For all the senior designers - how do you stay inspired to keep leveling up in career-related skills?

I like my job and career, but often find myself avoiding learning new tools or skills (not things I actively need for my job, but ex: new Figma tools that I have no real use for in my job that requires self-guided learning, etc). I'd rather spend my free time on passion projects away from my computer, but I'm worried I'll fall behind in my career if I continue coasting on just YOE. Advice?

Any good product marketing related books for those who inspire to become one?

Hey! Just thinking of switching job now! Is there any suggestions?🤔... currently working as a senior associate in City union bank from past 2 years....

Hello guys, need your opinion to make an informed decision. What would be better in terms of career progressio, WLB, monetary compensation and competitive advantage down the next 5 6 years; Data Privacy GRC InfoSec (Jio) or VAPT and Risk Assessment Cybersecurity (PwC india). Please feel to drop your valuable insights and comments either on group or in personal. Thanks in advance!

What is the Client Partner role like?

I’m getting reached out by multiple recruiters who are looking for a release engineer but on a different platform than Salesforce. I am wondering if that’s a big difference from Salesforce devops. Does anyone has any insight on how difficult it is for me to even consider jobs in other platforms?

I have worked for about two years working in health plan management straight out of school. I worry the skills and knowledge base I am building in my current role don’t translate well to healthcare consulting overall. Are my worries warranted? What can I do to make sure I am a good candidate for other more healthcare focused jobs?

Anyone have any tips for overcoming burnout? I’ve had some toxic work environments over the last 10 years and finally in a company I value with a job I feel valued in. I worked hard to climb the corporate ladder and ended up taking a down level and a slight pay cut to feel happier and I definitely do BUT I still feel the effects of burnout on the daily. I also feel guilty for not feeling more grateful for how good I have it and for lacking motivation. Any advice from others that experience this?

I’m currently entering into my second year as a Risk Advisory Consultant. I would love to get some advice on how to approach transitioning to one of MBB by the end of this year! Happy to chat or talk if you prefer!

Hello. I'm currently located in NYC but seriously considering moving to Dallas. I'm getting tired of the NYC life style but if I move I fear that I might miss on networking opportunities and possibly faster career progression (?), I'm a financial consultant working remotely and most of my team is in NYC. Please provide your opinion/advice. Thanks in advance!

NYC Analytics outside of advertising and media - broad question, but what areas to look into? What companies / industries have deeper analytical needs? And whats the best way to look?

Would anyone have any advice on getting into the financial advising field? I am looking to change careers, and I am passionate about finance and helping those take control of their finances and financial literacy. Just not sure where to start, should I look into a Financial Solutions Advisor at BofA? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

What can I do to make myself a desirable lateral candidate to MBB?

Is a Business Analyst closer in job role to a Consultant or a project Manager?
I have recently joined a service based consulting firm, with my role as a BA in Banking domain but wish to get into PM roles in the near future. I'd deeply appreciate your inputs from your career journey or any suggestions to eventually create a strong profile for PM roles in Big tech firms.
I'm sure this thread would help a lot of aspiring PMs learn from your journey

Have a semi unique situation that I’d like some takes on. Have 10+ years of post undergrad work experience… Needed to switch careers so went back to school, and got my MBA and then immediately got a job as a tech consultant - associate level. Now I’m being courted by the Big 4. While I’m only 2yrs into consulting I’m not the average sr consultant because of my years of other work experience and MBA. Around what salary range should I be looking at with this background?

Why is it so much easier for copywriters to advance their careers than art directors? I’m looking at experience, portfolios, awards etc. and it just doesn’t add up.

Currently A at KPMG (<2 YOE) with high certainty of promotion to SA in Sept. Enjoy working with my team, great WLB, and strong network for someone at my level. Current base = 75k with promotion bringing it to 92k minimum.

I have two offers at ~105k base, 15k signing for C and SA roles at other B4 which is a ~50% raise from current base but ~10-15% raise from SA base. Is it worth it to hop this early in my career or should I stick it out for a while to build more experience?

Is there such things as FP&A positions in Big 4? If so, are there better times to make the change than others (I.e. at senior vs manager)? I’m currently in FP&A and looking to work at a Big 4, or another company that offers the ability to move abroad. My current company and many others I know about do not offer the mobility to do so until much later, which is not what I want. Thank you.

What should you look for as a realtor?

Hi fishes,

Please help me activate my DM by giving likes. 😄
Thanks in Advance :)

Anyone been successful in negotiating later start date? My offer wants me to start in Nov but I lose bonus if I leave my company before Jan. Their signing bonus is not enough to cover my loss.

I have my MSHRM; which I got before I started working in HR, and a PHR but with this new HRM role I'm thinking of getting an HR Certification in Strategic Management. It is very costly. Has anyone taken any of these Certification programs? Is it worth it?

Can anyone guess the movie?
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Anyone else dealing with overuse of y’all in emails?

Open enrollment question - am I an idiot?? Below are my 3 options with Aetna in order of annual premium, deductible, oop max. All plans are essentially the same coverage otherwise. My basic math tells me no possible scenario where 2&3 make sense? I am just front loading cost in the premium.

1 HDHP 536, 3k, 7k
2 EPO 4080, 1500, 6k
3 PPO 5700, 1k, 4k

Big procedure next year so I’m scared to opt for the high deductible but it seems the obvious decision. What am I missing??

Hi All
Need your advice
How good is Comcast vs Publicis Sapient

How to ask for joining bonus from employer if only 5 days left to join that organisation?

I work at a small firm with not that many workable templates so I usually have to do everything from scratch like drafting motions, pleadings, and researching all potential counts every time. Do bigger firms have better and more templates that allow you to have to do less research?

Hello Fishes,

Any references for Threat Hunting position in Pune?

If yes please do let me know......

I have so much anxiety about my work! Everything I file or serve (discovery, motions etc) has to be triple checked by myself and I fight the urge to ask my coworkers dumb confirming questions (mostly to ease my anxiety). Is this normal?

Got an offer at a startup Sr BI Analyst for 120k base and 10k in equity. I had an informal call with the new manager today where he told me these numbers and I said I would take a day to think - they sent over a formal letter via Rippling.

Im going to counter offer in the morning, I guess by sending an email? Thinking about aiming for 5k bump in base and 10k bump in equity? Is that unreasonable?

Zoom (huge chunk, currently at loss)- sell or hold?

Can we talk about how every time you’re looking for a new job or clients, it feels like it takes a calendar year to update every portfolio, website, online profile for consistency? For good measure, I even let my grandma know of the changes, but I’m sure people will still find my first school project out there somewhere…

Has anyone (salaried in big 4) ever logged in the number of hour they actually worked in the time tracking software? If so, what happened?
I’ve been pulling mad hours and yet still logging in 40/week. Am I doing it wrong?

I've been looking at job postings in LinkedIn and other networks, and I noticed a number of Product Designer job positions. When I look at their requirements, they are almost the same as UX Designer job postings, or those UX/UI ones. I ran a Google search and saw articles mentioning something like "will work close to a product manager", but UX and UI designers already do that, right? Any thoughts on this?

People who have interviewed with google in the past but did not get an offer. Did google recruiters ever reach out to you afterwards? I’m in a situation where I already accepted an offer from another company and google came back saying I passed to the last interview round. Even though google is my dream/end goal job, I decided to walk away from the opportunity. I was wonder if anyone ever got contacted by the recruiters later on after failing/withdrawing the interviews?

I was reached out on LinkedIn by a design manager for a get-to-know call. I have never done a screening call with a design manager before. I haven’t sent her my resume— She didn’t ask, and I completely forgot.
My resume has my portfolio website and a password, but I kinda want to chat with her before sharing my work, so she can see how passionate I am and I am willing to learn before she sees my work. Is it okay if I don’t share my resume before the screening call? Or omit link to my website?

Designers! How often do you buy a new computer? Even if work provides one, how many years should one last?

Who has worked with company NDAs in the past? Not Client NDAs, but one that was put forth by the company you work for? To me, it gets real sticky with being able to show work in your book if you have signed an NDA.

How much is your salary as a UX / Product designer ? What's your YOE & location? I'm curious what the avg maximum comp for designers is.

Self-taught AD here without any design background looking to up my design chops. Are there any courses you can recommend that I take (regardless of cost) that can be done alongside a full-time job?

I have a 10 year old niece that is really good on Procreate and looking to go to the next best thing. Her dad doesn’t want to do a subscription to adobe photoshop/illustrator, but looking for a program he can purchase out right. Any suggestions?

Is the market really bad right now or am I just getting no interviews from job applications because I suck?!

Vent post but also would love to hear similar experiences. Radio silence from the recruiter after 2 rounds of interviews. Both rounds went great. It's been 2 weeks now. Should one be reaching out to check or just wait it out?

Hiii! Do any of u charge for print managing for your clients?

I want to create a data visualization portfolio, but I’m not sure where to begin. I work in urban planning and wanna do more urban analytics kind of stuff. Does anyone have any pointers for me as to where to begin and what all different types of visualizations I should be aiming to include? I’ve used R and Excel for this so far. I’ve done some web mapping using JS as well and use illustrator for my visualizations as well. Thanks!

Just getting my start in freelance side gigs for graphic design & video editing in the UK - any advice from those with experience? How did you figure out how to structure your rates and services? Fiverr and Upwork seem really volatile - avoid?