Looking forward to great discussions with this group.

Hi

I got offer from IBM GBS India and ValueLabs. Both the companies are offering same package.

Valuelabs - permanent work from home with bi-annual hikes.

IBM - hybrid work mode

Tech - Automation tester with 5.5years of experience.

It will be helpful if I get a good suggestion. Thanks in advance

How safe is this company in terms of work life balance ? Employees centric values ? How safe you feel working in NTT data during this recession / About to come recession?

Any vacancy for power bi or tableau
Exp 3.10 years

Going solo to Denver next weekend for a couple of days. Planning to stay downtown, any hotel recommendations? Also any suggestions for things to do? I am not much into hiking but planning to do a hiking trip. I saw a bunch on hiking experiences on Airbnb, so will most likely do one of those, but would appreciate any suggestions. Thanks!

FAANG is now MAMAA (Meta, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and Alphabet)…Whoa Mama! As if there weren’t enough acronyms in our lives. Happy Friday All!!!

Best to Worst in terms of work-life balance: Tech Trans, M&A or Capital Markets? (California if that makes a difference)

How do you handle the next day after being up until 4am the night before on a deal? My other deal teams don’t know I was up so late, but obviously I’m going to be much slower in the morning. It sounds whiny to say “sorry for the delay I was up all night” when everyone else is also so busy...

Lots of companies who have that ONE guy who manages the legacy system are sh!ting their pants that the 'hit by a bus' scenerio is about to go down.

Do you think Trump will win the general election if he runs again in 2024?

Guys, which laptop to go for? M1 air or M2 air? Please suggest, any help would be appreciated.

anyone hear of NY Institute of Finance? Contemplating on signing up for their classes.

So took FAR today, felt good about it. For the most part I felt questions were from stuff i ready and felt was easy. Now am not sure if I got everything of it but I also know1/2

Has anyone successfully landed a job in Europe as an American Citizen? I’m really looking into moving to London/Amsterdam or Berlin.

can a writer explain the new season of Dave to me?

I am interested in creating a supper club in Los Angeles where people can meet and interact through food- do you think it could be of any interest?

For those of you that have returned to school in some manner, what are you doing in class? I find it troubling not to work on breathing.

Are you working small ensembles? Modified, limited instrumentation, or flex model pieces?

What are some aspects of a quality band program?

Do any beginning band teachers use the Band Karate incentive program aligned with Hal Leonard Essential elements?

Will any of you be going out of your way to address the social climate of today or even go as far to create a unit or embed it into regular class instruction/ rehearsal? Why or why not?

How do you get your flute students to move from count vibrato to a more natural vibrato? (I teach beginner flute class after a day of elementary music and may be moving up to JH next year.)

Hi!
I just joined. Looking forward to giving & receiving thoughts, ideas, vents & whatever else comes up.

Was reminded last week of my best off-the-wall response in class. True story.
MS Flute player: “ How do you trill a G?”
Me: “You have to write two books first.”
1. 10 seconds of silence until first lightbulbs go off.
2. 30 seconds until a percussionist went in for the “ba-domp-ding” on snare and cymbal.
3. End of class heard one student say “I still don’t get it.”
MS kids are awesome!

What does distance learning look like in your school? Seeking ideas and trying to work out my plan when so many rural kids don't even have internet access.

Principal: You can film the virtual Veterans Day program 1st period Tuesday.

1st period Tuesday: *Fire drill. 😂

Band teachers... how do your virtual band classes work? I’ve been doing music theory with students via google classroom and kids constantly ask to play instruments. It seems like a nightmare to have 30 kids with instruments online because of the delay in sound. Help plzzzz