Had a follow-up call with a client who absolutely LOVED our solution...then revealed their budget is half what we charge. Awkward. How do you recover smoothly from that price shock moment?

Do CGI Renegotiates on Offer letter.

How much hike (%) does Accenture gives during promotion?
(If it differs based on management level then I want to know about promotion from level 10 to 9)

AST still rallying despite just over 150 watchers on StockTwits and pretty low social media coverage... tends to get spiked down after a run, so might want to wait, but something’s up

Is anyone familiar with post IB exit into something like IR? Still new to the game and other than PE (due to the herd mentality), I don’t know much about other exits for better work/life balance. If anyone has insight on type of work, recruiting process, and comp it would be super appreciated. TIA

Hi friends, I am initially trained on .net and angular in my company and then randomly put to Automation Testing in project. Also they are not relieving me from the current project . Can I apply for other companies with my knowledge of .net and angular? YOE- 2 years.

Just went on a 3 week vacation to India. Still flying high from it. If you need a hardcore change in perspective. Get your asses over there. Life is good people. Life is good.

Starting with one of the big4 in Chicago as an analytics manager, 5 YOE at 150k base. Graduate engg degree i.e. non MBA/non CS. Did I get low balled?

Hi folks - im a little confused and would appreciate some confirmation. My CRS score is 438 and applying through Federal Skilled Worker Express Entry. I’m positive im in the pool, but can someone confirm if this score has been cleared in any cut off in the past few months? I’m confident i dont have an ITA for Provincial or Canadian Exp class

Any downsides to leaving a “Counsel” role and moving into a “Legal Affairs” role? Still practicing and representing the company, just a difference of titles, so core work remains the same - what do you think?

Had a salary discussion with headhunter, who really lowballed me and told that the employer is not going to pay more than X.
The final interview is scheduled for tomorrow should I be expecting any salary negotiation during the final interview or after or is the number that I informally agreed to with a headhunter is set in stone?
How bad is it if I refuse to accept the offer? Will I be banned from working with that headhunting firm?

Hello Fishes,

Due to some family emergencies, I had to left job. Now I'm desperately looking for a job.

I have 3.6yrs of experience with Infosys Ltd and TCTS Ltd in AWS Cloud technology.

Role:- CloudOps Engineer
Skills :- IAM, EC2, S3, VPC, RDS, CLOUDWATCH.

Looking for immediate joining.
Please find let me know ASAP as I really need it.


Thank you

Dear All Fisbowls,

I have a query. Request all of yours suggestion and if you have done something similar to this please share.

You have resigned and have offer in hand suppose 15 fixed.
Meanwhile you get another offer but they will give around 17 fixed.
I am thinking to quote my in hand offer as 17 fixed with changes in it and share it with them.
So that they can give me around 20 fixed.
Request to share honest detail here.

Can you explain why you would stake OHM? Seems like you are just buying SHOM by staking (which has actually lost value when it was supposed to be making crazy 8K% APYs). Number of coins doesn’t grow, just their value. What am I missing?

Which big pharma or biotech companies offer high pay for bioinformatics scientist (masters level) with 3 YOE?

How many fishes here who have got more than 500% hike while switching?

Hi Fishes,
Has anyone switched from INFOSYS to TCS

Is being a freelance trainer on weekend moonglighting?

Is it common for an SE to need to do analyst-style research for a POV/POC? This research helps guides our team of analysts in configuring the product’s environment for the POC. As an SE, I’m tasked with this research since I’m customer-facing but our analysts are not. Idea being that I can apply knowledge of the customer’s requirements.

SEs, do you have any side hustles for weekends or weeknights?
I'm in a very HCOL area and my 165k TC isn't enough to comfortably buy a million dollar house (which is a 50 y/o SFH that needs TLC on prob a 1200 living sqft).

Wondering if any of you work side gigs during your free time?

Why did you become a Sales Engineer?

I’ll start: Happenstance.

What’s the best 30-90 plan when you start as a SE to differentiate yourself from your peers?

What’s your typical % bonus in Revenue incentive for won deals?

Has anyone here transitioned to a software engineer from pre-sales? Verdict?

Convo about mentoring came up recently. I suggested on a whim to a SE to find a sales rep mentor to learn about the mind of a sales person. Never tried it and now I am. Has anyone tried this?

I've my own thoughts about the following topic but I want to hear what everyone has to say.

The question is: do you need to be a competent software engineer/developer in order to be a good solutions engineer/architect?

What percentage of your total comp is in RSUs?

Rank: Customer Success v. Sales Engineer v. Program Manager v. Sales S&O (all non-technical roles)
Which of these FAANG positions pay the best? By a wide margin?

Any Tableau SEs able to share some insights?

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?

Microsoft CE salary for dc area?

Never been in an SE or consulting or B2B sales role before but have a referral at Salesforce and have been in some informal conversations. I’m starting to freak out a bit now that maybe I can’t do it. I have a tech background so can handle that part, but perhaps strategy may be difficult. Anyone make the transition to an SE role that have some advice?