I’m noticing some worrying trends in payment schedules, and curious if it’s just around me or industry wide.

Both clients taking FOREVER to pay agency, and my own agency finance making us jump through SO MANY additional hoops to make sure our poor vendors can actually get paid when they are supposed to.

Have 50k in brokerage to put towards buying a place in Atlanta. Young 20 something who's lease is ending soon

Roth IRA and 401k are well funded but don't want to pull from there.

Should I buy and rent the extra bedrooms to friends, or stay renting and put savings in stock market?

Nano rising rapidly, great team and good roadmap. Look at the review by Datadash on YouTube

Looking for a great Chicago restaurant for our anniversary in a few months. Would be awesome if we could try a Michelin star restaurant, but trying to keep the whole meal under $250 as we just bought a house. Not sure if that’s doable. Open to any recommendations!

Who’s at Smorgasburg today?

Anyone used a Sleep Consultant before? Was it worth it? Or something I can do on my own?

How many would move to ZS Hyd if there was one? :) PS. Just thought to understand what is the strength of interest. Nothing official about it :D

Is there anyone who joined zs recently and facing issue regarding login in virtual desktop or outlook??

Hey folks,

Does anyone wants to join us for a 2:30 PM show today of Sita Ramam (Telugu) in Bollywood multiplex - Kharadi?

Any thoughts on the best certifications to get in order to help move forward? I have considered the CCP from World at Work, but it’s fairly pricey to get by the time you wrap up everything. I was looking at both SHRM-CP and SPHR. Everyone that I have spoken to has the SHRM, but that’s also only looking at individuals in a small geographic footprint and within 3-4 different companies. I was hoping to get some thoughts on this from others? Thanks

What's your best advice for new grads?
(any position)

I was just laid off. I feel lost, feeling both pumped up for the future but pained because I was a high performing, straight laced, and by the book team member. Looking for Muslim leaders who are recruiting. Extensive experience in strategy and implementation of Data and RPA technologies. PMP and RPA developer certified. SQL, R, Python, UiPath, Agile, waterfall.

I’m finding it so hard to be motivated at work. I think it’s a mix of wfh burnout, living at home and not socializing/doing anything new, scope creep on my project leading to long hours, and being intellectually bored. What keeps you in this job? What has motivated you to stay?

ACCA and CPA qualifications. How useful are they in the line of consulting. I work in the M&A space focusing on FDD. Happy to have a chat to see what qualifications if any are actually useful in our line of work.

I want to get into Real Estate Law - as a NY attorney I know it should be relatively easy to get my real estate brokers license and I’m also considering a 1 year LLM in Real estate law, is the LLM worth it or should I just continue applying to real estate attorney jobs?

New to the US. Currently based in SF, CA. What is the most efficient and cheapest way to gain more CPA credits? Require 30 more credits.

Hi sharks,
Bowl seems so silent. Can we keep it interactive? Please suggest.

Hi everyone, really sorry to hear about the recent layoffs. I would be happy to refer to KPMG—please DM me if you’re interested.

Anyone relocated from Toronto to London recently (within the last 2 years or so)? My partner and I are contemplating the move...we want more diversity in our lives and want to work to live, not live to work as we do here in our respective consulting jobs. Folks who have made the switch, would you be open to sharing your experience? TIA

Any intel how to apply H4 visa within US?
The DS160 is not giving an option to select US as location.

Best physical comedy directors? I’ve got a decent budget and good creative but it’s a fast one.

To fellow Agency Producers. how often are you doing print producing, as well as video production? My agency doesn’t have a print producer in house, and I am finding myself doing that job + the normal video production of campaigns we continually do. I feel over worked and underpaid. Any advice or thoughts?

Is advertising/corporate production a feasible way to get into scripted tv production? Is there a better path?

Any recommendations on resources for standard legal agreements such as paid talent, locations, photo releases, etc.?

Hey Everyone! I’m looking for bookkeeping/accounting/fractional CFO firm recommends for a new but fast scaling film/entertainment industry related business. Any great reccos?

A production I worked on is $250k in the hole and owes a bunch of crew members money including myself. Looks like they just missed a big deadline to keep from going belly up. What should we do?

best sources or partners for archival / found footage / UGC, given the current live shoot limitations? (ie, preferably not the generic stock being used in every covid relief spot)

I have been doing commercial freelance photography work for over a year and a half, and slowly but surely the budgets are getting bigger and the work is more consistent. How do I know when it’s time to approach artist reps? Do I even need an artist rep?
What are your experiences with artist reps?
Thank you for the advice in advance :)

What are some up and coming production companies in your opinion? 🤔

15 years in, and that call to the other two bidding companies never gets easier. Especially on a Friday. To all the Directors, EPs, and reps in here - thank you for what you do.

Would you accept a part time freelance gig for an hourly rate?

Best shops for puppets state side? Loving blinkink

Suggestions for bilingual directors (Spanish & English) for patient testimonials?

Is it wrong to work low budget favors from the small local production/post shop and never give them a chance at a regular budget job?

I just finished directing and producing a short film and I’m try to secure the rights for the Christmas song “jolly old Saint Nicholas” by ray smith on Columbia records for it.

Any idea where I could secure the rights to this song for festivals and online? (I’m only needing to use 45 sec of the song)

Thanks in advance

What’s the going rate for a Group EP in nyc? Either freelance or staff?

Anyone have a recommendation of a production partner that can install Grand Opening signage packages for a national scale retailer?

How’s the freelance producer market doing these days? Busy, slow?

Hi Fishies. Looking for a good real people/comedy directors who can work with lower budgets . Would love any recommendations. Thanks.