Hi Sharks, This is probably the third time I am posting this. I hope someone will reply this time.
I am currently business analyst with total exp of 11 years. 9 years into sales last 2 years into Business Analyst. I want to move to product management. How can I start preparing for the same. What all books or certification required. I have exp in Jira, BRD, little bit of SQL. My domain is banking and finance. Please help. I want to get into companies like Adobe Atlassian Google Amazon

Have offer at interesting late stage startup, 135k base 15k bonus and approx 20-25k in stock grants annually. Feels a bit on the low side but it's a decent raise in any case (7 years consulting xp plus MBA).

Worth negotiating for 5-10k more in base?

Anyone do a joint MPP/MBA and willing to answer some questions or share their experience? Or if you know of someone who went that path, what they ended up doing?

What is the comp range for Deloitte Consulting Manager level into Strategy & Analytics or Core Business Ops, and typical signing bonus? Context on OP: experienced hire, top 5 MBA, current total annual comp of $210k plus options. In interview process now, and preparing for negotiation.

Amazon sfa role vs m7 mba? Which do you think is better?

Where my fellow MBA students at? Tired of only seeing ‘rate me’ posts on the MBA applicants bowl.

Any one did their MBA post 30 from M7? Want to learn about your experiences and how life change post MBA? TIA!

What should be the starting point in Cybersecurity for a network engineer? I have no idea about nist, hitrust, pci, hipaa,etc. Should i start from cissp certification ? What do you recommend?

Are there possibly any top MBA programs that currently do not require GMAT? 2 YoE, 4.0 undergrad GPA from top state uni. Any that possibly offer a waiver? I understand that I don’t have a lot of YoE but just trying to see what my options are.

CPA FAR Exam first week of January. At the moment, I’m not confident at all (NINJA trending score 60%). When is the latest someone should schedule a CPA exam in January? I’m currently wrapping up a 9/30 YE, but unsure of when the 12/31 YE busy season really picks up in January.

Hey Fishes,

Does the designation matter for MBA admit through GMAT?

I have two offers , one is Assistant Manager and another is Senior Associate. Which one is more beneficial in terms of experience?

Anyone taken the TOGAF certification exam? What's the adequate prep time?

Sr III, MBA at EY Advisory. I'm close to get an offer for Sr at Deloitte S&O with 20% raise. On the other side, I like my EY people, and am afraid of D's horrible culture. Stay or leave?

I am planning to apply for MBA targeting M7 part time or executive programs, realized my undergrad and grad GPA are not upto mark.
How can I boost my profile.
Can I do any courses to boost my profile if so please suggest what courses to look into.

Early 30s, have an MPH and am thinking about getting an MBA; however i need to work part time and am considering online given the current crisis, but not sure if it’s worth the investment, especially since MBA programs involve networking. Does it really make an impact on your earning potential?

MBA Talk - I'm 28 and thinking that it's now or never time regarding the MBA....

How do you determine your worth for compensation discussions? Trying to find data for my level, experience, certification for the southeast area.

Tips for making short term post-MBA goal of MBB sound unique?

Best way to renege on a job offer? I signed one on Thursday this last week & had my verbal offer come in today with significantly higher base and bonus for the job I’m more excited about.

I really loved the team I would have been working with and trying to not burn any bridges with them. However, the opportunity to work in this space (private equity from a non-finance background), a great jumping off space if I want to get an MBA and higher pay I know will pay dividends longterm.

🐠 fam: anyone have any experience with MBA through The Consortium? Do you need to apply and be selected? Or is it a Common Application process?If the former, is it selective and worth using for apps?

Any use/hope of serious dating pre-MBA? Starting to think I should just go heads down on my career, investments & workouts until grad school instead of spending weekend nights on dates (male if that matters)

How can I improve my time management skills when working on multiple projects? Has anyone followed a specific thing that has worked for them?

Does anyone actually lock their laptop down? 😂

Any one have insight on IBM's Interactive Experience CoE's? Got a call from a recruiter and am actually intrigued.

During Covid I’ve started using a bidet at home and it’s been great. For other bidet users, what do you do at the office or on the road for maximum cleanliness?

What are some of the best recruiting agencies for corporate finance/banking jobs?

Any other young mom's here? I'm 25 and have a 1 year old and I feel like I can't relate much to my peer group at work.

What is the true story about what happened with Geary LSF? I have heard embezzlement, bounced paychecks, post-it on front door telling everyone they were closed. But still see people work there...?

My SA is clearly taking credit for all my work. He pushes all his slides onto me and then says it’s better for me to be working when he gets facetime with seniors.

The other week, I was feeling nauseous and asked for a break and he denied saying workload was too high. Then, when I filed for a sick leave, he blamed me saying that seniors think he’s overworking associates and I’m making him look bad.

I’m new to consulting so really don’t want to leave a bad impression. But how do I tackle this?

What are the three most important traits you need to develop to succeed as an accountant/CPA?

Context : planning to interview for FAANG companies and trying to prepare some stories. Can someone help Ideate how I may have done something as big4 consultant : Q1) Any examples of how consultants (technical ones, not strategy) have saved money for their clients and Q2) when you solved a problem through innovation?

Any recommendations on comfortable men's slippers for wearing around the house?

Any recs for a good registered dietician in NYC who can get creative with diet plans/managing macros? It’s for my hudband, who is a picky eater, vegetarian (plus no eggs), and generally eats healthy but can’t seem to lose some weight he gained last year.

Making me work on the weekend... My boss should be tried for Crime Against Humanity

Have a competing offer that I need to give a decision to by EOD, but still haven't heard back from my google recruiter in over a week. Would it be okay to give them a call today even though I sent an email on Thursday. I'm just waiting on team match feedback,

HR question. When switching companies and the new company has a 30 day waiting period before health insurance starts, how do y'all handle insurance coverage? Cobra wouldn't be an option as resigning doesn't qualify.