Question for married family men at MBB,

how do you balance work and family life?

Hi Sharks,

Need your advise urgently.

Can you please suggest which would be better in terms of WLB, flexibility, growth, job security.

YOE: 4.4 years
Tech stack: Azure data factory, data lake, Azure databricks, Logic App, SQL, Pyspark (basic)


Offer:

Optum - 19.16 [16 Fixed + 15% variable + pf (offer letter is not received yet) ]

LTIMindtree: 21.50 (40 to 50k will be variable) Offer letter is not received yet

I used to be so devoted to my academics that I kind of forgot to make some close friends. How do you reignite your social life after college?

How is the work life balance in cognizant ?

Hi everyone
I got an offer from Telstra for Microservices Software Engineer developer role.

YOE: 3.9
Techstack: Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes.

could you please tell me what will be work life balance and job security at Telstra Hyderabad.

Thanks

Got an offer from pwc in the data privacy role.
With 13.5 Lpa currently i’m at 12 and made switch on march.
Though my current company is an mnc but not that big and no work pressure is there, amazing work life balance. However, there is little to no learning and its very slow, the project is just starting and the client itself is not clear what they want. Do you think I should switch just because its a big 4. Please help me decide. Yoe -3.5

My wife is in sales at Mercedes and she has been averaging $200k a year and growing YoY. She loves her job, however she works long days and barely gets time off. We plan on having kids within the next year or two, and it’s highly u likely that she’ll be able to keep her current gig. We want to find a career that allows her to work remote or that at least gives her a better work life balance so that she can see her kids grow up. Should she get certifications to give her a shot at adtech?Too late?

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Hi all- My SO is currently at a Big4 & was initially preparing for S&O roles at GCP but given the high number of ex MBB consultants hired, they believe its just more competition to get the offer & to eventually get promoted over time.

Instead, they have decided to pursue program manager or cloud consultant roles, which they feel might have a lower barrier to entry from an assessment standpoint. Not sure if the bowl agrees but would like to get your thoughts, thanks!

Hi,

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Company culture? Year to year hike? Work life balance?

S1 audit at a midsize firm looking out of public accounting.. my biggest thing right now is having a better work life balance. I hate the busy season hours and just looking for a way out.
I’ve been looking into internal audit but i know that could be boring.. not sure what other fields would suit someone of my experience.

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planning to sell my 2 BHK flat in Rahatani , near kokane chowk..if anyone interested ping me so can share the details. Thanks!

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Hi Folks

Anyone here went through Agoda interview process recently?

I've applied for an engineering manager role and seeking some guidance on what to expect.

Would greatly appreciate any advice.

Cheers!

Chicago 🐟here in the process of moving to LA.

Holy cow how do you guys live? Everywhere is so expensive but there are so many homes on the market.

Do you guys plan on living in LA for the long term? Any tips on navigating the neighborhoods and where I good starter location would be?


(For reference, new jobs office would be in Santa Monica)

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Anyway that I can transfer to a north American office (my current location) before I join? SO can't move to Dubai and while applying they didn't interview me for my current location just for the Dubai one.

I understand this may be a big ask, and I'm happy to interview again if need be.

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