In the LA/SOCAL area, what are the largest/best firms to work for apart from PIMCO and HL?

Got an offer from HTC Global Services for L2 Engineer Data Analyst Role.....can anybody help me with Job Security and organization culture?

Maybe I’m in the hot seat … but when do people generally get a pay bump from rising in a class? Or maybe I’m just calculating things wrong from withholdings at the beginning of the year but my pay doesn’t like that different from last year lol let me know if this seat is hot or not

How easy/difficult would it be to jump back into Underwriting if I were to take a role with corporate risk management? I have about 2 years experience within underwriting?

How much time DXC technology team take to announce final round result feed back for finance professional profile? @DXC TECHNOLOGY

There needs to be a gun emoji in Skype for Business and slack. #addedvalue #clientfeels

Looking to work with designers on a freelance project, kicking off next week. If you’re interested please send your portfolio link in DM!

Any marrid Female in this bowls....would like to connect and exchange views and issues.

I wish there was an Olympic event where you had to drink coffee mixed with laxatives, wait 30 minutes, and then run a mile. If you shit your pants, you're DQ'd.

Anyone here actually afraid that Trump will win again? It doesn't help to show complacency and point to the polls.. or we are in for another 2016 election night.

I see everyone screaming “buy the dip”. If you are going to I advise the strategy I learned when I started out 10/20/30, 1/2/3. Invest 1/3 of your cash on the sidelines when the stock falls 10%, another third at 20% and the rest at 30%. Definitely helped in March. This assumes you did your OWN research and analysis on the stocks you purchased. Junk is junk no matter what price you bought it.

How long till ARK updates their marketing to say they have a 10 year investing outlook?

Hey YC bowl, need my weekly talk down from going to law school. Inevitably facing yet another week of mostly enjoying what I do while somewhat tolerating certain aspects of consulting. Not totally unfulfilled not totally unhappy. Decent WLB. Just cannot shake this law school bug. Haven’t been able to for years. Sort of encroaching a point where I’m not sure I’m even headed in my career in terms of developing hard transferable skills. For example, I feel like I don’t have an actual vocation. Lol

FTI thoughts? I see they’re hiring and I’m going to talk to a recruiter. Have heard mainly positive but am looking for any info!

Found out I'm on the VP track at work but they want me to come up with "new product offerings" and longterm business opportunities. I work at a political firm that already does social, web, branding, ads, and video. I'm kind of at a loss for what Design can still offer. We are limited by where we can even talk about our candidates. Any out of the box ideas would be appreciated.

US Thanksgiving family zoom ideas? .. will be about 15 people in four locations for one hour call only during appetizer hour for all. . Older teens to grandparents. Thinking about conversation “ice breakers” just to get people talking in a more structured way and give everyone a chance to talk. Any ideas on conversational “games” or ways to make it more fun/structured less awkward. Anyone doing something similar, share ideas?

Price to Equity ratio or Price to Equity Growth ratio?

Does it surprise you that so many excel users still can’t function without a mouse as much as it does me?

DB fish, how’d Cryan treat you today?

Currently a financial planner, but looking to move into a financial analyst role of some sort. Currently at an RIA.

What types of skills should I be marketing? Also, any particular companies I should be looking at while trying to change careers?

I think my biggest disadvantage is that I don't know how to brown nose.

Do you think the FTC will actually block the Rite Aid deal? If so, is Amazon going to swoop in for the win?

HF, PE, or stay in banking, and why

Has anyone written CAIA and found it to be useful? I'm not planning to move into portfolio management but would like to learn about alternative assets more. Company will pay for me to write it

People who have resigned, how did you do so tactfully and keeping as many bridges from burning as possible? Asking for a friend whose bad at both breakups and career transitions....

Are currency unions, e.g., the EU, a good idea? How 'bout a universal currency? Would it ever work out in the future?

What do you feel most guilty about regarding your job?

What if you absolutely have no capacity to finish the amount of work you have?

Struggling to wake up and shower but at least it is Friday y'all

Favorite “tricks” you use in your daily work life? (i.e. Rule of 72, IV/16=daily IV, etc.)

Tip for anyone taking the CAIA exam, get UpperMark. Was using willey and was abt 1/2 complete and borrowed a friends test bank … night and day much harder and honestly was more like what I expected

Starting to wonder how many years I’m taking off my life due to extreme sleep deprivation…

Any advice on meeting new people when you relocate to a new city? Been in Des Moines for about 3 months now and still haven’t really met anyone.

Incredibly dumb question: who, exactly, is the "hiring manager" at a large investment bank. A banker or someone in HR?