I’m honestly tired of cybersecurity and I want to branch out into another industry as an SE. Any suggestions? (I also know the job market isn’t the greatest right now so I’ll take things with a grain of salt).

How do you recruit for startups? Exhausted from lack of responses from cold networking. What else should I do? I am aiming for roles in early stage startups. Didn’t study or work for long in US so don’t have a strong network.

Associate at an AmLaw 100 firm doing patent work. I applied to a part time masters program to try to pivot to a different technical field (still doing patent work, but in something that interests me more than what I’m doing now). Do I try to stick it out at the firm while getting the masters, ask for a reduced hours schedule, or get a part time, non-legal job so I can focus more on the program (one year).

Hi folks!

I'm new to this platform. Brief Intro - A B.A (Tourism and Travel Management) grad from BLR, total 5.8 years of experience in Customer/Client focused Services and Business Development. Working for an Ed-tech as a Business Development Manager. (2+ yrs)
Currently pursuing Product Management course to switch n scale my career.
Would really appreciate any guidance/reference for Internships, or Associate Product Manager roles.

Hi Fishes, What is the fixed ctc band for SC2 at EY GDS SC&O. Also, how are the levels tracked for progression for a given designation (SC2 to SC3).

Please respond if someone knows about it.
EY

Are the recent economic troubles translating to slower hiring or lower salaries in life sciences industry? I want to transition to industry this year but am worried it may not be the best time to.

Friend (no consulting experience) is considering an offer from Guidehouse (senior consultant as he has experience in federal health care): what’s the culture like? What about salary trajectory, is that standardized by level? Any pointer/red flags on culture and wlb? Exit opportunities? Anything would help, TIA!

I just got laid off from my job as a gov contractor because the project I was working on ended. I’m currently a grad student part time and was hoping to work that job until finishing grad school before applying to consulting roles. Should I go ahead and try applying for those roles now since I don’t have a job? Or should I wait since I’m still in school until next May?

My background is in tech transactional. I joined a cybersecurity SaaS startup at the end of last year and now also handle more generalist matters in addition to all things commercial-related. I have a number of books on contracts that I’ve found super helpful over the years (The Tech Contracts Handbook, A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting, Sign Here, etc.). Can anyone recommend books they’ve found helpful for L&E matters, privacy matters, product matters, or marketing/advertising matters?

I want to get middle school cert (for ELA) My degree is K-8. My current cert. & EdTPA is K-5. What's the quickest & easiest path to middle school certification?! (I'm in TN, specifically Sumner Co.)

Creative director at my agency says he prefers to do all the work himself while leaving very little creative freedom for us designers. He says he "knows what he's doing". I want out but pay is good! Advice?

I am in the process of finishing up my MBA but considering also getting my SPHR or PHR cert. Is it even worth it or a waste of time and money?

Young professional with 3 years of retail banking experience, 1 year of claims experience, and now roughly 6 months into insurance sales. Between selling in retail banking environment and every month of insurance sales regularly pacing 200% or over to goal. Loving comp but not loving the call center environment and hoping to move to another lucrative sales position with less non stop calls. Any suggestions?

Considering leaving the law (senior associate at small litigation firm) and moving into the change management consulting field. Anyone have any change management connections?

Hi everyone, should a Java Spring backend developer (2.5 y.o.e) go for SAP Hybris? Hybris uses Spring Framework internally as I am told but I want to grow as a Java backend developer and want to work with microservices based projects. Hybris looks like a different ball game altogether. What should I do?

Hi Fishes ,

I am an FE with 7.1 yrs of exp looking for a change. So far I've seen the packages are boxed at 30lpa at my exp and Angular framework, I Have some exposure to AWS devOps as well. Can anyone guide if there is something missing in my profile or if I am not getting the right opportunity (excluding MANG from this discussion)

I want to be a consultant at Deloitte, I have experience in Product Management. Do you think going from PM to consulting is a realistic path?

Hello Fishes!

I am a Mechanical Engineer with around 5YOE in FEA in automotive sector.
I am finding it very difficult to get a FEA job in Mumbai (moving out from Pune). Do you think not many FEA jobs are there in Mumbai? Should start developing myself for another role which will bag me a job?

TIA

Hi any advice for someone who has 1 1/2 year experience in industry and wanting to switch from market access to medical affairs. I'm open to any job opportunities in small or midsize pharma or guidance I have a vaccines and neuroscience background

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Hello Fishes..

I am a UI designer, looking for opportunities.
YOE- 4+yrs
Location - Hyderabad

Any help is appreciated.

Need some urgent help can anyone DM me, Please

Hi Fishes
What does designation lead rep quant analysis means.

Does Capgemini file for L1 Visa? If yes, how long the process takes.

Got hit with RFE during premium processing for H1-B extension, 12th year H1-B. I was asked to provide additional details for my daily job tasks.

What are the chances it will get approved?

Anyone work at Revantage?

When will I receive F%F Settlement . My LWD is Sept 3rd. I already raised a request .

Thoughts on going from Weber Shandwick to a traditional ad agency?

Got offered a Cartier Santos w/ box at $2350 and was wondering if I should pull the trigger. Only thing is that it’s the Quartz version

Is Saturday working for ICICI Software Dev team?

I know there's a lot going on, has anyone been following the Brittney Griner case? Do you think President Biden is going to do anything?

Does anyone feel like it’s difficult to gain acceptance and find allies when you’re a POC? I have attended happy hours, social events, and lunches, but I am not getting the same amount of traction as the other new lawyers who are white. Don’t know whether I should keep trying or just give up. Also don’t know whether it’s my personality or people at the firm. 😢

FSO Advisory Academy- who is coming?

Hey everyone I’m a new graduate with a bs in industrial and systems engineering currently looking around for full time opportunities. One role that caught my eye is sales engineering. I wanted to ask for opinions on this career path in terms of pay and career progression. Does it have good exit opportunities? What does the career growth typically look like for this role?

Got offer from Salesforce for the role: Sr Platform Solution Engineer with salary 160k(70/30). Is it a fair salary with 6yrs of consulting exp and SE as the first time(total 6yrs of exp)? Location FL.

Has anyone here transitioned to a software engineer from pre-sales? Verdict?

Recruiter for big tech company reached out on LinkedIn about a role. I asked about ballpark compensation numbers and they said they’re only comfortable sharing on a live call. Replied that I often receive LinkedIn offers for roles of paycuts around 30-50% so I want to make sure we’re in the same rough range. Recruiter again said she would only share via live call. Is this a red flag?

Convo about mentoring came up recently. I suggested on a whim to a SE to find a sales rep mentor to learn about the mind of a sales person. Never tried it and now I am. Has anyone tried this?

What is sales engineering? And how does one get into it?

Microsoft CE salary for dc area?

Rank: Customer Success v. Sales Engineer v. Program Manager v. Sales S&O (all non-technical roles)
Which of these FAANG positions pay the best? By a wide margin?

Why did you become a Sales Engineer?

I’ll start: Happenstance.

Hello, anyone who worked or who's working at Hashicorp. How is it for a Sales Engineer?

SEs, do you have any side hustles for weekends or weeknights?
I'm in a very HCOL area and my 165k TC isn't enough to comfortably buy a million dollar house (which is a 50 y/o SFH that needs TLC on prob a 1200 living sqft).

Wondering if any of you work side gigs during your free time?

We are starting to build our SE team after a successful pilot with one person. Have you ever built a team from the ground up? How did you prove out the business case? What was most effective for building the case for more hires?

What percentage of your total comp is in RSUs?

Any Tableau SEs able to share some insights?

Does anyone know how the support escalation engineering role is like at MFST? Any insights would be so helpful..

Looking for candidates for an Analytics Solution Engineer role at Salesforce. Ideal background: experience working with analytics technology (ie Tableau, Salesforce CRMA (Einstein), Qlik, Power BI), working with or in the government/military, and working in a customer facing role. Please reach out if you have interest or know someone who may be a good fit. Resumes welcome!

Never been in an SE or consulting or B2B sales role before but have a referral at Salesforce and have been in some informal conversations. I’m starting to freak out a bit now that maybe I can’t do it. I have a tech background so can handle that part, but perhaps strategy may be difficult. Anyone make the transition to an SE role that have some advice?