Hey friends! I’m looking for a solid activation partner based in Austin, TX for a fun project. Nothing too complicated, but we’ll likely need some light fabrication, lighting, signage, brand ambassadors, etc. Bigger than a branded event but not as big as a full pop-up. Mid-tier. Any recommends on local partners would be rad!

Any good business/consulting books on amazon kindle that y’all have read that has helped you in your job?

What do people really mean when they say “use first principles thinking”?

I’ve googled it and still don’t get it, would appreciate if someone could explain their interpretation

Hey everyone i have joined Accenture as a fresher on career level 11 as a fullstack engineering Analyst. Cleared GFT and all learning stuffs. But i am on bench for approx 1.5 month. What to do?how to get project for base location gurugram or delhi ncr. I get mails but they are demanding 2+ year of experience. Can anyone refer me? I know java , spring framework and started learning react js.

What is the salary range for L7 in consulting?
Location: India

how am i supposed to determine the number of partnerships if i keep getting org charts that don’t clearly state that entities are or are not partnerships?

Question: I have a client who started a restaurant. He leased the land and bought shipping containers where he spent money contracting out to turn them into bars. I’m having a tough time determining how to depreciate this! First thought was leasehold but he’s not making improvements to a structure...he owns the structure! But nonresidential real estate at 27.5 years doesn’t make sense either as it’s not a brick and mortar building. Curious on others thoughts! TIA

By when salary will be credited to accounts? Can anyone say where can we find payslips?

I don’t play with options much, but I happened to buy VERU calls for 2/19 a little while ago and now it’s skyrocketing, it’s up over $1k for me- will it keep going up? Should I just take the profits now and be happy?

I just received an offer to lateral into banking. How does independence affect the stocks I currently own? If I join and my stocks are on a restricted list will I have to sell them? Or will I be limited to being unable to buy more/sell any during the course of my employment.

Monday Motivation....

Work hard to achieve you goal... I have seen we Indian's are very casual now a days about our financial planning... I was the same..

Guys start investing and save some part of your hard earn money to invest...

I moved from being customer service at a call center to doing it remotely from home, and it's such a game changer. I just sit around in my pajamas, relaxed. Has anyone else switched to 100% remote work?

Blue Pelagos or BB58 Blue - which would you chose and why? Photos also welcome!

Hi

Wellbeing Program
Employees will receive a reimbursement of up to INR 10,000 for eligible expenses per calendar year.

What's this program in S&P Global?

So I feel like I want to keep eating something all day. Even though I'm full and not really hungry. It's the thing of chewing I guess. What to do to combat this?

Hello fishes, I am working at IBM as a Data Scientist and currently on bench. I will be resigning today as I have a better offer in hand right now. Wanted to know if I have to serve entire notice period of 90 days even when on bench or IBM gives early release ?

To those starting the year on the beach: office or home office ...or actual beach?

Any book recommendations for someone looking to get into a Product Owner / Manager role?

Producers, how do you handle malfunctioning FX, location problems-demos that won’t work as planned. Car shoot snafu’s, talent problems etc. What are your best problem solving episodes?

A production I worked on is $250k in the hole and owes a bunch of crew members money including myself. Looks like they just missed a big deadline to keep from going belly up. What should we do?

Happy Monday hope some of you are enjoying the day off…😂 I am in need of a budget friendly animation house. $200K range for :30 and :15. Any recommendations? Thanks in advance!

What’s everyone using to create estimates for clients and manage resource planning so if the estimates are awarded you have the team in place to deliver. We use Actualize it which is built on FileMaker. I’ve heard of Farmers Wife, F-track and Ceta.

Agency producers in nyc, how much should a monthly retainer be? Max hrs?

Can you advise a young producer on working with exec creatives? How do you assert yourself & hold teams accountable to deadlines without making creatives feel as though you are challenging authority?

My agency is shifting to begin doing quick turn organic social production for a few brands and I’m trying to build a team that can support these asks. Ive honestly never worked at an agency that successfully handled this without it feeling chaotic- anyone ever have a successful team with this type of work? Any advice is appreciated!

What’s the going rate for a Group EP in nyc? Either freelance or staff?

Is it wrong to work low budget favors from the small local production/post shop and never give them a chance at a regular budget job?

Hi. I’ve directed a few social spots and a doc/branded content campaign for my agency. None of work was PRd, so no credits. Interested in directing long term. How have you seen creatives make switch?

Anyone here have some good leads for sending a colorist reel out? Just cut a new one and recently incorporated. Trying to get the ball rolling for when things pick back.

Can we all agree that the wardrobe department for the new (and original) “Coming To America” slay it? I wish wardrobe on production could be as killer as them.

I get that “the summer is slow”, but when does it start picking up for freelance producers? I was lucky and booked all last summer

There isn’t much worse of a feeling than killing a project after treatments have been submitted

best sources or partners for archival / found footage / UGC, given the current live shoot limitations? (ie, preferably not the generic stock being used in every covid relief spot)

Any recommendations on resources for standard legal agreements such as paid talent, locations, photo releases, etc.?

COVID-19 remote video question:What are you using to transfer video files to editors & vfx remotes? Any solutions out there that are working well to transfer large files sizes?MASV, Aspera etc

I’m a free-lance video producer wanting to expand more into social media content creation. Any advice? Feel especially weak on understanding analytics. Course recommendations? I have strong journalism background. Write, shoot, direct and edit.

Dreaming of switching from account management to film directing. Any advice?

Would you accept a part time freelance gig for an hourly rate?