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How much do professional, high-earning (300k+) people put down as down payment for their first home / condo in Manhattan? 20% seems pretty high given the median prices, but looks like thats standard

Does EY let you keep Amex rewards points?

Trying to avoid paying an accountant, can I actually write off home office space/mileage if I was just permalancing for 3 months last year? Shouldn’t the 7 months of W2 take care of this 1099 shit?

NJ Personal Income tax question:
My wife and I file a joint return. We were part time residents in 2020z unfortunately, we both filed our joint tax return. My wife sent via paper and I sent electronically. Any idea what happens now? Can't get ahold of anyone.
To make matters worse - NJ doesn't have a paper part time resident return - so you file a resident and non resident separately. Ours net to a refund but the resident one shows a large amount due and the non resident shows a large cont...

Anyone else pretty terrible at managing their own finances? I have an embarrassingly little amount of cash saved.

What’s a good baseline amount to keep in a checking account? I generally keep mine pretty low <1000 after paying CCs then dump the rest in savings. As I’m building a rainy day fund and then I will start contributing my brokerage account.

For reference <1 year experience at $4500/month (after taxes and 401k contribution)

Any metaverse coins I should be looking at? What’s the next big thing? Have a few grand to gamble away.

How was your tax season?

So my offer letter says I have return back the signing amount if I leave within a year. How does the math work-full rerun of 20k or post-tax deduction the any that I received ?

If u have a house under my name if i move it to an llc what happens? Do i refinance to prevent a due on sale clause?

How much are people paying for renters insurance in Bay Area, specifically East Bay?

Drop your insurance company names, if comfortable.

Are you doing what you thought you would be when you took out your student loans? If so, do you feel like taking out your loans was worth it?

How low were you able to get your student loan payments? I plan to pay as fast as I can, but I want the option for as low as possible for house buying purposes.

Pushing out my retirement date... Crypto down 60%, stocks down 30%.. I was a millionaire in Jan now only a 750kaire lolz. Just numbers on a sheet keep rolling

Guys ..
When will final settlement take place? What will be the components of it?

Have 50k in brokerage to put towards buying a place in Atlanta. Young 20 something who's lease is ending soon

Roth IRA and 401k are well funded but don't want to pull from there.

Should I buy and rent the extra bedrooms to friends, or stay renting and put savings in stock market?

Still using Ally Bank savings account, but the APY had dropped to .60%. Time to move. Any recs on personal savings account? This is my emergency “savings”

Real talk ... if someone is over 35 and hasn’t been married before, do you automatically assume there is something wrong with them?

Hi,

I have opted new regime and no HRA is claimed and now I want to change it to old regime and file returns .

What kind of documents i need to submit for HRA while filing returns . Is rent receipts enough ? Or do we need rent agreement also ?

What format of rent receipt is better for 1 year ?

Females, how much of your personal life do you disclose to the men in your team? I.e. Lovers, relationships, ONS etc

Happy Monday Metalheads! Start your week off on the right foot, listen to Black Crown Initiate. You're welcome.

What progressing monitoring tool do you use for math?

Favorite brand of scrubs??

Do you ever find that you talk to people outside of engineering about your job and they have no idea what you're talking about?

I'm interviewing with KKR for a Principal role in their real estate group. All online salary resources are all in alignment with a total comp of $200k+. I'm assuming based on the average salary reported across these portals for principal that those figures apply to the RE group as well. Anyone have any direct knowledge or can speak to that group's comp?

Does anyone know if principals are in cubicles or doe they get an office?

I am looking to leave my current position due to not having the opportunity to run campaigns and earn experience.
However, every interview I get asked about the campaigns that I have run.
This is starting to feel like a closed loop. Any ideas are appreciated.

I do create some personal campaigns and do social media content on LinkedIn for my personal profile. That is why I get a high number of interviews but I stumble at the starting line.

I’ve spent more time digging through TB/GL lines in FDD (over year experience) than I did in audit…. This is glorified audit

Thoughts on investing in FTT FTX? It’s available on Kucoin

What is typical signing bonus offered by MBB if you are recruited as an experienced hire into their Manager or Senior Manager level (coming from Big 4)? For core strategy practice, not niche areas.

how is worklife balance in gep, navi mumbai?

obligatory post: how will COVID impact human capital? The types of work we do, factors in making a healthy organization, etc.

Hi anyone working at Centric consulting, want to know about it

Hello fishes, I have an offer from Marlabs for KPMG project. I don't see much info about the company. Need your suggestions and inputs before I make a decision. TIA!

YOE- 6.6yrs
Profile- Network Infrastructure
Offered CTC- 19LPA

Hi, Received an offer from dxc technology. Can anyone please help me how the work culture is there also is it safe to join DXC technology now with 4 lpa + variables aa a senior Process Analyst. Please advise ...

Bosch or CTS

What is it like working at redant labs..I don't know much about this company...does anyone know if it is okay to accept an offer from redant labs.
Also I have an offer from Wipro.. should I join wipro or redant labs..both same salary

Hi i got selected for M3BI (A Zensar company) project is Vialto partners (tech stack .net core etc) , and i got offer with valuelabs and Capgemini is in pipeline. Can anyone suggest me which is best. Any idea about M3BI they offered me high package.

Hello Fishes, How is Devon company for 13+ years experienced employee?

Hi , I have offer from Embitel technologies-16L
UST blueconch-20L
I m looking for product based company actually
In case i don get anything, which is better option to join in terms of work life balance and learning curve …Its not only about package

I am having offer from Tejas network and Radisys. Which one should i join?
YoE - 11 years
Radisys is offering more.

Hi folks,
Which company is better in terms of work life balance and growth Allstate or Verizon ??
Please help ..

i have 3 offers for Software Engineer profile from Thales , Fidelity International and Jio Private Ltd. Which should i join?

Hi , Need a suggestion on below companies.

4 YOE JAVA

1. CGI (19 FIXED + 5% V)

2. SAPIENS (INSURANCE - PRODUCT BASED) 18.5L F + 1.5L V + 1 JB

3. HARMON (Oracle client ) 19 FIXED (OFFER YET TO RELEASE).

UST global, verticurl , hexaware ,LTI ,HTC global but package are low

Nov 4 is LWD.... And am looking in terms of Job security. Thanks in Advance. Sapiens CGI Harman LTI Information Technology

Hi Fishes, need urgent help

Gartner offering 15 lpa + jb, UKG offering 16.5 lpa + jb, which one should I select, I am concerned more about technical growth and long term growth rather than short monetary gain. Please help to decide.

YOE: 2.1, Tech Stack: Azure, Java, Spring Boot

Hi All,
I have got Offer from Publicis Sapient, CTC 14LPA, Permanent Remote work. However I have heard recently they are firing lots of resources , they are engaged in hire and fire policy.

Not sure how true is it !! So should I consider my other offers (Mindtree , CTS ) instead of Sapient ? Do they revise offer and match !! Please suggest.
Skill set - QA Automation

I recently got an offer from addteq/enreap, looks it's india based company. Any review will be appreciated.

Hi All. I am currently working in Oracle as QA analyst 2. I have 3.4 years of experience. Oracle has great wlb but the techstack is Robot Framework and my domain is telecom. I don’t see myself working in telecom for a longer run. I want to work with api and ui more. Recently recieved an offer for Sr QA engineer at Paytm. How’s paytm considering wlb and work culture. Can anyone pls help.

I got rejected after interview for a position in Shell. When can i reapply for the same position.