Is a $550k home affordable for $205k household base income with 10% down payment? Don’t want to be house broke.

Diversification is for protecting the wealth but concentration is for creating. Agree or disagree?

I’m leaving my job soon but I’m wondering if I should be truthful when I hand in my letter of resignation. There’s a ton of reasons but it boils down to: I’m worth more than they can pay me and I need to pay off these student loans. What should I say?

I work in sf and Nyc and have now saved enough where I’m wondering if it makes sense to buy rather than rent an apartment as an investment. Tricky part is I’m still quite young and this wouldn’t be my lifelong/family home. Have also considered buying in less metropolitan areas and renting them out for passive income. Curious if anyone’s gone through this process before and have thoughts ?

How do you ask for points?

TC New grad Software Engineer
Base: $110k
Sign-On: $35k
RSU: $120k/3years
Relocation: $20k

Starting fresh with virtually $0 savings and $0 worth of financial literacy, whats the best course of action? any advice is greatly appreciated!

Have 700K USD worth of invested assets (less real estate, cash/receivables, and precious metals). if I need 4K USD per month for expenses, can I now coast?

Can you change your 401k contribution amount specifically for bonuses, in the fidelity 401k? You can do this for Schwab 401k but not seeing an option for fidelity

Thoughts on STOs? Personally find fractionalization of assets pretty interesting.

Need to find a financial advisor and someone to help with taxes. Total noob with this stuff (hence the need). Would prefer to have one person to handle both. Recs?

Does anyone have any book recommendations for information on buying a house?

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In case anyone needs help with their Tax returns, please feel free to DM me.

I worked with a Junior AD that skipped college and went straight to portfolio school. I was mad resentful of him at first, mostly because I wish I would have thought of that and saved $100K.

Anyone applying for Chase Marriott Bonvoy Boundless card lately? I saw that they are offering 100k points again, but NO more 15 elite nights?

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?

KEC International looks good to buy around 350 levels

What is the “safest” LBGT 🏳️‍🌈 City 🌃, to buy a home/settle down? I have lived in San Francisco, and open to Atlanta or any other cities.

What are your thoughts on Baidu as an investment?

Marcus HYSA rate cut down to 2.0% :(

VOO. I predominantly use Schwab’s robo advisor and have consistently been 8% below S&P 500. (1) based on the historical performance of VOO, am I better off shifting all of my retirement and brokerage accounts to VOO? (2) how do I do that? How should I go about this? Liquidate all my robo advisors and then buy VOO? Hope you all don’t roast me too hard!

Have you ever taken a job you know you will hate because you needed the money right away? I have a family to take care of. I don't want to be plowing through our savings for selfish reasons like my mindframe at work, but I don't want to make our lives worse by being miserable. It's a matter of really ruining some of our financial future if we don't get money soon.

How is Black Taxi doing? Is it growing? Does it have many paying clients? I haven't seen any work or heard much.

Anyone use computer glasses to reduce eye strain? Do they work? Any recommendations?

What is your preferred enterprise file storage solution? I’ve been comparing all the features but I’m curious what everyone likes best.

What big 4 have the best maturity and paternity leave policies?

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

I received a verbal offer for a VP position at CCB line of business at JPMC in NYC two weeks ago. The recruiter asked for salary expectations but there was no number set. It’s been two weeks since and complete radio silence. I sent an email to a hiring manager a week ago but received no reply. It’s August so people could be on vacation but this is really strange. Has anyone had similar experience?

Going to Jamaica in December. Please share some recommendations for where to stay, activities, places to visit, where to eat, etc.

Do you put bullet points on your LinkedIn? How do you stand out so recruiters contact you?

Given how many mbas want to go into pm, does being a pm (with consulting experience) today give you a leg up as an applicant

Gay men in NYC?

Has anyone bought/ done the HRCI Certificate in Diversity and Inclusion in HR Management? I already have my PHR, but I’m looking to gain more knowledge/skills and beef up my resume. Is it worth doing? The course is $239 and you get 12 Recert credits with it.

What are base salaries gonna look like for S2 in KPMG FDD at MCOL? What about S3?

What’s a gift AEs enjoy? 🤷🏻‍♀️

Hi All,
I currently have 5.5 Ipa package in LTI working hear from starting of my career having Total 3 years of experience in Data Analytics field. Skills Tableau, SQL, Python. I also have done post graduate deploma in ML and Al from IIIT BANGLORE while working. I have notice period of 3 months. And this will be my first switch.I want to switch in MNC's like TCS, Accenture, Infosys, wipro, Capgemini, Etc. in pune with Tableau and SQL and Python as core skills. Can you please reffer me.

Hi Fishes,

I have joined coforge on November 2nd and I got offer from ITC today...Can I switch to ITC by obscanding will there be any issues...Please guys please give your suggestions

Salary range for Technical Lead I QA in Citiustech??

Can a person on H1B in US work in Canada as WFH? Any work authorization needed?

Will basically continue working for US employer but wondering if possible to spend long amounts of time in Canada. (Have tourist visa)

I have managed and implemented Oracle projects for the last 10 years. I am a PMP, CSCP and PSM certified. I am looking for a change with a salary of 150,000.

Any recommendations?

Considering trying to become an fbi special agent. If I make it, it’ll be a huge paycut starting around 75k. Worth it for the potential to work on really cool stuff?

Going sober for a couple months, starting tomorrow. wish me luck

Chicago peeps found a 1 bedroom apartment on North Michigan ( Magnificent Mile) for 1300. Is this a good deal or am I getting cheated? It’s 800-900 sqft. Is this a nice place to live?

Ratings on three projects - 3,2,2. Utilization - 90%... Proposal hours - 15... Firm activities - 43 hrs... I then get a YE rating of 4 😕 ... How worried I should be regarding the layoffs???

I *think* Accenture is doing it right with regards to expenses. Overall, pretty relaxed with the perdiem and other expense policies in comparison it seems. That's actually a huge deal.

Investment gurus - Appreciate pointers for resources (books, blogs, videos etc.) to read up on investment strategies. Just getting started and could use all the help. 🙏

MS Teams question - Has anyone figured out a way for Teams status to remain green/available?? It turns yellow so fast, can’t even refill my coffee before it changes. Trying to remain on green for optics of course.

🐠 that kicked ass in a PMO role, question for you: any tips or micro habits that worked for you in terms of meeting firm & client expectations? Know its a loose term and is project specific but just want to know what skills I should hone.

Book recommendations for a vacation?

Any audio book recommendations to listen to when backpacking / vacationing?

Why is there no active car bowl? Anyways. Covid has me wanting to buy a car. I want a stick shift, something fun, but it has to be a 4 door. Would you go for a new wrx or an older 340? Any other options/suggestions?

What’s better using a broker to identify a lender or just finding lenders on your own? Would using a broker still get u the best rates?

Question from a newbie consultant - What are some good online courses/ books to improve consulting skills?

As someone with less than 2 yoe in consulting, is it a no brainer to always try to go for MBB?

Book recommendations on leadership, career development, etc?

Looking for book recommendations on strategy/strategic thinking. Something along the lines of Contagious but open to any options. Thanks in advance!

What is the value in professional certifications? ACCA, CFA, CIPD, etc.