Hi! My buddy, who’s also a consultant, released his poetry book and I thought I share to encourage you all to support him! Please do! https://www.amazon.com/Mahogany-Reflections-Young-Black-Man/dp/1737465302/ref=nodl_

Hope you all Enjoy!!

Late Friday after a tough week and the hubs calls from the deli to ask which fancy cheese you’d like. 😍

Time to party, bring in the booze, because we already got the peanuts.

Any Mexicans interested in watching or attending the gold cup games?

Do you have a movie you could watch over and over again? I have a lot, but lately it’s Ready Player One and The Martian. Easily seen both 10+ times.

Bought a bunch of PS4 games at start of quarantine and never got started. Between Fallout 4, Witcher 3, Uncharted 4, and The Last of Us, where should I start?

My Week in Emoji: ⏰☎️🧹🚽☕️📥🧾💤 Hbu?

What are some easy to make, low stress holiday meals for a school holiday staff party? I was "volunteered" by our principal to set it up this year (🙄). I'm making decorated sugar cookies but kind of drawing a blank when it comes to savory dishes. Bonus points if you have any adult holiday themed games or fun drinks to suggest! It's off school property and there will be a bar (thank god), for context.

Best bars/restaurants with large outdoor space in McLean/NOVA? I’m looking for something for St. Patrick’s Day that will be spaced out

I just finished directing and producing a short film and I’m try to secure the rights for the Christmas song “jolly old Saint Nicholas” by ray smith on Columbia records for it.

Any idea where I could secure the rights to this song for festivals and online? (I’m only needing to use 45 sec of the song)

Thanks in advance

Do folks here know if the Costcos in NYC or Philly area have good whiskey selection ++ good prices? I keep hearing about the whiskey prices at Costco and would love to find some around me.

Did I just finish binging the 2nd season of Indian Matchmaking? Why yes, yes I did.

Anywhere that has live music this weekend? Looking for a bar or something that has a local artist come by for a couple hours.

Any book recommendations about human psychology / thought processes?

What are your favorite restaurants/activities that are a quick drive from the city?

Favorite halal restaurant in Boston? Help a Muslim brother out 😅

Any good book recommendations?

Has ANYONE seen a different flower besides the ones you can purchase at your shop on a Nook’s mile island? If so pls tell us your story so I can live vicariously :(

Rewatching Brokeback Mountain, which came out 15 years ago (hard to believe that). Anyway, it's still an outstanding, devastating film (and love story) that I think if had been released 10 years later would have easily won best picture and best actor for Heath Ledger.

I have an opportunity to move into a new position - Electrical Engineering and Production Manager in the Chicagoland area. Having been in the industry for 10 yrs what salary should I expect and negotiate around? Does this position typically come with bonuses or additional compensations? Any insight would be appreciated.

How much does an associate scientist make at Pfizer-Groton? (I have 1 year experience out of college but have published 2 papers first author, ample experience during university, internships and have an bachelors in biochemistry with honors).

What surprised you the most about the practice of law?

Hi. I got selected as a consultant in Global business services role (SA&MA) in DI. Can someone throw some light on this practice as what it does? Will the clients be India based or overseas?

What should be the good salary for 14 years of experience for Senior Consultant 3 in EY GDS?

Hi fishes, urgent. I have offers from two companies. One is offering x. Another x + 6. While telling the company (with x offer) that i have got offer from another company, do i have to show the whole offer letter to negotiate? And if i'm showing only the salary breakup page, should i hide the company logo?
Can HRs talk internally to mess with your offer from another company?

Do the other Big 4 firms have busy season contracting for audit? Part time or full time? And if so what are the name of these programs?

Hi, is anyone at Deloitte willing to refer me to their SOX accounting & advisory roles they have open? TIA!

I am an Accountant who wants to be chartered (ACCA) and further my academic as well as my professional career in the UK. I need a job that can sponsor my Visa to the UK or part of it. Please, does anyone has an idea?

Hi, I need some advice
How to crack Google or Microsoft data engineer interviews, what are the rounds and what will be the key skills I should focus on
My current skills are
Azure cloud and gcp cloud data platform services
Pypsark
Python
SQL
Data modelling

Any opportunities for dynamics functional consultant in Canada??

Does your PA firm require a CPA license to go to manager and above? What firm are you with?

Does anyone have any insights on what Data Scientists earn in the Denver area?

Good morning everyone! I am currently working as an Occupational Therapist at a Level 1 center but am looking to pivot into the clinical research field. Can anyone give any insight into transitioning from bedside to clinic research? Everytime I look online there seems to be certificate programs that may or may not be a scam/waste of money. Would appreciate any thoughts, insight, personal experience, referral., etc.!

Thank you!

I just accepted a corporate counsel role with a large Fortune 500 company. Any advice or thoughts on make the transition from a firm to in house?

From the Moderator:

How do we feel about Joe Biden:

(A) Declaring before hand that his VP would be a woman
(B) Selecting a black woman

Should organizations take similar action? For example declaring that their next CEO will be a woman.


All views welcome

Anyone else keeping an eye on the hearings and thinking that if this would have been Obama instead of Trump, they would have already had him locked up?

Purpose of this group:

- A Place for everyone (black,white,other POC) to share agreeing AND disagreeing views on racial topics

- Format will be one topic each week. Please reply to this pinned post with topic suggestions.

- Moderator will put up topic weekly and be watching to promote respectful and engaging conversations including ensuring popular and unpopular opinions are welcomed.

JOIN US! converse with us, agree and disagree with us, learn with us... your voice is needed.

From the Moderator: I would like to compile a list of questions/issues for this group to discuss... please suggest questions. I will hold them in a list and release them one per week. So The first question for the group is... what questions do you suggest this “safe zone” for all people deal with? GO!

Is it culturally racist to be against cultural artifacts that are counter to your values? For example glorification of murder in outlaw southern rock, heavy metal, or some hip hop.

From the Moderator

Week 2: Jul 26 to Aug 2

1. Do you personally believe there is a systemic racism problem?

2a. If yes, share with others why you believe so

2b. If no, share why you believe so.

Question was posed by a member of the group.

All remember that the goal of this group:
- is to help others understand YOU
- to help YOU understand OTHERS.
- our highest goal is full understanding of the each other leading to empathy

It’s unlikely that you would change another’s mind via this forum

From the Moderator....

Week 1: July 19 to July 25
Discussion of the Week:
1. What is your understanding of affirmative action?
2. Should your company/firm/govt do it?
3. If yes to q2 have they done enough of it?

Remember to be respectful.

From the moderator, for discussion.

Should white males be concerned that current focus on diversity will lead to negative results

If Yes, why and under what conditions
If No, why not?

I created this group because: there are both black and white people afraid to say what they really think. I see this as a problem because unless we can say what we truly feel we can’t identify differences and come to genuine solutions.

Suggested Format is we will deal with 1 question or topic per week. The question will be from participants. I will try to simply be a host, moderator and translator. We will lay out some ground rules to make it safe for all. I will enforce these.

I’m convinced that the reason some of these firms are so prestigious is because they have intentionally exclusionary recruitment practices. I used to believe that you had to already be rich to get hired at MBB. Now being on the other side of the recruitment process , I really do feel that it rings true. I hate the way we evaluate candidates and decide on who is “high priority” during coffee chats.