Just got engaged but feeling overwhelmed about the wedding planning. What’s the first step in the planning 😭

How many countries have you all been to?

Hey y’all! I have a bachelors in business administration with a concentration in management and finance, and I am now back in school to get my MBA. I been working for about 2 years but haven’t been able to get myself a good salary job. I live in Washington DC area and rent, bills and life is so expensive that I don’t seem to be able to keep up. Thinking about shifting or incorporating IT, maybe project management. Any advice??

Hello! I currently work for the devil in Sin City (ID in NV) but I would love to get into esports law. I am very passionate about video games and esports, and have friends who are coaches and former pros. Is this an unobtainable dream? Or has anyone made such a wild transition before? Any advice on making my resume more suitable for such a switch? I would greatly appreciate any advice or insight. Thank you!

Are there platforms where I don’t have to pay 100% upfront while options trading. Perhaps use existing equity portfolio to be used as collateral. Currently, on Robinhood, they want upfront 100%

Anyone have or know of any subleases available please DM me !!

Has anyone gone through the Dropbox process recently? How did you get notified about the collection of your passport and what was the online status? TIA

I teach Spanish for 5th grade. I am interested in going into TESOL but scared if the workload of starting over and the transition. Can you tell me what the daily TESOL esl teacher life is like? Sheltered instruction, esl, or TESOL?

Anyone feeling the sting of COVID-19 and the Russian/Saudi flooding of the market with oil? Yikes.

Heres my experience (based in Melbourne, Aus)
- 1 year grad project engineer
- 1 year grad product deisgner/engineer
- 6 months quality engineer
- 1.5 years mechanical engineer (consulting)

What salary do you think I currently should be on? Or should I ask at an interview?

What are your fave Eid traditions? Have a toddler and spending it away from parents & in laws this Eid. Trying to think of fun things to do to make it special - anything you guys loved growing up?

Lesson of crypto in a nutshell: 0% interest rates (ie free money) spark gigantic bubbles in the most random places

What would be best ?

LTI :- 17+1
Convera ( western union business solutions ) :- 16+2
Edubrite :- 14
1 Startup :- 16+1

YOE :- 3 Years.
Techstack :- ETL.

Also wanted to know for the 3 years of experience, are these payscales good according to the current market scenario ?

Married people - do you feel you could have lived single life differently?

We have a status meeting with the whole litigation team and the partner (new) wants a written status report from each associate regarding current matters. That’s all good and well, but any suggestions on specific items I can include that would be most useful to him? The basics about deadlines and next action items I have, but I want him to know I’m dependable and want to make his transition seamless. What information that I might not be considering would accomplish that? Sorry for the word salad

Tax friends. Quick question. 2 years in tax so bare with me. So I know Florida does not offer a series LLC. What is the best structure for flipping homes for two people doing this business together? S-corp that owns multiple LLC’s for each property? Would members have to get separate bank accounts and keep separate books for each LLC? Keep in mind they only hold these properties max 1.5 months, they are quick. They do not engage in rental business at all therefore these properties are not held

Hi fishes, what's the promotion criteria in CitiusTech? If we join this year may means then when can we expect promotion and how much hike they will provide???

I moved to Philly about a year ago and did some freelance work for a few months. But for the past six months I’ve struggled to find anything full-time, I’ve contacted almost every agency here (cont.)

Thoughts on Havas NY?

What’s the creative POV on Apple’s work of late?

Best options for ADs such as myself that want to learn copywriting? What worked for you?

I’m so glad Facebook doesn’t have a “Who’s Viewed My Profile” feature, otherwise my sense of who is interested in me would be as embarrassingly warped as it is on LinkedIn.

What is everyone’s thoughts on the future of (big) ad agencies? With lots of companies bringing it in-house, clients asking for a lot more with less and Agency layoffs left and right. Cont...

Am I the only one who finds these new match .com ads cold, antiseptic and unfeeling? They feel joyless.

When an art director suggests an artist or a technique that have a big impact on how one idea (that wasn’t originally theirs) ends up looking, shouldn’t they deserve credit?

My agency hasn’t promoted an ACD to CD in the several years I’ve been there, but has hired plenty of CDs from the outside. How did you CDs make the jump from ACD?

Still figuring out creative promotions: is it essentially jr ad/cw -> ad/cw -> sr. ad/cw -> acd -> cd -> ecd -> cco

Does anyone else feel like they are overworked all the time? at every job I've worked at, I'm nearly always the last to leave yet still getting underpaid and not recognized for doing good work

Joy Division song titles that go through my head while ideas are being presented to me:
Atrocity Exhibition
Dead Souls
Disorder
Failures
I Remember Nothing
Something Must Break
You’re Not Good For Me

Is a response to a thank you normal? How do you decode it? Or is it just polite

Gotten four emails back from four different agencies saying “love your book, but we aren’t hiring right now. Well add you to the database.”

What does this mean?😩

You know those old music groups that don't have any original members left? Like if you see The Temptations and none of them were in the group during its glory days? That's what CP+B feels like lately.

Have any of your agencies strongly encouraged you to put your personal pronouns in your signature? What are your thoughts on this practice?

Did you know that in Asia a trade pub annually ranks over 2000 creatives based on a points system from all the major award shows? (Campaign Brief Asia). Do you see this as positive/opportunity for advancement and celebration or negative/a force for the toxic side of our biz/scam etc?

Creatives - if you’re new to a brand/project, what info do you want to see in a briefing? I’d love a list please.