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Hi All,
I have joined cognizant yesterday. I came to know that office location is bantala in Kolkata. I do not want to work in bantala location. I have talked with my recruiter. But hs said offer location is decided on project allocation. How can I change the location to other location? If I leave the job will it be any problem?
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Hi Cognizant , my joining date is on 10th Oct 2022,
As SA with 18.3Fixed and 70k variable, 6.3yrs experience, tagged to cognizant digital engineering, FSE java with angular, for senior software engineering b2,
Can anyone tell me about CDE?
Will i be directly tagged to a project?
What abt senior software engineering b2 - fse@??
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Yes, it’s a sales role. And not many like it
There is not just one type of partner. I don’t know where you are at so it could be the case, but I would encourage you to seek broader perspectives vs basing your career on one use case.
If you don’t want to live on planes and pitch decks, build your own firm or jump to industry. The dream is outdated, and no one wants to say it out loud.
Remember that every level you move to has its growing pains. The move to partner is a big one. You have targets to meet, you become more focused on sales and risk management, and you are expected to create and execute against your own agenda. And think about this - most people make partner in 10-15 years and then you spend the next 20-30 years at the partner level - you are the new person in a whole new career ladder and that in and of itself is hard. All that said, it gets better with every year. You gain experience in how to be a good partner. You get the enjoyment of building a business and developing the people in that business. And you get more and more control over when you travel and when you sprint along with when you need a break. I’ve been a partner for 20 years now and I love it. But it was not easy those first 2 or 3 years.
If she’s selling $15M in a lead role then she’s not just a partner, she’s a senior partner and rainmaker. All depends how your firm allocates sales credit.
Yeah, we take our absolute top consultant minds and then promote them into senior sales roles. I’ve had many many talks with SMs who desperately want to make partner but do not get the sales piece is critical. A few of my mentors make it look effortless to build client relationships, be a strategy bighead, dazzle clients and close $5m deals. The rest of us are grinding like crazy.
I’ve noticed that more CIOs/COOs are wise to the relationship buttering, and many have cost-cutting mandates. So our value-add is helping them cut costs including ours. They ask incredibly detailed questions about our people and margins, and cherry-pick pieces of projects to go to different firms based on cost/value/margin. Maybe not happening to B4, but for non top tier firms this is how it’s going to be.
Which firm is this ? $15m managed revenue is a lot for younger partner.