Question for non-residents/immigrants: anyone who moved back recently to their home country? How much did you save up to make a successful transition? For context, I am from India, married, have a toddler. I work in mgmt consulting but feeling burnt out and losing interest in work. I am still going through the visa and green card processes which is also adding to the confusion. Evaluating if it makes sense to go back to India and use accumulated wealth to transition to a lower stress income

Anyone got H1B interview appointment? I am still waiting for the HR to confirm that I can go ahead and take an appointment. What is the process , why to still keep on waiting when I can see the appointments are available now.

If visiting home country after transfer approval, will I be eligible for drop box? I have my current employers stamped h1b visa valid till end of next year. Thanks

Do folks here have life insurance policy in the US other than those offered by Employer ? Should we get one if on visa ?

Any international senior creatives who are on O1 visa ? Need some assistance please.

I'm a 12 YOE professional working as a full stack dotnet developer on microservices and cloud apps. I have an H1B visa stamped this year. Looking for a sponsor in USA. Can someone refer me please?

Worth getting the Marriott bonvoy credit card with the 100k points bonus? Annual fee is $95. Already have CSR.

Any Immigration lawyers here?

Any company (consulting or others) still sponsoring h1b visa or green card for new hires?

What is the band for SE1 & SE2 in Amex ??

Does anyone know if you are travelling from US to India with an expired US visa (for renewal or first time H1 stamping) you cant go via European countries?

How’s the work life balance situation at Amex for data engineers?

Hi fellow fishies - loaded question but does anyone know of any agencies (ideally in NYC) that are open to visa sponsorship? I have a good friend and former coworker who is a KICKA$$ account lead and is struggling to find a new role (needle in a haystack for sponsorship... ugh). Current place is beyond toxic. Any info/advice appreciated! Thank you 😊

Hi Fishes.
Could you pls help me with the below?

My CTC is very low . Approx = YoE (4.5).
I'm currently nominated for H1b 2023 and the process is pending with USCIS approval after lottery. Heard that the H1B process would take months to get completed. Is it worth waiting for the process to get completed or should I make a switch . Kindly pour your suggestions .

Hi all, i would like to introduce myself. I am new graduate of mechanical engineering (UK). Looking to enter the industry. It been really difficult for the past couple of month getting a job. I would really appreciate , if i could get referrals from people in Engineering companies or tech companies. i could work for. I am not tied to any country however i would need a visa sponsorship. I am always ready to learn and very enthusiastic. I would really appreciate. Thank you all.

I'm a SWE from Italy. Love my country but salary and taxes here are outrageous. Got 2yrs experience in fullstack and data science, 2masters, a peer reviewed paper and outperform all my peers for 24k€ a year.
I'm thinkin about landing a remote SWE job (leetcoding and building a portfolio this summer).
Have you got some advice? Is it possible to work for US remotely without visa? What other countries pay well? Is it possible to land a 100k$+ with this kind of experience and working from Italy?

Dear Fishes,

I am an MBA(HR) passout of 2021 and i have 1 year of experience in TCS as HRBP/Recruiter and recently i have joined EY GDS as consultant in June 2022. Currently EY is facing a lack in projects and i am not assigned to any.

It's a request to all if you can refer me to HR openings in areas of HRBP or recruitment, My notice period is 30 days and i am ready to join at the same package as of now.

Hello,

If I joined HCl and will have to leave within probation period, do I have to pay anything to HCL? Anyone has any idea. (There was no buyout of NP by HCL)

Thanks

How early in advance do you start preparing for a deposition that you are conducting? One month? One week? The night before?

startup Gig Alert: I am looking for a brand designer to join our startup team at Lifelines (truly a startup and we’re not in stores yet). We’re a product company set for revolutionizing how people approach sensorial wellness and I’m looking for someone with holistic experience in branding / art direction with a clear, bold visual style. Around 5 years of experience preferred. But work and personality trump years in experience. Always remote+unlimited PTO. Send me books / portfolios.

Is Gilt a good place to buy a pre-owned vintage Rolex ($3-5K range)?

Asking for my brother. Please don't ignore.

If your company has any openings for Fresher. kindly provide referral.

Skillset: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, ReactJS, Python, SQL

He has trained in above skills. If any developer position is open in your company. Kindly let me know.

Do anybody know about iim kozhikode advance mgt programme foe IT professional, is it of any help.

Is sticking up for yourself even worth it? My boss is always on my ass as if I’m constantly missing, or about to miss, deadlines. I’ve never missed one. I’ve received the same damn lecture/email about monitoring all case deadlines a hundred times. I always just professionally explain that we’re not about to miss any and discuss the progress. Well, I’ve about had it and am ready to go off. I’m sick of basically being told that I’m not doing my job. How should I address this issue?

Hi Fishes
How is EY Embryonics? Is there a work life balance in the team?

Did TBWA/Wildtype have layoffs??

About to start back in consulting and my IVF cycle is kicking off as well. How would you recommend broaching the topic with the lead office partner?

How do you handle rude clinicians in the workplace? I always have an attending talking down to me.

How do you handle people’s kids showing up on video meetings? Screaming, kicking, hamming it up, (wasting time.) Everyone else is coo-ing…I’m not a kids person. Heard a technique which is to drop off the call bc you “assume the call is over” (which seems like a great way to get fired especially if it’s a way higher up’s kids - plus it feels rather passive aggressive.) Thoughts?

Hi! Excited we have a space finally :)

I’m curious - let’s say you have a role to fill but they are targeting only female candidates to balance out the team. What recruiting strategies can i implement to meet those needs?

So, a recruiter gave me feedback that my lack SPHR or SHRM-SCP is causing my resume to be knock out by AI and human recruiters despite my position and work history in Multinationals and being in Technology. They suggested that we put SPHR ( Lapsed). I let it lapse in 2017. What is your opinion? Plus if I were to take another certification - should I take SPHR or SHRM-SCP?

Turning 28 and hit $300K NW today. Never formally FIRE’d but want to set out a plan for here onwards. What’s some good material / easy reading to start with?

im 27 and could possibly retire if I kept my spending low. However you never know what’s going to happen, do you? How do you deal with the uncertainty?

27 F. Work as 1st year associate in Big Law NYC. Base salary $215k, bonus is ~$10k (lowballing), student loans are $150k, total savings are about $100k. 0 family money and will likely be supporting parents long term. Any advice on how/when to start investing in real estate. Currently have all savings in market (with personal investing in index funds or 401K/RothIRA/mega back door).

What do most people invest in for their Roth IRA portfolio? I’ve heard target funds and ETF’s..which one is better?

What’s a good, practical tax book to read for someone who knows nothing about taxes? I feel like I should familiarize myself with them but don’t know where to start/find the topic very overwhelming and dense even as a finance attorney. Welcome to other beginning finance book suggestions too! (Already read Kiyosaki and Ramsey)

I contribute 10% of my paycheck to my employee share purchase plan. Is this smart to do given the tax repercussions behind it? Is it smarter to invest less in that and more in my Roth or 401k?

Does anyone use yieldstreet or crowdstreet for real estate investment?

For any real estate investors

22 years old and currently focused on using my left over income to invest and pay off my debt. I am set to pay off my college loans by next year and, when I do, I want to look into investing into real estate. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get into/learn more about real estate investing? Or how I can have enough knowledge on the topic to be able to invest wisely when the time comes?

Any books? youtubers? etc. How did you all learn about it?

Still using Ally Bank savings account, but the APY had dropped to .60%. Time to move. Any recs on personal savings account? This is my emergency “savings”

How do you invest and save for your children? I’m thinking about setting them up with custodial brokerage accounts but don’t want them to have a heyday at 18. Did you create irrevocable trusts or?? They are too young for earned income and I don’t own a business so no IRA investing opportunities here.

Anyone have a net worth/budget excel tracker they want to share?! : ) prefer not to use the apps.

Have 20k, what’s a good small business to start with this fund? Serious question here

Should I lump sum $150k into the market or DCA? Just looking to grow the money, no other short term plans.

Home reno financing question. Have a big project coming up in the $120-150k range. Funding sources are:
- 90k from a heloc around prime
- 10k from a credit card that offers promo checks at 2-3% for 12-18 months
- 375k in a brokerage
- 5-6k per month cash that I can put towards the project, loans, or brokerage

I don't want to stop funding the brokerage because my FIRE plan is less numbers based than "hoard like dragon until it's enough" but maybe I should... How would you optimize?

I consolidated grad loans in ‘15, kept federal separate from private (w SoFi @6.75%). Can I refinance w SoFi or w Earnest? Should I combine the federal and lose the protections for better %?

Have 50k in brokerage to put towards buying a place in Atlanta. Young 20 something who's lease is ending soon

Roth IRA and 401k are well funded but don't want to pull from there.

Should I buy and rent the extra bedrooms to friends, or stay renting and put savings in stock market?

Best long term investment strategy against inflation to get to a large nest in for retirement?

Is an IPO in anyone’s FIRE strategy? Maybe this is specific to the Bay Area, but it doesn’t seem that unrealistic to negotiate enough equity to make $1.5 mill off an IPO. Or maybe I’m dreaming 😂

Trying to help my retired dad - When I google for what to do after retirement, only retirement planning related things shows up. My dad has been a workaholic and hasn’t developed many hobbies he could pursue. I was wondering how I could help him stay slightly occupied if not busy. Anyone here experienced this with your parents or yourself? How did you navigate this?

Currently 23yo with $65k in cash and $14k in student loan debt. Not sure what the best course of action is. What would you do?