Reflecting on your career so far, what’s a skill that you wish you had developed earlier?

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The ability to tell people to go F themselves.

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…and remain employed…

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Keeping my mouth shut 🤣

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I wish I was able to develop my networking skills earlier on as it’s such an important skill for career growth

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Communication, soft skills, thicker skin. And if you have a good boss and company that care about you as a person, that's worth more than an increase in salary to become just another number somewhere else.

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Made the biggest mistake of my career thus far taking the last point for granted. Never underestimate a great team environment

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The gift of gab and I still dont have it. I’m running into a wall where the people above me talk without doing and the people below me do without talking. I prefer to just say what I mean but so many people seem to think the loudest, or most talkative, in the room is leading and if you’re not you’re not leading.

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Negotiations for salary

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Salary negotiation for sure

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Effective communication. 100%

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The skill of not giving a F***k and managing work output to not be an i et achiever. don’t pay for 40 hours of work and expect 80 hours of work for same pay. Now I do exactly what I need to do nothing more nothing less. Life is way to short to slave away for possibilities

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Depends on what kind of worker you are I essentially do a 3 person job (due to attrition) in 40 hours I’m very efficient and process/solution oriented so I get more done than some of my peers on top of raising my hand for side projects that still get done in 40 hours. Also helps to have a manager who can rely on you and trusts your work, my current manager is very big on not overworking when it’s not a fire drill.

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Generational Wealth.

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How to spot two faced back stabbers that got promotions off the back of my deals.

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Should have asked for more!

Public speaking

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Investing

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Leadership. I've always been a very happy independent contributor, definitely NOT a follower, but with the idea in my head that other people are not my responsibility. It's something I'm actively trying to work on, since leadership roles are probably where I'm going to have to go if I want to continue to advance, and I don't want to half ass anything I do.

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Networking and ability to be comfortable with small talk. I hate those quick minimal conversations.

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Programming

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The ability to say no, in a respectful and clear way.

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Pretending to like sports, play golf, and drink scotch.

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Balls to negotiate my salary

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Learn to job hop for the bumps in salary & skills you learn along the way. Don't be loyal to the company. They're never gonna be loyal to you!

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Upwards communication.

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I'd like to hope one day I could get into big 4 or even MBB.

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Need help with preparation for AWS Cloud Practitioner certification.

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No promotion for me...time to quit!

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I'm thinking of moving from large cap tech to large cap consultancy firm to help build the resume and round out my experience. I enjoy and do well in licensing, but I'm fairly young in my career (<6 years) and received a great offer to make the move.

Big fan of the org and team I'll be joining as well.

Thanks!!

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ZS - 15l fixed
TW - 18l fixed
Please help me out with your points considering Job security and learning opportunities.
Ihave 5 years of experience as an SDET.

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Seeking perspectives on career path. TIA!

9 YOE (6.5 in consulting, 2.5 in BU strategy and M&A). Involved in end-to-end process (incl. modeling) but processes largely led by Corporate M&A team. 3 tuck-ins completed (all in 2022).

Options considering:
1/ Continue current path, stack more deal experience, strong chance of Director promo in 3-6 months
2/ Don’t wait, just jump or apply to other roles
3/ Study and go back to grab MBA (considering MIT or Stanford MSX - 1 YR)

TC: 175K (…low)

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What is the hiring market looking like these days? I am seriously burnt out and ready to exit MBB consulting, but feel this economic downturn may not be the best time to make big career moves. Thoughts?

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Top 10 books to read about consulting life ?

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ONE p&t partner? yikes.

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Can’t get into the cohort call… appreciate any updates people can provide here!

Also demerit to HR for using Google for the call.

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Hi! Anyone here in Miami? Just moved here recently and would love to make new friends. :)

Team is already talking about eating hours. My utilization is down cause I was in unassigned for a month in Dec/Jan. What's worse pissing off the partner or having a low utilization? -staff 1

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I just had a first round interview with BCG, I did ok in one of the interview and did great in the other one. What are my chances of moving to the next round? More info: Based in Canada, there are two 45 mins interview for first round.

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I need some guidance on this situation.

I sublease an apartment from a friend who is currently in Jail unfortunately. I wasn’t in the lease and the apartment found out from my personal check which I paid for the rent.

They refused the rent and after the three day notification has passed they refused the cashier’s check here in Orange County.

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I’ve seen for individual: match trad 401k->match roth 401k->max roth IRA->max trad IRA->max trad 401k->max roth 401k->max HSA
For self employed: max SEP IRA/solo 401k->max roth IRA->max trad IRA->max HSA

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1yr Accenture
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