Hi All 👋🏼 - does anyone here have experience switching from a different (transactional) practice to privacy? I am a 7th year Biglaw associate that left my law firm last year and would like to leave the commercial real estate practice I’ve been in since law school (I find it antiquated and boring). I would very much appreciate hearing someone’s perspective that maybe made a practice change to privacy and hear what you feel/think of that decision. Thank you! 🙏🏼

How much do recruiters and account managers at recruiting firms really make? I know people that appear to be living the high life - lavish vacations, buying expensive homes, etc. and am wondering if I should consider a career switch

Private Equity groups at Oliver Wyman, S&, and EY Parthenon have all invited me to interview. Alix Partners has reached out to build out the Galt Co acquisition. 1. Anyone else who is considering a move to private equity consulting, are you concerned with joining at what could be the peak of M&A? Are these companies being rational in such a hot market when it comes to hiring? 2. Any thoughts on the quality of these teams relative to one another?

Anyone have the CFF from the AICPA and willing to share their studying/exam experience? Curious about required effort, study plans, exam structure, overall opinions of the cert. Thanks!

Can anyone guide how to prepare to crack frontend developer job roles in react js?

What would you folks say is the best and most achievable route to take for true Program Manager (minimal tech exp) with Sec+, picking up CISSP, and wanting to get more into the technology? Thoughts?

How is @Happay as an organisation for an enterprise sales role? How's job security, product acceptance and T&E learning curve.

Does anyone like ID work? Currently doing work at a PI/Medmal plaintiffs firm while in school and trying to figure out where I’ll be happiest post-grad. I LOVE it, but don’t know if ID will provide more security. For context, I had a, albeit, short career prior to law school and will 30 when I graduate in May. Comp and WLB are important given my later start.

Working as a summer analyst in private wealth management this summer and just got a return offer at GS. Anyone have any experience with salaries, exit ops, etc. pressured between taking the return and looking for something with more optionality.

Hi everyone

Can someone please help me understand hierarchy at BNY Perishing. Where does a Grade J stands?

I’m having the hardest time finding a new job. I have 12 years of HR experience, a masters in HR, SHRM certification, and all I keep getting are rejection emails. I’ve never experienced this difficult of a time searching for new opportunities. Is this normal once you hit a certain level in your career or is it just me?

Thoughts on PwC’s Advisory Corporate and Business Strategy practice? Is it as advertised with strategy work or is it typical B4 advisory?

Hey fishes, aside from the obvs candidates (fjord, Ideo, snook, deloitte digital, ey Parthenon, pwc consumer bit), who else is doing good work in the UX research/service design space? UK/Europe based.

Looking to get involved in Federal work and/or Public Sector. Can anyone give me pointers? How did you get started? What level and firm?

Has anyone undergone a significant career upgrade via Part Time MBA? If so what program? And what was OCR recruiting like (if it exists)?

Planning a switch from big 4 to dr. Reddy. Strategy role. This is for a mid senior level position. Is this a good decision?

I've offers from tiger & fractal
Yoe: 9 years
Role:
Tiger: manager
Fractal: senior consultant
Difference:
1 Tiger offers 4 lakhs more than fractal
2 Role in fractal matches my current role. Whereas the role is tiger in 2 level above current role & i need to boot up for the bigger responsibility which I'm a little worried about being new co
3 Insurance benefits are good in fractal.
Barring salary difference help me choose which is better w.r.t wlb,job security,benifits, growth,culture,learning

I was recently offered a job as a portfolio implementation analyst at a well known hedge fund. What would my career path look like?

Has anyone left cyber for another technical field (I.e. software engineer) ?

I exited to FAANG from big4 and part of me is seriously thinking about getting an mba to go to mbb. Does that make any sense?

YOE : 7.8 i have an offer from IBM and HCL.
IBM : 18 fixed + 1 JB HCL : 21 ( 18 fixed + 1lakh approx (monthly variable) + 2 lakh Annual variable ) . Now i have a discussion pending with Robert Bosch , What should i quote ! Which will be better for job security and work life and overall career growth .

Is JPMC going to start WFO all days instead of hybrid mode from next year?

Anyone have an HM Bradley referral they’d like to share w me? Feel free to PM me if you don’t want to post your referral link.
Thanks 🐠

Are private equity operating roles considered respectable and prestigious in the buy-side space? What does the compensation look like for an associate at a LMM firm?

What is UBS Associate Director salary in Non IT Pune role with 15 yrs of experience.

I want to know how UBS (UK) reach out to you for interview purposes I mean through a phone call or over the email.

Any tennis players in Chicago willing to play/parter weekly? I used to play competitively in college but been out of touch for years. Want to get back to my fav sport!

Anyone have insights on what it’s like to work at Aetna right now, with all the CVS merger activity going on in the background? Got pinged by an Aetna recruiter and trying to gather intel. TIA!

How do you guys really think COVID-19 will affect the rest of the school year. My coworkers and a bunch of other people seem to think we won’t go back until the fall 😕 It breaks my heart to hear.

What challenges have you all faced in light of COVID and how have you adapted models/forecasts?

Just got another rejection... Is exiting to FAANG or MB really this hard? Trying to go tech.. or mbb, but not getting anywhere. I have 2 masters (mba, ms) from top schools, been in consulting for over 10 years, I am confident that I know my stuff well..but still I keep getting rejected. Interviewed with Google, Amazon, Cisco, McKinsey, and a few others and every-time there is something that is not a match... are the hiring managers looking for like 100% match? That will never happen!!!

Need some thoughts fellow fish. What are the best resources to learn about ins and outs of a technology startup? Also, what are the best ways to find app development talent to hire/ give equity etc?

Anyone else have a S.O who is anti covid vax? If so, how do you deal with it?

While I do believe people should have freedom of choice, but it’s different when it’s someone close like your spouse/gf

I know that sounds contradicting.

Any golfers here? Relatively new to Austin and starting to get back into regular play. Been playing at Falcon Head, always looking regulars to avoid the constant randoms.

Who thinks Betsey should resign?🙋‍♂️

Today Pfizer announced that trials show that their vaccine is 100% effective for teens ages 12-15. Do you think most of our students will get it for next year?

Has anyone used or is currently using My Perspectives ELA curriculum from Savvas Learning Company? Our district is considering switching from iReady and I am looking for honest feedback. Thanks!

@McGraw Hill any idea on salary for academic design roles ?

Fly to Columbus on connecting flight or to Atlanta and drive?

Has anyone created a good law school style outline for the CIPP/US book that they are willing to share? I’ve outlined about 1/3 of the book and it is just taking way too long...thanks!

Has anyone taken the CIPP/US exam online/remotely? Also how many times did y’all reschedule before actually taking it…I felt like I kept putting the registration off, so I finally scheduled it for this weekend—that won’t be happening.

How Much Can You Sue an
Employer for Not Paying You?

Anyone else dying this week 😅

Is it normal for a California employer to include a very detailed notice in the employee handbook about employee monitoring practices and the company’s right to search your stuff? Or do I need to look for a new job immediately….. 🚩

In terms of taking the next step to elevate your career- what items are you heavily focusing on? I have speciality in data governance as well as product counseling, but curious to know what others find most helpful in their practice areas.

Looking for referrals to privacy practice at firms - not recruiters, associates only please. I am a senior corporate privacy associate with experience in counseling, compliance and regulatory advice. Experience with clients of all sizes and risk tolerances - start ups to global companies. No interest in firms that pay under market (no offense). TIA

Can anyone share a salary range for a Privacy Manager role in the private sector for someone with a JD and several years of experience?

What industry in Atlanta offers the best prospects (most demand) for privacy law/compliance exits?

Advice needed!! Have 8+ years of compliance/legal/in house experience (not privacy law except HIPAA). I really want a Privacy Counsel role so I took and passed the CIPP/US and CIPM exams this past year. I’ve been offered an Associate Director job at PwC. Is this a good stepping stone to a Privacy Counsel role? How long should I expect to work at PwC before I could apply to Privacy Counsel roles??

Mid/big law privacy associates- how much do you bill a month on average? is your workload predictable?

Best law firms in NYC for privacy law, especially if you’re a judicial law clerk with no experience but studying for the CIPP/US?

Hi all,
Been doing privacy for about a year now in-house. Got my CIPP/US.
Having major imposter syndrome still. I feel like the minute I finally have a grasp, something changes. The law and nuances just seem overwhelming. Maybe it’s just a lack of guidance/uniformity in the US. I’m not sure if I feel this way because it is simply the nature of the work or because I’m just not capable.
😔

Anyone have any CIPP/US practice questions besides the 30 from the IAPP?

So as a 30ish yo with a government/PE/tech background and CIPM/CIPP… I’m finding privacy work is just much easier and interesting than other kinds, but still pays plenty well.

Is it too late/inadvisable to go to law school to specifically aim for privacy work?

I just find some firms are unwilling to entertain the idea that anyone but a lawyer has anything relevant to contribute in this space…

Any firms/companies hiring in their privacy group? Looking for fully remote or TX

Is anyone involved in IAPP’s young privacy professionals group? Is there an age cutoff? They keep emailing but I wouldn’t consider myself “young”! Will they stop emailing when I turn 40?

IAPP is such trash. Why does everyone recommend getting the CIPP certs when they mean nothing??

What’s the attire for the privacy + security forum? Would untucked shirt and ABC pants cut it? (I’m in biglaw, by the way)

What are the best resources you’ve found that walks you through step-by-step, the data incident management process and what to ask your client?