Looking to love from clinical research to consulting. About to have phone interview with Navigant - anyone have any perspective? Would love to hear about any other life sciences ops / career paths...

Hi fishes actually needed your advice if it is good enough to switch from reactjs to angularjs?

I am a Business Analyst. I have 10 years of working experience in India. In May 2022 I will complete MSc Business Analytics from Maynooth university.
In the past I have lead a team of analyst performing multiple activities like sales analytics, web analytics on Google analytics, I have also worked as a scrum master in certain projects
I have worked with tools like tableau, power BI and now alteryx any suggestions for the job role I should look forward to?

For anyone who took the CISA exam (I passed lol), how many days did it take to get your “official score”? I know it says 10 days but wanted to ask if anyone got it sooner

What to say during an exit interview? Do you exactly tell them why you’re leaving?

Hi All,

I have been an automation engineer for around 6 years and wanted to switch my career from QA to a management post or a Business analysist post.
What should I do for it to have this career change

Is there anyone who became an architect without experience as software engineer? I currently work as solutions analyst and my goal is to be a solutions architect. Is it possible without having software engineering experience?

Best way to study for AWS cloud practitioner certification? (Not very technical but hoping to learn)

Should I transition to a tech sales job? Thoughts on risk vs reward? I am 34 yo, married with a baby incoming. I work at Google Cloud in solutions engineering (I help develop quantitative business cases with sales teams for customers). My cash base + bonus is $220k (going to ignore equity). I have an MBA from the University of Chicago, not that it matters much in sales. I have always been in a consulting role but I think I can make more in sales. I have a competitive personality and I am bored.

Becoming less and less interested in continuing with the CPA exam. Staff 2 studying for a year with 0 exams passed. What're my options without finishing? I don't think I will actually be able to pass.......

Looking for your career advice! I currently work as a Content Marketing Manager but would love to move into a Head of Marketing/Marketing Director role. What would be your best tips to make that move? I assume it will take time of course, but I'm wondering what/where I should invest in terms of my training and next career steps. Thanks!

Hello!
I’m a student majoring in Software Engineering. I’m starting my third year in a few months and have an internship where I’m learning more about working with an actual team on real-world projects. However, I feel like I need to do more to stand out and have a stronger software background. Anyone have any tips or suggestions for what I should do on my own time to strengthen my skills?

Did anyone manage to leave AWM tax as manager for a decent industry role? I’m scared of being pigeonholed when I start applying for jobs in a few months.

Hi
I have received an offer from a company and I'm in the second stage of interviews with another company. I am very interested to see if I could make it through for the second company. So can I accept the offer from first company and then if second one also sends an offer then let the first company know I would like to reject? Also i am on H1B visa. Should I be concerned with that?

Men’s hair style/ facial hair, and interviewing at Big4 poll:
1. Ok to have longer hair
2. Only medium/short hair is professional
3. Trimmed beard & mustache ok
4. Only mustache ok
5. Long beards ok
6. Clean shaven only
7. Hair style/facial hair have no relevance

I’m a NEQ at a Midwest small firm and will be relocating to Indianapolis within the next year. I’m currently ID but would like to explore possibly doing plaintiff side work (PI or employment) as part of this career transition. What are the most reputable plaintiff firms, both in terms of culture and reputation in the legal community? Any other opinions/pointers welcome. Thanks!

Are all the Oracle certifications free irrespective of our team after we join Oracle? Or WT can do certification only of our manners assigns any to us?

Hi Folks,

Please suggest which company is better to join for 3 years exp tester who is willing to switch to developer profile-
Cavisson Systems or Bravura solutions

For startup founders/people with a successful side project: How did you get the idea/inspiration for your business? I’m currently working at a Series B startup and my end goal has always been to found my own startup, but I graduated from college 2.5 years ago and I still have not had any great ideas cross my mind. I do spend a fair amount of time brainstorming. I don’t want to continue working here forever, but I’m struggling to generate that “this is it” idea to build a company for. Any advice?

Hi everyone! My names Diana & as a new account manager I’m having a hard time building up my clientele, it seems a lot of companies aren’t up for as much contract work as there used to be. Any tips or companies you may know that would be good to go after? I work for a technical recruiting company and we specialize in contract (otherwise things would be a lot easier) please reach out!

Had a good phone interview on Monday, followed to that night with a thank you email (& some info he asked me to send over.) And... crickets. Do I wait another day to send another email? So antsy...

Does MBB have ‘delivery centers’? McKinsey has a delivery-esque operation in Tampa but I haven’t heard anything out of Bain or BCG.

I am a recent graduate in Information Systems, looking to start my career in cyber security. Any tips/suggestions/ideas where I could start. (No previous experience).

After going from big agency to in-house, I have the chance to move to a smaller in-house company to be the only creative and eventually begin to build my own team. Ideal situation or terrifying one?

Can I move to Florida the month my bonus hits and not pay any NY State tax on it? Or would I just declare that 1/12 of the year I was in Florida and get the pro-rated refund from NYS on my overall Pay

So really the only exercise I can tolerate is boxing, and those exercises around it. Any thoughts on replicating what I can find at my local boxing gym while on the road?

In need of new training kicks! Brookes or On Clouds?

Best CBD brands for sleep... ready set GO!

Anyone have wrist guard recommendations for weightlifting? I have small wrists and they don’t love a lot of pressure.

Who has made the leap from working/living in the US to abroad? Any words of advice?

Does really Collaboration work or it's just a myth. Always hearing from Offshore manager is that take more ownership like from offshore we should be working 80% and only 20% will leave for onshore because of time difference..

Is it really a collaboration or simply a cold War between offshore and onshore ownership..

Found out that wifey is pregnant for 5 weeks. When is the appropriate time to report it? Does she need yo have a conversation with hr? She works at deloitte.

Any metaverse coins I should be looking at? What’s the next big thing? Have a few grand to gamble away.

If you spend the day writing stuff on linked in, how do you get shit done at work?

Who do we think Charlie Scharf will let go of next? 🤔🤔🤔

Any insight in "innovation" or "transformation" type roles at large pharma companies? I don't generally see these roles listed but would be interested in learning more

Does MBB ever let people specialize in Life Sciences right off the bat at the post-MBA Consultant level or do you always have to start out as a generalist?

How is EY-Parthenon perceived for life science / pharma work? My understanding is that they do primarily due diligence work, but do people from there have good exits into pharma?

Anyone working for Oracle Cerner / Cerner Corporation and can provide a referral?

Anyone know why BMS is hiring like crazy? During an economy like this, and right after an acquisition I'd expect more internal reshuffling than external hiring.

What is the back of an envelope kind of estimation of a drug’s market share considering there’s one in market already?

Anyone at ZS willing to chat about a SIPA role? A recruiter reached out to me.

2YOE life sciences consulting after mba as consultant with managerial duties and am given senior associate consultant role with lower comp. Would you pursue final interview with them or move on?

What are thoughts in transitioning from Life Sci Consultant to a Medical Science Liaison for a large pharma? Is that a lateral move or a downgrade?
Also, any perspectives on MSLs welcome!

ZS 🐠 - can you receive sponsorship for MBA prior to having tenure of 3 years? If not, what is the downside of applying after 1 or 2 years? I am coming in with 3+ YOE in consulting, so my application would be competitive for next fall (or ‘23)

EYP and Strategy& fishes, what sort of work do you do in the Life Sciences space (specifically Big Pharma)? And what sort of exits into industry have you seen your former colleagues make?

Other than Medtronic, which med device companies would you consider the cream of the crop?

I am a business development manager in a small biotech incubator. My end goal is to work in commercial, BD or operations within a big pharma/biotech company. What would be best for me:

1) stay in my company to quickly become BD Director and then exit (however my learning opportunities within my current company might be limited)
2) go do consulting for a few years
3) any other recommendations?

Thanks!

any experienced hires (>1 YOE in LS consulting) looking for a referral to CV? happy to chat

CRO companies as an exit? Yes or no?

Do consultants within Huron's Life Sciences practice (e.g., Senior Associate, Manager levels) typically travel to client site Mon - Thu?

Does anyone here work at Globaldata? What’s your role? How much do you make? And how was the interview process?

Better reputation in life sciences/pharma: LEK or ZS?