Hello All,
What options are in Gov't Consulting for someone non:
-software
-finance
-manfufacturing
-military

My personal background:
-BS Aeronautics & MS Safety Science
-3yr airline safety
-10yr airports (gov't), 7yr mgmt non-hub commercial service airport: annual 550k pax & 2mil FAA airport capital improvement grants
-2yr mgmt major tourism resort (airport was attached; included hotel, facilities, rafting): 350 staff, annual 1mil guest & 45mil budget
-1yr self-employed consultant

Thank you!

Any advice about traveling with the progesterone shots kit? How did you pass TSA? And bonus points if you had to give yourself the shot on an overseas flight! 😃 I’m getting ready for a long flight and just dreading this. Thanks!

While at the Marriott, the bathroom roof started leaking ON me, while I was using the bathroom. No clue what kind of leak. They moved me to a new room, comped that night out of 5 nights. Enough? ..

Are the larger hotel chains (Hyatt, Best Western, etc.) better to work for than the smaller one-off organizations? I'm sure they're not all the same but I'm curious

Travel recos for Nice, France?? ✈️

Anybody here bodybuild? Used to when I worked in industry but feel like it would be nearly impossible just based on diet alone when you travel every week.

Payroll Professionals: I’m trying to figure out how to appropriately tax my traveling employees. Any suggestions on a solution to accomplish this? For example, I have employees based in Texas but may travel to New York for two weeks or to Oklahoma for a month. I don’t always get a heads up when folks travel but I have to believe there’s a solution for this. My payroll company (Paychex) doesn’t do it. What do you guys do for travelling employees?

How much are Hilton/Marriott General Managers making in New Jersey ?

NYC 3 night visit

150K IHG points
150K Marriott points

Which hotel would you recommend? Willing to pay for the third night if we end up staying in a high end hotel. But not sure if it's worth it.

How do you find travel buddy when you are single and all your friends are married. I end up travelling solo but would be nice if I could have travel buddy

Apple, Telsa, Netflix and Youtube were huge leaps forward for consumer goods and entertainment

AirBnB, Uber and other platforms disrupted primary and secondary markets

SpaceX and Blue Origin changed the economics of space flight; drone products did the same for warfare

Social media companies changed everything about how we communicate

AWS, GCP and Azure flipped computing on its head
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Crypto is just about the only "tech" that has done ABSOLUTELY NOTHING for the real world. Let it die.

Hi Fishes,

I have a offer from EY and I am scheduled to join in December in a location different than my current location. The offer doesn't mention the joining process. Should I be planning travel? Are the offices open and physical onboarding started or is it virtual onboarding? If anyone aware, please help me with this.

Hey all!

Travel for work is starting again & naturally (after being benched since 2020) I have 0 status on any airline.

Do you have advice on how to hack my way back to having status? Pref on United / American.

Has anyone used a virtual assistant?
My practice pivoted hard during covid.
I used to travel 60,000 miles a year to meet clients. Now it's mostly virtual from my home office. I have clients choose virtual who live closer to my office than I do.
What is your experience and what do you have them do?

For first class lounges (emirates in dubai), how early can you go in? I think i will skip hotel and just stay in the lounge, do a day tour, come back to lounge and sleep overnight. Flight is the day after so id be in the lounge for 28 hours. Anyone know if i can stay in the lounge for this long ?

I just received offers from both United Health Group as well as Atlassian for Senior Financial Analyst roles. I'm currently work for another Healthcare company as a SFA. With compensation being similar (Atlassian higher due to some stock options), do you think having Atlassian on your resume/work experience helps down the road in your career if I were to make a company change.

Moved to industry in a diff city. I’m feeling really lonely. My husband has been supportive but I miss our ppl. I keep trying to make plans but ppl keep cancelling/changing. Tips to make new friends?

Hi Fishes
I'm looking for an referral in walmart for data engineer role. having 3.3 yrs of exp.
Can anyone help me with this.

QQ for those admitted to Kellogg R1 - How soon did you receive your financial aid information?

Can I make a good career in finance?

Whenever I do sit-ups - like if I do 5, my tailbone hurts so bad. I want to do more, but the pain really hurts. Is there something around this/ something I could buy, so I can actually do more than 5 without my tailbone aching?

For those of you who are based in NYC, what are you all doing for New Year’s Eve?

Any guidance on how to break into tech consulting? I have been promoted to a senior level from staff 2. I’m about to specialize in edge funds, high net worth, and partnerships. What direction should I go? What certifications etc?

Name one thing you're thankful for.

I had a really odd SECOND interview almost 2 weeks ago. (I posted about it in another bowl). Anywho, I was wondering why the interviewer came in with such a negative tone.. and it just hit me...AGEISM!! I'm not quite 40 but the more I think about it, that's definitely what it was. Any experience with this??

I’m so very tired of portfolios where the description of the actual work and what went into it read like novel. Only to end up on a banner. And not even an interesting one.

I have 8.8 years exp in PMO domain can i get a referral for EY
Currently With 13l package . and also how much can i expect .

A reply would we much appreciated

I recently had opposing counsel improperly include additional materials in a record on appeal after we agreed on the contents of the record. These additional materials were not part of the record we agreed to. Can I file an ethical grievance? Should I?

Does jumping jobs every year look bad for MBA?

I’ve just started my second warehouse job and I’ve noticed the same toxic resentment between warehouse and office staff. Is this the norm?

Taking book recommendations :) What have you all been reading?

Hi Folks,
What's the hike one gets on promotion from Systems Engineer to IT analyst in TCS?

TIA for your inputs.

With this crazy sickness going around what medication is everyone taking? It’s been a month since the cold and cough entered my house and it’s still here.

Any one has specflow dumps for CCA exam?

Fellow SC's let's talk comp. Firm, YOE, Masters (y/n), base - TS/SCI folks can sit this one out if you want because skewing and I'm not going to ask you to disclose that

GH, 4, Y, $95K

Exploring the idea of making a change to a new firm that better aligns with my career goals.

Advisory consultant with 5 YOE in federal acquisition and procurement (10 YOE career total). Experience with multiple federal agencies. Can do anything acquisition-related and most BD work. Currently on track to be promoted to entry level management position at current firm. Former military (4 years).

Please feel free to reach out if you feel I would be a good fit at your firm. Would love a referral

What clearance levels require a drug test?

Any tips on getting into a counterterrorism/intel position or contract without SCI/poly? YOE is there, clearance is not.

I know many contractors that must put up with awful, abusive clients that threaten to get rid of them unless they do their bidding. At that point, they are no longer consultants, but rather are 1/2

How is work life balance on DOD consulting projects? Same pace as any other government projects? Thinking of jumping from commercial.

DoD Cyber 🐠, have you come across a consolidated list of the new NIST SP 800-53 R5 security controls in excel along with assurance and L-M-H designations? Thanks!

New associate here. How frequent is travel within MC and OC at Big 4's Fed Gov groups? M-T every week, once a month...?

How will federal contracts be impacted because of COVID? I'm on the beach & slightly nervous.

Am I the only one who is only doing federal consulting bc family circumstances keep me from being on the road every week? I don’t think most of my clients should even exist but what can ya do?

Looking for recommendations on PMP prep course or training. Open to both online or in person. TIA!

I’m in my mid 30s and have a family income of $400k gross. Manager at EY. Net Worth approximately $1m not counting the house. No debt. I’m ready to start throwing money at early stage companies but..

Many CORs don’t seem to understand basic government contracting. Disturbing.