New year, new me goal: find a lifetime hobby that doesn’t come with a large recurring cost.

SO and I are quite adventurous where we get outdoors, try new restaurants, paint night, pottery, etc. but these aren’t hobbies.

Thought about:
- golf but suck at it;
- pilot license or fixing hot rods but both damn expensive;
- hunting but don’t wanna die;

Am I just making excuses for myself to not do things?

Open to suggestions on what you do for hobbies, or how to discover this for myself!

How to be good at Sales and have a charismatic personality?
Any words of wisdom? Any great books to read? Any other recommendations?

Looking for book recommendations; any favorites? Interested in both fiction and educational/self-improvement (for example, investment / finance books, time management, etc). I feel my vocab is...

Suggestions for good coffee in midtown? I don't care for the ambience, don't care if there's a little wait time. Just looking for good coffee. My current favorites are Cafe Grumpy and Blue Bottle.

I am so tired of TV shows glamorizing prison life. It's not pretty, it's not nice, it's something rational humans should avoid in their lives.

Looking for non- fiction book recommendations. I just read Shoe Dog and loved it.

Reading Untamed by Glennon Doyle and I want my own Abby!!! Sigh.....

Best place to get good tacos in the city?

I love going to karaokes but none of my LA friends are into singing in semi-public settings. Want to start a bi-monthly bar hopping then karaoke lounge thing lol. Who’s interested?

Little Bangladesh - a lesser known ethnic enclave and truly a hidden gem. If you like Indian/desi food, it doesn’t get much better than this in Los Angeles. Amazing food options, highly recommend for desi food fans!

Do we have any ZS Music club, where like minded people can meet/discuss/practice/jam music?

Any non-fiction book recommendations? I normally don’t like NF but recently read Bad Blood by John Carreyrou and loved the style/pace. Any similar recs?

Anyone had success with CISSP audiobooks to study? I got a long commute!

Is anyone working or knows anyone who works at Oysterhr? I've been looking at their glassdoor and it's full of positive reviews. I wonder what is it really like and also what is their salary range for project managers?

Looks good but I need some verification to know if this is not a sham.

What’s the salaries for network architect these days ?

Does IBM have good onsite opportunities?

What are the best consulting firms for digital marketing?

Just wanted to brag a little. This may not be much for some but I’m super excited. I graduated with a B.A in chemistry July 2022 and I start my job this Monday with a salary of 60K! This is the most money I’ve ever made 😱😱. Really proud of myself even though I know some people would rather make more. I’m hoping to hit 100K within 3-4 years. Don’t give up recent grads!!

Best major city where an all-black firm to thrive?

Can we start a thread of people hiring and for what roles/pay range? And/or add your skills or what you’re looking for in a job and see if we have any matches with skills/positions?
Maybe we can all help each other out! I know the market is crazy right now, this could be a cool way to find talent? Or am I all wet.

Hello! Looking for some guidance. I will soon be leaving Verizon after 15 years with them (6 years HR experience, 3 years Operations, 6 years leadership). The last HR position I held will be eliminated and I was offered a severance. I am now in the market for a new place of employment I can call home. I was thinking of trying for a start up. But the likes of Google, Adobe, etc. also seem appealing. Would you recommend a start up as my next endeavor? I enjoy helping build processes and policies.

Just started b4 m&a — first job out of law school for reference — I don’t know what I’m doing at all and imposter syndrome is kicking in very badly. Any helpful resources ppl recommend for starting out?

It means ICOs are no longer open to anyone. You have to be a certified investor with the SEC. This is why Filecoin is conducting their ICO with CoinList instead of on their own. CoinList ensures their ICO is only open to certified Wall Street investors and makes sure FileCoin's ICO is treated as a normal IPO.

Granted please correct me because IPO investing is something I don't know a ton about.

Can someone explain whether you’d buy altcoins as a ETH pair vs a BTC pair? Does it matter?

Good to see movement in LINK 🐢🐢

Can I just consider stablecoin staking / interest accounts (Anchor protocol, BlockFi) as my “savings account”? 7% of my liquid NW is in cash and 10% is in stables (rest is equities and other crypto). Hoping this is enough to pay expenses + tactically and periodically deploy into equities and crypto.

Hello Fishes,

I have a 9 years of experience in Devops and currently has 42LPA CTC. I am planing to switch now, Can I expect 30% more on this for the mid sized companies ? How is market now?

Hi Fishes,

Please help me with open hearts for DM services.

Have interviews with a couple of MBB firms in the next two weeks for generalist positions; currently a new analyst at Deloitte. Would Case and Point be the best use of my time to prep for cases, if I’ve never seriously done cases before? My Deloitte interviews were all high level tech and my computer science major was more than sufficient to complete these.

Looking for non- fiction book recommendations. I just read Shoe Dog and loved it.

Anyone make the transition from Data Analytics into MBB? Do you enjoy it and how did you do it?

Consultants the new analysts?

Has anyone rented out a space at a Marriott hotel for an event? Aren’t you supposed to get Bonvoy points based on the amount you spend?

What are the best books on sales as it relates to consulting?

TIL you can use "new window" to have the same excel document open on multiple screens and now my life will never be the same

M/SM and above, why do you label a meeting as “touch point” or ask if you can have a “quick chat” when it’s something serious? Millennials like us always assume we’re about to get fired - I actually have been laid off in a meeting with that title. But at my new job, my boss asked for a “quick chat” to literally ask me to change the title of a meeting and then chat about christmas. Now that I’m in management, I want to understand it better.

Damn you stress canker sore. Damn. You. Pain. The pain.

If I end up quitting after maternity leave, do I have to pay back any of my leave benefits? I guess I could ask HR, but wouldn't want to throw out any warnings.

Anyone else having one of those Monday evenings when all you feel like is having beer and eating junk and try to get over the meaningless stuff we work on!!!

What are people’s firms telling them about client travel once we go back to in person. I’m hearing some will be 50%, while others 80%.

Best books on leadership and sales skills?

Hi, I am a PhD student and I have recently started preparing for consulting. I have gone through basics of framework and have watched few YouTube videos. I am at the point where I am seeing diminishing returns by studying more books. Anyone willing to help or are there people in the same boat? Would love to connect with potential study/case buddies! TIA!