🏆Goal-Setting Thread

What are your current short or long-term goals in your career?

Drop them in the thread below to share and inspire other users. 💪

What can I be doing in my current entry level tech consulting job to make me a great candidate for promotions/raises or changing jobs in the next year or 2?

Which Azure certification is good in terms of career in Cyber Security

What advice would you give a new L7 in cyber coming from D? Will it be hard to rebuild a network?

Anyone here doing Pharma marketing or any sort of data analyst work? If so, please let me treat you to coffee in exchange to pick your brain!

I’m curious about your career path, day in the life, do you enjoy it? Would love to connect!

For those who are established, what steps did you take to ensure consistent growth? One thing that has always deterred me is how often businesses fail. I'm looking for an exit opportunity and have been considering building my own thing for a while. Thanks!!

Hi,
Can anyone suggest the better option between Finastra and HSBC Technologies? Both are for BA payments. From the perspective of a BA which will be the better option to grow and learn?

Anyone know where I can learn Python and SQL online free?

I did my time and got out and was thrilled but now I am insanely bored and don’t have much motivation. Am considering getting back in or applying to become a police officer / fed...cont

I just got offered a Senior Copywriter role at another agency and I'm not sure I'm qualified for it. I have been in the industry for a little over 2 years. Am I overthinking it? or is it genuinely odd?

New to the US. Currently based in SF, CA. What is the most efficient and cheapest way to gain more CPA credits? Require 30 more credits.

Does anyone have any suggestions for business writing courses?

Question : I want to change career from a support engineer to sales. Is that possible ? I have 4 YoE in technical support and want to change to sales.
Any ideas where to start, and what positions I should be looking for given I have not worked sales before ?

Anyone who is an SDET? How much coding do you do?

Young professional with 3 years of retail banking experience, 1 year of claims experience, and now roughly 6 months into insurance sales. Between selling in retail banking environment and every month of insurance sales regularly pacing 200% or over to goal. Loving comp but not loving the call center environment and hoping to move to another lucrative sales position with less non stop calls. Any suggestions?

1YOE as a strategy consulting generalist, interested in breaking into PM. Would love to know which books / courses will get me in the best shape for PM, and if it’s worth looking into with my currently level of experience. Thank you!

Hey Fishies need a recommendation on an international coaching certification. I am a senior HR professional with SPHR and SHRM-SCP certification. I am interested in coaching for career advancement. Thank you for your recommendations

What kind of companies pay more than $200k base and what practice areas? Remote or Texas. I’m a new attorney between M&A and L&E, but I’m willing to switch practice areas for the best exit options in the future (4-5 yoe).

BLUE YONDER OR EY INDIA Where to join? My priority are work life balance, self growth. Salary is same for both. Genuine suggestion needed.

Anyone have gallstones or cholestasis during pregnancy? I was diagnosed this weekend at 28 weeks. Going through a gallbladder attack as I type this 😢

Started Keto 40 days ago and jut broke the 20lb marker! Averaging 3.3 lbs/week, ~.55/day through keto and IF. Where's everyone else on their journey??

Happy weekend, everyone

I joined Ey GDS on 29june 2022. I got the performance bonus today which is 10%. will i be eligible for current year hike cycle? @ey

Hi fishes,
Yoe-7 techstack - .net,MVC,webapi,azure certification (az-204) but no hands on azure projects.

Unisys- 23 Lpa(fixed) ,LWD - 23 oct ,CCTC -14.5
Given number of interviews but no one are ready to give more than this even if I reach last rounds.
I am confused right now like should give some more interviews or join the unisys?

Is unisys good company to join and how about wlb and hikes in unisys?

TIA

Hi Fishes,

I am trying to explore and obtain a career opportunity in UK or Europe. Could you all help me with how to go about it or any suggestion how to get an interview and move to UK for work.

What is the process of onboarding in ADP? Whether virtual or physical? Do I have to register on any portal?

Misled on Maternity Leave Policy. I found out I only get 4 weeks pay for maternity leave (STD +“sick days”). I will take 12 weeks but wont get paid for 8 weeks. I work for a US, west coast based company in the tech/VC industry. Their website claims to offer “paid parental leave and other progressive benefits for parents”. I didn’t find out until after I was hired their pay was only 8 weeks but since I have been at the company less than 12 months, I don’t qualify for their policy. Is this unfair?

I never thought I would like a documentary about sports so much and even less one made by ESPN. I'm talking about "The Last Dance". This series shows you the success story of the superstar Michale Jordan and it's extremely exquisite, I recommend it. Who has seen it?

When you align objects, is there some way to “pin” down one object? Ex. I want to align object A to the center of object B, not the other way around.

My understanding is that it uses the larger object as the reference but wondering if you can swap that

Starting to feel I don’t like litigation. Third year. I’m not excited about winning an argument or destroying the other party’s arguments. But the current market doesn’t seem to favor a transition.

iPad Pro 1st Gen (refurb) or Latest iPad brand new?

custom suit recs in chicago? looking for best value

I want to get my husband a Theragun for Christmas. He is active and plays basketball a couple of times a week and always complains of soreness. My question is which model is the best? Elite, Prime, or Mini?

Hi all..
Does PWC accept counter offers from CTS / ibm after accepting the offer,?

PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR INPUTS!!!

I am new in oracle . Just wanted to know is there any yearly hikes in oracle idc and are hikes project dependent and manager dependent here?

Hello friends ..got a decent offer as Sr PM from ePAM systems US. Appreciate if you guys have any thoughts or feedback to share. I know everything has it’s own negatives & positives. Only thought that’s concerning me are the roots of the company ( hope you know what I mean ) but the company has been doing great of late & the growth story has been outstanding.. I will appreciate if you can share your experiences & if you have any insights which can help me decide .. Thanks!

Consulting is a serial offender for crazy decks. Is anyone else fed up of being asked to format other people's messy ugly decks 😑 like seriously it's not that hard, I'm not your personal DTP.

Anyone from BCG DV that can provide insight and functions of the firm? Interested in learning more 🙏

What are general thoughts on EY digital? Having exploratory convos with them. I know not as mature as D & ACN, but is there legit growth potential?

Any opinions on Deloitte Digital in London? Trying to decide if I’d like to transfer

Why do tech people like Stratecherry so much? I don’t find it particularly insightful. Am I missing something?

Even without LinkedIn, I see a lot of people younger than me in much better roles. They started off with relevant jobs right out of college. I graduated in 2009 when the economy tanked and worked in retail for years before I was finally able to land in corporate. Does anybody else struggle with this as well? I’m constantly comparing myself to others who are younger than me.

Service design seems a popular role in consulting in the past year or so, certainly seeing more grads go down this route. Is there much overlap with business analysis? When I’ve worked with service designers the output seems to be another version of a process map, are there other skills and experience needed? I’m wondering how easy a move would be from business analysis to service design...

This digital bowl is beat

For hiring a senior leader on your team, would you place higher value on a PMP cert or Six Sigma certification?

What is the consulting industry average for both voluntary and involuntary attrition?

Question about my side hustle - I'm an Instagram wellness blogger just getting started and at about 2K followers. Don't want to have all my eggs in one basket and looking into expanding to another platform. Weighing the following options : basic website, newsletter, podcast (podcast would complement or replace IG Live interviews that I currently do).

Any advice on the best next step?

Anyone from a major holding company (wpp, omd…etc) who made the move to consulting care to answer some questions I have ? TIA!

Friends- I have few exciting opportunities for those who are within the digital marketing practice. Please let me know:
Adobe Marketing Cloud- Campaign, Target, Audience Manager etc. TIA

Has anyone found the AWS Cloud Practitioner Certification to be helpful for people in non-technical roles? Any experience in how potential employers view this cert would be greatly appreciated!

Thoughts on Pivotal Labs? It isn't clear how tightly coupled they are with implementing their cloud solutions. Do the various offices vary much?

Do any of the Big 4’s have an AI employee group/community of practice?

What is the best app for simple to do list and reminders? (Now that wunderlist is gone)

Ex ACN Digital Products Consultant. Looking for referrals into similar competitive firms that are rapidly growing. Any takers?