I’m looking for some marketing trades to start reading. What are the ones you’d recommend? I have enjoyed AdWeek and consistently check out the newsletters they send out. Let me know which ones you are reading. Especially if you know of any within event marketing.

So what's everyone's personal views on fishbowl? HR's worst nightmare or a great step towards pay transparency?

Has anyone ever worked with Mark Pollard or Julian Cole? Are they as great as they seem?

I always get to work an hour early. Is it okay for me to leave a little after 5:00?

Anyone have slow months where you burn through a lot of your allotted pro bono/professional development hours to keep hitting minimum daily hours? The past few weeks have been like this for me. Should I be concerned (I.e., will this reflect poorly on me, come review time? Will I have dug myself too much of a hole if I keep burning my non-billable hours?) I’ve been asking partners if I can assist in any projects so I can fill my plate, but I’ve only gotten small (4-6 hour) tasks handed my way.

Hello everyone,

Need your help to choose which is a better path to switch from Non IT to Core domain.
Confused on what to learn software testing or AWs devops or front end development etc.

Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

Currently 31 with 6.5 YOE and single . Should have NW of 250k by end of this year. (No significant assets in India). Considering this money all reminds invested I should have a decent nest egg for retirement. Have an LIC policy that will be worth arnd 50 lakhs when I surrender it (plan down payment for an apartment). Struggling to convince parents this should be enough for me to move back. They think I should move back when I have more financial security. What more should I plan for ?

Given that a lot of ZSers ate joining Novartis, do you think that we can have a whatsapp group for the same? Thoughts?

I have two job offers, one as a waiter and one as a bartender. Which one would you take? I’m thinking bartender for the tips.

I am WAY TOO nice to be in public accounting….

How much do you make and how many years experience? I’m a senior para at a mid sized firm in Central FL. 10 years experience. I’m making $64k—fair salary?

So much workload here.. working almost 12-16hrs a day.. planing to leave..

Any tips for new year plan for working singles! for 2- 3 days

Ola amigos, are you down for December Coffee Crew? I can find a spot downtown or midtown TO, if that works for y’all. DM me if you are interested and I can kick off a WhatsApp group to plan further! TIA ❤️

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We’re looking for account folks.
- 1 badass brand director
- 2 AAEs who should’ve been promoted by now, but (insert bullshit agency excuse).

DM me, or contact my girl Andy Moerer

What are the best and worst career decisions you’ve ever made? 💡

Anyone else hearing from multiple WOC who had their Times Up RSVPs cancelled after the fact?

What’s an appropriate rate to charge per word for a publication like VentureBeat or TechCrunch?

Dear Nappily Ever After,
No one has an office, much less an assistant. Creative and account are different jobs with their own dress codes. But dumb, off brief ideas by white creatives do win.

I’m still trying to process seeing an agency exec well known for dismissing and ignoring POC held up as an exemplary diversity champion for women at the 3% Conference.

Anybody struggle with imposter syndrome as a minority? How and why? Need some coping strategies man.

I have a friend looking for a graphic designer that can build her a style guide. Anyone have any recommendations?

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Has anyone had any experience with Mediacom?

Has anyone had a manager they just don’t vibe with/relate to? I’ve been trying to connect but I haven’t gotten them on my side yet. How did you manage to crack the ice?

Does anyone have any advice for a recent masters graduate looking to move into product marketing? My professional experience is mostly in brand, social and event marketing, but after completing grad school, I’ve realized that I’d love to get into the product side of things. Unfortunately, 95% of the PMM roles I’ve come upon want 5 years of actual product marketing experience. So any advice for breaking into this area would be much appreciated! Thanks in advance 😊

So, it's super obvious not to use "Police" in ads and activations, right? Like, we all know not to dress actors as police and have them "bust" people who have the wrong product, right?

Looking for advice (& empathy): Started out in advertising, then became a journalist. Moved to the US for grad school, and back to advertising few years ago. Now stuck at a company where I’m deeply unhappy but they sponsor the visa (not H1B, so it’s not a huge ask). Also not too sure of advertising as my heart is still in journalism but this pays the bills. Wary of other companies that might push me into working (most) weekends and evenings +Still don’t fully understand the US job market. Tips?

What's the most natural next step for a marketing coordinator?

Is it just me or does it seem like teams with high diversity function the best and have the most creative work? Whenever I've worked with ie POC and fellow gay people, the work has always been stellar

I’m working with a manager who likes to prioritize his ideas over strategic research, I want to be helpful because it’s very distressing to watch ideas being presented without the appropriate research, any advice?