I spent all that time in school and in my early career developing skills and building knowledge that I thought would make me successful in my career. However, apparently, I should have saved myself the effort and majored in butt kissing instead. Why is it that only the suck ups get ahead these days?

Hi Fishes,
My YOE: 8.4
Stack : .NET Full Stack Angular Developer
Current : 15.4 L.P.A

Am on notice period (70 days remaining )
Offer in Hand : TCS, 21 L.P.A

Need suggestions on some good product based companies which I could target..
I already Have 4+ YOE in product based company

Thank You In Advance.. 🤗

A customer brought me a Christmas gift today. So sweet. What's the nicest thing a customer has ever done for you?

What are some examples of great / particularly impressive ECs you’ve seen people do?

Dallas People - what is the 1 restaurant you all are eagerly awaiting to dine at post quarantine??

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If I make 100k a year how much am I taking home in reality?

Any good books or recommendations on sales? Sales tactics trips and tricks?

Best/most interesting questions to ask admissions reps or current students?

Hi Fishes, Can you continue with your existing ICICI account with EY (for salary credit). Someone said EY doesn't consider ICICI so better get an HDFC or some other account that it is associated with

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Do you guys have Any good books on business? Not those self help books

Looking for non- fiction book recommendations. I just read Shoe Dog and loved it.

Assuming the following holds tomorrow, I expect we will get a call of AZ around 11:15am ET, and NV and PA around 12:15pm ET.

AZ: next batch of Maricopa ballots 55% or less for Trump
NV: Biden wins >60% of next batch of ballots in Clark County
PA: Biden extends lead beyond 35K ballots

My intuition is that the networks want to call all three to provide extra margin for error given the stakes and fine margins.

Social media is changing, from IG going to video and Twitter….well. It has become clear how important focusing on multiple social media channels can be.

I got that coveted big law job.

But I would much rather want a family of my own and someone to hug and kiss, something I feel really sad about around christmas.

Never had much contact with my dad, and two years ago, I broke off contact with my mother because I realized that she had been a manipulative narcissist my entire childhood.

Working 50-60h weeks on average doesn’t help your dating life though, and who would want to date someone with no family anyway

When you're pretty sure it would be easier to survive Game of Thrones as a main character for 6 seasons than to rewrite the 40 page walkthrough correctly. 🙄🙄💀💀

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I hate to see good people go because of money. Why don't the firms just pay them more? It's almost impossible to find new replacement managers and so it would be worth it to pay up.

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What’s the difference between ED and partners? How does one become an ED vs partner?

Anyone ever boomeranged from one Big 4 to another and then came back to the initial Big 4? If so what was the reason?

Silly question but if you are auditing a bank. How do you audit cash without a confirm

Anyone want to sell me their CFE books ?

Is it possible to get promoted twice in one year in PA? Someone at work said it happens sometimes but I haven’t heard of it. Ever heard of this occurring?

We had evaluations and normally we have annual raises. I think my salary is under market value at $68k (plus OT) in Los Angeles (5 years of experience). I was told I am one of the top employees in the firm. When I asked about a raise, I was told “when you think about it at your level 5k to 10k doesn’t really matter it’s the long term goal that matters”. What would be your response to that, to a partner who is making 500-600k a year?

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Team is already talking about eating hours. My utilization is down cause I was in unassigned for a month in Dec/Jan. What's worse pissing off the partner or having a low utilization? -staff 1

Raises are between 7 and 15%. For just about everyone at every level at every company, depending on performance of you and your service line. You can all shut the hell up now.

An in house recruiter messaged me and I haven’t heard back after I replied...is it okay if I give them a call?

Company pays for certifications. CISA, CIA, CDFM, PMP. Currently have CPA and CGFM. Which has the most value? Not sure what career route but they pay completion bonus. CISA has a higher bonus rate, 2k

What are raise amounts or percentages per year?

Highest number of billable hours you have seen in a year?