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I have 18 years of experience , out of which 9 years I worked in Manufacturing industry in Quality and Planning area, then I shifted my career to SAP Functional in Manufacturing domain and in IT industry now for last 8+yrs. In between I have done executive MBA from IIM Kozhikode.Am I eligible to work in consulting in Bain India and Bain any other country?
I got a remote L6 SWE offer at Google but the RSUs are too low for that level ($625k over 4 years), could not negotiate it higher. I’ve accepted the offer but trying to be hopeful that I could make it more equitable in the future if I perform well. Are stock refreshers based on the initial RSU grant or solely based on performance? Google
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Please evaluate this initial offer for Apple ICT3. I think I was low balled, but I want to take more opinions. Currently Sr. MTS at VMware, received Apple ICT3. I was expecting to get to ICT4 but seems like team thinks upper end of ICT3 is more apt. Also, I think it is because I don’t have any counter offers yet.
Received offer
Base: 185k
Sign on: 40k
RSU: 160k/4 years (Here is where I think it is low)
Location: Cupertino,CA
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By paying a CPA way more than $100 to prepare and file them for me.
My old CPA was around $600. New one is $1800. But my tax situation has evolved pretty dramatically, and the fee is worth the level of effort and complexity.
If you are in the neighborhood of Hastings St. In Vancouver BC. Try First United Church on Hastings St. And Jackson St. By The hair salon. It's free for not so complicated tax refunds when you want to declare your income to the government.
$100 is NOTHING. Hire a proper accountant and you’ll see what tax prep actually costs.
AARP sponsors free tax preparation and filing for anyone over 65 in our area. Being that this is a large space and missile research area our taxes were done by a retired rocket scientist last year.
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TurboTax is great
I've got an accountant, but he costs way more than the $100 TurboTax charges. It's well worth it for me to save myself the headache. I'm not sure there's a better cheap option out there than TT.
I’ve been using TaxAct the last 5 years and it’s never steered me wrong. I don’t have anything super complicated - self employment, investments, W2, and at one point I had a house 😅
I’m sure for more complicated stuff it may not work, but everything’s pretty straightforward.
I switched to FreeTaxUSA. No complaints but I also have a very straightforward tax situation
Many times that much to HR Block so that it gets done RIGHT and I'm not wasting precious time learning tax laws each year. WELL worth the time save!
My partner thought I wasn't doing a good enough job using TurboTax, so we paid a ghastly amount for a CPA to do our taxes one year. The result? I did a better job finding is deductions with TurboTax than the CPA. 😆
I used TurboTax for a number of years, the cost was getting steep for me, and ended up with FreeTaxUSA last year. I have a super simple tax situation though and am comfortably entering it in myself. I think the cost of finding someone is worth it if needed, if not, I’d shop around some.