Hi Fishes!

Can anyone suggest some courses or projects that I can do to improve my practical skills in Product Management?

My current job is good in every aspect other than quality challenging work and I would like find a way to improve my skill set without leaving my job.

Thanks in advance!

I’m a defense-side employment attorney with 5-7 years of mid- to large firm experience. What would it take to pivot to an employee relations-type position? MBA? MHRM? Come as I am?

What have you found most helpful in training up a very green junior brand planner or junior strategist? Any particular trainings or resources that are great at teaching foundational skills? I’ll be pulling them into projects and teaching through doing but I need some assistance in building up their core skills/training the strategy muscle.

Do I really need the lectures (Becker) to pass the exams? I really just want to do everything else besides that.

Hello everyone, I am CA looking to start a fresh innings in Management Consulting role at a Business Consulting Firm as a fresher. Can you please suggest me some good books to read on management consulting to begin with? It will be of great help

Is the CPA designation worth it? For me it would take me 1 year of PREP courses and 2 years of PEP until i can write the CFE. And I am 27 years old right now. Also wondering if it would be crazy to pursue the CPA while learning how to code to be a developer as well?

I feel so guilty for leaving my firm for industry

Anyone work in the Healthcare industry? I'm looking into joining Healthcare. I'm currently a Senior in tax compliance.

Is it worth becoming certified in compensation? I have 5 years of benefits and my new employer wants me to move into Total Rewards. Is this a better career move than just remaining in Benefits?

Wanting to leave Life Science/ implementation work behind and do something new. I need a challenge. Okay w ops roles. Over 6 years of consulting and about 10 years total work experience.

3 weeks in as an experienced hire and still struggling in terms of understanding my role on projects, networking, organization structure, firm initiatives and career development process. How long did it take you to settle in? Any tips?

So I used to work for a company where my job was good, was a director of business solutions for a fashion brand. Only issue was that the CFO micromanaged and ended up leaving. My background is digital transformation however I took an infrastructure position to rebuild a provincial healthcare system. I always lacked the hardware side and thought this was a good move but I feel like I’m losing my digital skills and don’t enjoy the work. I’m in it for 7 months now.

I need some career advice. I finished my master's degree in international law (B.A.Sc international relations) but I am not sure where to go from here. I always wanted to join a big firm and I've applied to different vacancies in international firms/companies but got rejected from all of them.
Does anyone have any tips on certain job positions or companies where an LLM would prove to be useful with my background?
I'm starting to feel quite stuck in this situation and it's very demoralising.

Hello everyone,

I wanted to get into Oracle payroll implementation / consultant . Could you please suggest me what kind of Oracle certification will help me to get to the path. I'm already having Uk payroll experience but in different software.

Anyone here works full time at public accounting and has a part time job to make some side money? I have been thinking to get a real estate license and work as an agent on the weekends/ free time. Is that possible time wise? Thought housing market is hot now and would be a good time to enter.

Hiya! I was wondering if anyone here has any good recommendations in terms of books or learning material that I can pick up to learn about sales and marketing relevant to the consulting industry?

(1/2) Hi all, based in the UK 🇬🇧, would appreciate your advice on how I could break into product management.

Context: Graduated in 2019 (Finance), 2 years at EY as a business consultant on mix of pmo projects and tech projects where I was developer (data vis, power platform, sql, vba, data analysis etc.). Joined Google on a 6 month contract as a data analyst.

Should I be applying for product analyst roles? Should I apply for strategy consulting? Could I go straight for prod mgmt roles?

Starting a new job as a Merchandising Coordinator for a large food/sales company soon… no experience in merchandising, just customer service. Any advice???

Hi People,

YOE 5.5,
Skills - Java 8, springboot, hibernate, microservices
Got one offer from a startup company 24 LPA fixed (Remote opp. Which is giving me "WLB" anxiety already being a startup)
Publicis sapient 22 LPA
IRIS 20 LPA

Is it ok to ask for a counter offer in these 2 companies ?

Which one should be a best fit in terms of growth, WLB ?

A friend is considering deferring an offer (stem PhD) for 1 year straight out of undergrad to work in NY, either in a research institution or a biotech. She does not have any real work experience outside of her lab (3 years) and an adjacent internship. Another factor is she is just generally feeling burnt out on school after the last few years.
To what extent did you find that a year or two of work impacts prospects coming out of PhD? How might a year off from school impact her PhD work itself?

Which form of marketing (brand vs. product), does a typical Strategy Consulting role best prep for as a realistic exit? Also, between brand vs. product, marketing which is a more preferable exit?

Talk me out of (or into!) buying a 2000 M Roadster. $14.5k, 111k miles. Mechanically sound with records, cosmetically nothing I can’t repair/replace.

Hi All.
I am from ETL background. I got a call from Apisero for Mulesoft technology.
As its totally different technology but I am interested to learn .
I have done my first basics round .Now they scheduled C4E round.
Can anyone let me know what exactly C4E is?

Seen a few posts on people not having/hating on parents with kids. What is your rationale? I for one am excited to have 3 kids running around in the future! Anyone else?

Thoughts on VCCP London for strategy?

I wish admin utilized Tier 1 supports with teachers. Smiles, appreciations and acknowledging ones efforts would do a great deal to boost morale and climate. I just don’t understand what that is so hard to do.

Can anyone recommend a wedding Photographer that would be available to shoot the first Friday in January, that will not cost an arm and a leg?

Has the official notice period in EY GDS been revised to 2 months from 3 months? Seems those who are currently in NP are getting this message .. please confirm.

Looking to pivot out of a top pharma marketing/ad agency and into consulting. Ultimately want to leverage both experiences to move client side or to a healthcare start up.

What are the best firms for this type of transition and why?

I received an offer from Optum on the first day of joining of another organization. The offer is much much better than at which I have joined. I am really feeling low. What should I do?

What should I expect for a salary range for a “software development analyst” at a research institute in Boston with 2 years of experience

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 .

I joined FIL in June 2022. I don’t think I’ll be eligible for any sort of increment. But, any idea how much would be my bonus ? My variable pay in OL is 1.70 Lac, and my feedback has also been amazing.

What's the salary band for a Senior Manager of Product Operations in HelloFresh?

What are your experiences with blended learning in the classroom?

Is it permissible to work at a VC firm? From what I understand it should be because both parties are taking risks.

I have a new prospect. Small business owner that wants to start a 401k for himself and his employees. Who would be the top 2-3 organizations I contact, and what questions should I ask the providers?

What other cards to add to my collection? I have AmEx Platinum and Chase Sapphire Reserve. Fly Delta so AmEx is handy for lounges. Use Sapphire for dining/travel. Should I add Chase Freedom Unlimited?

I’ll be sitting for Expedia Group Campus placement for PM-1 / APM. Looking for some insights/ preparation suggestions for the same.

What are the typical differences (+ and -) between PM Role in b2b and b2c organisations? Holding an offer from both, with 10L more in b2b and another b2c paying less. I’m thinking getting into b2c with lesser pay, however would help out in long term. Any suggestions here please? (Currently with 3.5 years as b2b PM, overall 8 YOE)

Anyone working in Dell or worked previously, could you please share how is Dell technologies as a company to work for?
What has been your experience and how long have you been with Dell?
If someone is working as a technical product owner there, it would be great if you could share your experience n assist me?

Hi Fishes, wondering if someone can help with referral. I have 7+ years of Data Analytics, Product Analytics and Business Intelligence experience. I am currently serving notice period. Thanks!

How to become program manager

Have you thought about why PM interview experience is totally different than the actual PM job ? PM interview goes typically with current domain, design xyz for abc, guesstimate; whereas in actual job you have ‘n’ no. of constraints to build, leadership priority , sufficient time to think etc. What are your thoughts?

Hi Fishes,
I recently got shortlisted for a Product Manager position at Tracxn. There’s also an IPO coming up which is the reason I had applied.
But I have read some horrifying reviews about the company on Glassdoor, indeed and other forums.

I’m wondering whether it’s worth going through the interview process and I’d also like to hear opinions from anyone who has worked with the company or is aware of the company culture.

Thanks.

Dear fishes, I'm a product analyst trying to transition into an APM role. Do you guys have any idea what are some of the companies that pay high salary for an APM

Beware a company called apnaklub currently hiring across functions. They are knockoff udaan with zero ideas who somehow managed to get some funding. They will do interviews for 1 month+ and then ghost you totally wasting your time.

Hi folks,

Can you guys suggest where to find and apply for good Product Management roles ?
Any websites or sources or suggestions would be appreciated.

P.S: LinkedIn doesn’t seem to be working out well for me. Not sure about you’ll.

I have offers from Airtel and VMware, can anyone suggest which one would be better.
Package is almost same, it's just that airtel is giving all fixed but VMware has annual bonus and RSU's.
Airtel. (x- 1.5L) (all fixed)
VMware x ( including variable)

Experience- 5.1 years

What's a product manager's expected salary with
Total YOE - 3.5 years (PM experience 2yrs)

How to get a PSM certification

Hi Guys ,
I wanted a suggestion
Current package 17+ 1.25 variable
YOE 6.7

I am asking for 26 lpa fixed and every company seems to be ok with it so shall I stretch it a little bit more or this is a fair game.

Don't want to regret later

Looking for PM opportunities in Bangalore, currently in Hyderabad. 6+ years of PM experience, 10+ overall IT experience

How is CommerceIQ as a company to work for? Is the work life balance that bad?

Any Idea on what CTC Walmart global tech offers for PM role in India?Any Idea on what CTC Walmart global tech offers for PM role in India?