Hi,
Do you really need a CPA to work with any of the big
four accounting firms?

Any good book recommendations that helped give you the confidence and tactics required for a transition to leadership role? Newly promoted SM looking for inspirational reads.

Does anyone have any thoughts on how up and out culture varies between the London MBBs? Also after how any years people typically leave for PE/VC roles vs industry jobs?

If I accept the promotion to Partner/Principal what's the least number of years I could work without it being a financial mistake. I have an opportunity to do something completely unrelated that's my passion, but I feel like that's the wrong decision when I'm this close.

The other opportunity should still be there for 2-3 years

Thinking about transitioning from advertising (10 years as a copywriter) into public relations. Has anyone in this bowl done that? What types of roles should I be looking for?

Need help on how I transition my career from Audit to Management Consultancy. I have only completed BCom and ACCA (UK Chartered Accountant) and have worked for over 2 years at EY.

Can anyone talk about the fixed income research role (Hours, daily tasks/projects, exits opps/career progression)? Is a Masters needed or can you start as analyst as opposed to associate? Any insight is greatly appreciated!

Hi Fishes,
I am not sure whether this is the right portal or not still I am going to go ahead with my question. Does anyone know a good online course to enhance coding skills (in R and Python) from the point of view of credit risk Analytics, modelling.

What books would you recommend for someone wanting to get better at sales?

How is product owner /solution owner role in product companies.
I have joined this organization, and previously i have been techno managerial like tech architect.
Currently I am sharing responsibilities like product owner, release management as well.

Does anyone has awareness if this is good career move . I do have exposure currently due to my technical background but it's limited now.

What kind of roles do you guys recommend for a pharmacist trying to pivot into pharma? Where can you go to see all the different types of roles available? I graduated with my PharmD in 2019 and I did a managed care residency and am now at a healthcare startup so my background is primarily on the health plan/digital health side

Right now I’m a data analyst with TSQL/PLSQL/MySQL experience. I have experience writing complex queries/views/stored procedures/etc. I have intermediate excel skills and have dabbled in Power BI. I also taught myself PowerAutomate and now am automating my weekly/monthly tasks. My question is what will make me more marketable as a data analyst? Will getting my certificate in PowerBI help? What is a good ETL tool to learn?

FDD 🐠 I will be promoted to audit SM in October, however looking to transfer to the FDD practice. Based on discussions with partners in the practice, I would be brought in as an experienced manager with opportunity to promote to senior manager in FDD next year. Is the learning curve steep, or should I push to come in as SM? Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Except IPO, what are the other good outcomes for a startup?

Hello, I’m a Physical Therapist (DPT) and am considering going back to school for my MBA. I’m hoping to pivot out of patient care and into a more corporate/leadership role. Is there anyone here with a similar background? Any insights as far as opportunities an MBA could afford for someone like myself? Thank you

Anyone want to sell me their CFE books ?

I’m a Junior at Colgate University and have been heavily searching for a summer 2022 internship since October of 2021. I have had countless networking calls with various alumni in different professions and have learned plenty of great information, but have not gotten lucky enough to find an internship. I’m beginning to worry that opportunities are going to become hard to come by for summer of 2022. Any advice?

Hi fishbowl fam, I work as a customer service advisor but I just started a masters program in data science (career change) is it possible for me to get a job in this field to broaden my knowledge while still learning? If yes, what title of jobs should I be looking for and does anyone have any idea of organisations I should target?

Is job hopping considered a horrible thing for your career? I was at my first job for 2 years and been at my current one for 9 months and I’m looking for a change since it’s not a good fit.

New to Product Owner role.

What is the max salary product owner can get in Canada! And what are the factors that determine the salary for product owner

Hi fishes,

I wish to know .. for a ux designer .. having 3 years exp. And post graduation degree ..how much CTC can be expected to be negotiated with hr.

Current CTC 11.5

I’d to get a job in a small architecture firm or work for a developer to help build up my network. For the past 6 years I’ve taught high school architecture and engineering and done real estate on the side. I have an industrial design degree and tremendous construction and real estate sales knowledge. I also started architecture school but stupidly switched to industrial design. I don’t want to go back to school for architecture. Ultimately, I want to own my own company developing real estate.

Hello wonderful community, I have recently relocated back from Canada with 6 years of experience in the non-profit space within marketing/resource mobilization. I’m based in Gurgaon and wondering what the best way to go about the job market here. I’d love to explore some MNCs, open to wfh as well.

Hi folks,
I am working as a Business Analyst with 3.5 YOE and in total 4.9 YOE. I am getting 6.7CTC which felt totally low. If I switch then how much I can expect as a market standard currently. Thanks

Hey!
Can someone please refer me in DE Shaw?

Anyone have visibility into Publicis’ programmatic practice? Where they hide their extra fees, etc even though they claim to be transparent?

Starting the job search again very soon and trying to get a good idea of what to set my day rate as. I have three years of experience, and no awards. Looking at NYC

I have an interview tomorrow with a recruiter who contacted me through LinkedIn. I believe I am way under-qualified for the position and I pointed that out to her, but she responded with several points from my resume as to why she believes the role is a good fit with my experience. It would be a leap, but maybe I need to take it as a challenge and not limit myself? I just don’t want to get in over my head and fall flat on my face. What are some questions I could ask during the first interview?

How do I measure what I'm "worth" in the market? I know YOE play a role, but I don't know how to measure based on perf or whatnot. What makes one person worth more than another for the same role?

How do companies now view candidates from Meta?

Hi all! Looking for some advice please!
I am looking to stir my career into a Project Management role. I have some work experience in managing IT Projects but don't have the title. Is working towards a PMP Certificate worth investing time and money in worth it or should I just apply for a PM role?
Thank you in advance!

Hi all,
How much one should get for 6years of experience with Java backend with microservice and hibernate ?

Hi,
I have 5 yoe in Java with 5.65 lpa.
How much hike i can expect .
I got a call from a recruiter and I said my expected CTC is 14 lpa, she said according to the current market, they can provide max 30-40% hike
How much I can expect according to the current trend .

How short do you cut your nails?

Why some companies ask for Scrum master with technical skills when Scrum Master role is non technical. Please share your views

What does it take to get promoted from Level 7 to Level 6 in the SAP Products stream?

Anyone work for Schellman in the NY metro area. Want to know what’s it’s like in terms of work load, client base and travel. Thanks!

I want to break my lease. Do you think it will be hard to find someone to take over the lease with all that is going on?

What has attrition been like for new hires at your office? Been hearing some pretty bad numbers from some of our larger offices.

Are private companies easier to work at than public companies in accounting? We have such an accelerated close deadline at the publicly traded company I’m at now, I really hate the inflexible tight deadlines and analysis seems to drag on forever after that. We also close AP/AR very early in the month yet that doesn’t stop payments/receipts from happening so we’re constantly adjusting our accruals until the end of month. Do private companies start their close after the month actually ends?

currently in tax, thinking about trying to switch to advisory. anyone done this and have any advice? would i get a pay cut and/or lose my senior associate title?

FAANG is now MAMAA (Meta, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and Alphabet)…Whoa Mama! As if there weren’t enough acronyms in our lives. Happy Friday All!!!

How do you know if you’re considered a value employee?

sometimes I feel like the reward of being productive is more work lol

Does anyone have any good books or podcasts about how to develop leadership/ managing skills?

Which offer should I accept? Currently staff 2 at big 4 in Tax with CPA license. I want to leave tax ASAP. Both are public companies +1B in revenue and same salary. Offer 1 - staff revenue accountant so reading contracts, speaking with the sales team and legal team, a lot of work at the end of the months to close books and reconcile transactions to make sure we are ASC 606 compliant. This track usually leads to director of revenue. Offer 2 - internal audit staff so SOX and compliance projects.

Dumb questions but genuinely curious:

1) Let’s say you’re a recent undergrad candidate with no internships on your resume. What’s the deciding factor that you’re qualified for Advisory vs Tax vs Audit? Is it school, gpa, etc.?

2) Why can’t you switch from Tax to another SL without having to pull strings? I understand that there’s a difference in tax vs book experience but why does the Accounting field gatekeep other SLs? It’s not like we’re incapable of learning other areas.

Can you get fired for having low utilization as a senior? My billable hours this busy season have been much lower than my peers.

Do you think it is quite possible to get fired by asking too many questions as an experienced senior 1? If so, i might get fired after this busy season.

Has anyone ever turned in your 2 week notice, leadership said they would make things happen for you, so you stayed, and then they didn’t do anything about it? Or what has your experience been

What would you choose and why? Core Tax, SALT, or International

What are some good investing books you'd recommend?

Any ACCA students register for an exam using the new website? No combo of dates or locations ever works under 'Add Exam'.

Working with no budgets in any team. Partners indirectly encourage you to eat up hours. End of year it’ll hit my util even tho im 150% utilized. Getting sick of this nonsense.

Made it through another day of the Hunger Games!

How prevalent it is that folks have anxiety depression at big4 nowadays.