resume fits the job descriptions? Does anybody know any recruiters that could help me, as well?

What’s the best way to pivot into data analytics role from accounting/reporting background?

Additionally; what’s the best way to do it from the managerial level (I.e. currently FR Manager).

Hii Fishes

I have recently finished an interview with Oracle and I am pretty confident on result.

I am presently working in cognizant with 3 YOE . My current CTC is 6.4 LPA and I am also holding an offer from other company with 11 LPA. Can anyone help me how much CTC I can ask in Oracle while HR discussion.


Thanks in advance

Curious how other companies are position their 2023 December holiday calendar.

Christmas falls on a Monday next year. Is your company observing the Friday before (22nd) as eve? Or are they observing the 26th as day after?

Hey so like - newfound reason for my procrastination since I got on Ritalin - a tendency towards "putting things off so I can enjoy the hyperfocus later". When I just started taking the meds I was super effective for a few weeks but now my brain seems to be figuring out ways around the drugs 🤦🏻‍♀️ any ideas on how to not fall back into procrastination behaviours?

In prosecution, if a patent attorney does not try to remove prior art cited by an examiner (eg a 130 affidavit to assert an exception under102(b)(1)(A)), but instead makes arguments to overcome the art, may the attorney made an admission that bars removing the art later in prosecution. Just received such a transfer case, looking for options.

Walmart Tech India- Hi 🐠,how long does it take for walmart to release offer letter post the HM round.

Recruiter for big tech company reached out on LinkedIn about a role. I asked about ballpark compensation numbers and they said they’re only comfortable sharing on a live call. Replied that I often receive LinkedIn offers for roles of paycuts around 30-50% so I want to make sure we’re in the same rough range. Recruiter again said she would only share via live call. Is this a red flag?

Hey fishes, what is the in hand salary in PWC India for 9lpa fixed salary?

Hi friends, I’m expecting an offer from Google Cloud. I haven’t shared my salary expectation with HR and expect Google Cloud to give me their best package. In this case, do people still negotiate? If so, what / how would they negotiate?

What is the protocol with talking with recruiters? I'm not pre se looking to move right now but if something with more money and flexibility regarding location opens up then I'm not opposed.

Is it wrong to talk to them about possible opportunities?

Currently doing MVA insurance defense. Just the job I got out of law school. I’ve been really trying to switch to IP. Will I have any problems? Only been practicing for 6 months.

will cognizant blacklist me if i didn't join. my joining date in cognizant is 24th april and thinking of emailing my decision today.

Hi Sharks,

I need an urgent reply.

I have Joining with CTS today at 10:30 AM and some documents required for Virtual Onboarding.

They need EA form and they said it is part of offer letter.

So I need to print entire offer letter and sign and send back to them please reply?

Any agencies in LA in need of a freelance strategist to add to your roster? Background of account and strategy, organized and self motivated. I'm extremely good at jumping in and out as needed. DM me!

Just finished Greenlights. Thought it was fantastic, but curious to hear other opinions about it.

As I am close to finishing Deep Work, I am thinking about how to apply its strategies in my own work. Deep Work sounds like I can reduce my overall time spent at work by 25-50% because of all the extra gobbly goo that goes on in corporate bloat. Has anyone done that? What are your thoughts on deep work methods?

honest question: why does everyone hate Lewis Brisbois?

It's really strange to me how radiation can both cause cancer (melanoma) and also be used to treat various cancers

It is elementary that the development of a theory is based on completed and finished works or theories with a sufficient basis to be possible. But what were guys like Plato based on? He could only rely on what his mind told him. It must have been very difficult but at the same time, they were very brave in defending their ideas.

I have an interview for a technical writer position in the chemistry field. Coming from a lab based chemistry role I'm use to getting technical questions about my lab experience. With this role I'm interviewing for being office based, I'm not sure what questions they may ask. What interview questions can I expect for a technical writing position?

Supply chain issues are still a problem. And Fisher and VWR (Avantor) are as greedy as ever. I’m considering looking into starting or investing into a U.S. manufacturing based lab supply company. Thoughts? Anyone work for these companies that can discuss logistics and potential challenges?

I've submitted my latest paper to the largest journal in my field, but it's taking forever for them to review it. I feel like they're just stalling me because they don't want to publish it. But if they don't publish it, then who will? And what happens if someone else finds out about my findings before they're published?

What made you realize that science was the right path for you?

What's the point of all this research if nobody ever reads it?

Can science and religion coexist together? If you are religious, how do you handle intersections between the two?

What is one of the most frustrating parts of being a scientist or researcher?

I'll tell you what it is: referencing!

You have to do so much of it, and it's so annoying. You have to cite your sources, but there are so many different formats for citations! And then sometimes you don't even know how to cite something, and how are you supposed to know that unless you ask someone who knows? And even then, they might not be sure whether it should be an in-text citation or a footnote…

I recently heard someone say that: "Wokeism is destroying academia." Curious everyone's thoughts on this...

After your PhD, did you take time to do something completely different to give yourself a break? The stress of the past few years has made working in a cafe look surprisingly appealing.

I currently work at a large research institution and am in the process of getting retroactively reclassified to a new title (Long story but my PI is cheap and routinely pays ppl the bare minimum so now the Union is helping me w/ a retro reclass.) Reclass can take 2 - 6 months to process. Meanwhile, I am interviewing for industry job. If I get an industry job, what do I do if my reclass isn’t processed yet? I want the title and the money owed which may be about $15000- 20000.

I recently had a student who complained that his professor did not use enough citations in his academic papers. I was wondering, are we still allowed to cite our own writings in our papers these days? Or is it just a thing of the past?

I’ll be asking my last job for a letter of recommendation but I’m not sure who to ask. My boss, who is lovely and would write an amazing LOR. Or my boss's boss who would put minimal effort in but it would have more weight.

The pandemic, mental health issues, and financial stress caused my work to suffer. What do I do?

Do you ever conduct the hiring process for a research project? What do you look for in potential hires?

I have an intern who's hygiene has slowly deteriorated over a few very stressful weeks at work. Should I leave them be, or gently remind them?

Can you provide examples of observed phenomena that science still can’t explain?

Recently learned that the whole “humans only use 10% of their brain” thing is not true at all. What are some other common science misconceptions?

What’s a “science fact” that gets shared around that is very much not true?