Is it easy to switch from operations to broker dealer side specifically sales?

Best books on leadership and self development?

Within my first year of Consulting, really struggling with the hours amongst other things. Spoken to a couple of people internally and the advice is to get on to projects with bigger budgets and therefore bigger teams/more support. I want to wait until I hit the one year mark before making a decision on whether Consulting is for me or not. Curious to hear from other experienced hires..how is/was your first year?

What monetary goal/target are you telling yourself to hit before quitting big law?

Manager level, looking to exit soon. M&A experience predominantly. Any tips on where to look first (or “how” to look, LinkedIn kinda sucks) and roles? Preferable compensation around $180-200k, otherwise why leave (not miserable, just exploring options) Any/all ideas welcome.

Does industry of your first in-house role affect your exit opportunities or is it just the day-to-day role and skill set that matter?

Can someone transition into PE Ops from an M&A background focused in ITDD, IT Value Creation, etc? Thank you.

Hello everyone, I am CA looking to start a fresh innings in Management Consulting role at a Business Consulting Firm as a fresher. Can you please suggest me some good books to read on management consulting to begin with? It will be of great help

Made M1 this year.Advisory practice. Secret to fast track SM? Utilization vs Selling work what should be the focus? Any tips who made M1 to SM within 3 years?

Hi friends
I have been working with Oracle since four years in a sales role my total experience is six years
I am keen to change my career and move out of sales can someone suggest what all options are available after having been selling IT solutions
Your suggestions and advices or highly appreciated

How do potential employers look at a 4-6 month career break? Been at current job for less than a year and is mentally draining. I want to re-evaluate my career

Typical / best exit opps from Strategy consulting in FS sector?

Is it a fail of character leaving biglaw? I want to leave, but despite the constant stress and suffering, I can’t avoid feeling like it’s my fault or that maybe I’m over exaggerating how I feel. All my colleagues feel ridiculously happy, I’m the grinch one that’s never enjoying the grind (but the grind is hard and competitive, very competitive) :( any thoughts? Is there future after quitting biglaw so young?

I am a Mechanical Engineer currently in Structural Analysis domain for 2 years and Want to change my domain to Data Engineering or Big Data Developer. What should be my approach and ideally how long would it take to get into this industry ?

Hi guys,
Would be great if I could get your suggestions on this.
I am currently having around 3yrs of exp in banking field but planning to switch my career to cyber security and in process of doing cpt and ceh certification, so will that be good enough to get into a job or is there something else I should be doing??

Thankyou!!

Hello fellow fishes, currently I am working as an Information Security Consultant and wanted to switch my career into Cloud Security.

I have around 6+ years of experience in Information Security which includes ISO 27001, NIST CSF, SOC 2 and PCI DSS.
I have also done some cloud certifications such as AZ-900, AZ-500, AWS Specialty Security and currently preparing for CCSK and CCSP.
Can anyone provide with any suggestions through which I can switch my career.

Trying to transition and looking for a general progression of how you would go from essentially zero to entry level job as quickly as possible?

Currently going through the CS50 course to get a very basic introduction. Trying to avoid going back to school but open to boot camps if the community thinks they're with it.

Thanks in advance!

Has anyone successfully turned their side gig into full-time? Or an income enough that it could be?

Hey fishes,

I am working as a cloud engineer (managing enterprise cloud for the organisation), some common things I am working on right now are, setting up cloud governance framework, implementing guardrails, enforcing policy etc. I want to switch into cybersecurity expert (specially for cloud) can anyone guide me though the path, the dos and don’ts etc.

Thanks in advance 😀

I’m looking to hear about anyones experience with RA, thinking of pivoting to RA from PM. What is a typical day like for remote RA roles?

Can married couple (both husband and wife) work in EY GDS? I am an existing employee of GDS, my wife is in recruiting process. I need to know whether it is fine. Both are different domains, I’m in Development and she is in QA.

Anyone at MBB looking to make a referral?

How are hours in CMAAS?

Are there any other job titles that I can use in surveys other than an “accountant” if I work in FDD?

Does Google value FAANG experience over consulting? Say if a person is trying to get into Google from Apple, will it be considered easier?

I cleared tech round of tesco now i have behavioural round can someone please help me and guide me what to do in that round what kind of question i can expect?

C-suite consulting leaders: why are you buying creative agencies?

Hi friends, I am reading this book ‘radical cander’ and was wondering if you have Fav way/ example of receiving and giving tough feedback? Or have any stories about feedback that have stuck with you through your career.

What length of vacation do you usually take? I’m a big fan of taking many 4 day weekends (instead of 1 or 2 longer vacays) but apparently those aren’t encouraged in the Big Law world?

Hi fishes, I am looking for an opportunity in Siebel admin/ Siebel upgrade. Currently working as a Sr Analyst. Any leads would be helpful.
Yoe: 5 yrs

Hello IBMers,
IBM has offered me X amount ctc and i accepted it on portal....now got to know that market valuation for 10.3 yoe is greater than offered ctc....can i ask HR to increase the ctc and change the band...will they consider it?...not holding any counter offer as of now

Pros/cons of having both a manager and senior manager on a job?

Superday with a BDC next week. How the hell do I prepare?? Any insights on what to expect?

Any of you in FinTech coverage? Part of TMT or FIG?

Anyone else get awful anxiety while hungover? My chest is always super tight the next day after drinking

After seeing bonuses thinking of moving to EB...thoughts?

Love tossing out resumes that say "Founder/CEO", more every year

What did one investment banker say to the other?

Are tears considered business casual or not really?

On a scale from 1-10, how transparent are your colleagues with one another?

Do you have a weekend getaway?

Help me out - I'm starting a HedgeFund. I'm calling it ____________ Capital.

If you could rename your firm to make it more representative of said firm, what would it be?

Transitioning from line of business familiarity (understanding financial statements) to... real(?) Finance (bonds and cap markets and other debt sales) any advice on books or resources to learn really from step 0?

Seriously don't know how to get a boyfriend as an IB analyst, most people who are in a relationship started dating since college. Really don't want to be single when I'm 30•••

Anyone been to Mallorca? Need some recommendations on where to stay. Hotel/Airbnb?

Did people see an “inflation” adjustment on top of normal performance salary adjustments this year? I.E how did your company react to inflation in regards to pay?

Does anyone else struggle with their significant other not understanding the nature and demand of our work? We constantly fight about me staying late and blames it on poor time management.

How much does AVP at citi bank gets paid in FRM - ICG in NYC? Currently a senior BA getting close to get promoted and unsure if it will be a good jump or if Im demoting myself

Personal finance book recommendations?

Working in Risk Management, looking into the FRM exams. Does anyone have any insight or advice?