So advertising didn't work out. What's next for you? I am, of course, asking for a friend.

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H1B transfer premium processing filed on 7/20. Fedex delivered 7/23. Haven’t heard back from the law firm about the receipt yet. What should I expect?

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I am serving my notice period, I want to get released from the project. Is it possible to get released when serving notice period?

Does anyone know anybody coming from the Merit America IT Support program that have been successful in their roles? This is a career change for me and I'm worried that employers won't be patient while I learn or that IT teams will be overloaded and I won't have a proper mentor.

How many of you are building side gigs in addition to your usual work?

How long did it take you to reach 800+ credit? I have a total of 4 credit cards (averaged 2 yrs) but always seem to hover at 750-780

Booking flights for family on United and partner airline (Lufthansa). Should I put it on my chase sapphire preferred or United explorer card to maximize points? I’m not traveling with them if that matters..

Chase Sapphire Reserve is not able to book a ticket for me on Air India because the flight is not showing up on their system. The flights shows up everywhere else including on Expedia, which powers Chase’s portal. Anyone had similar experience?

2/19 Thread (General):

How does everyone feel about body-cams? Necessary or not?

Got the absolute worst freaking cold at 38 weeks. Had the flu and covid vaccines and am testing negative for covid but omg I cannot shift this after a week and I swear it's getting worse. Any advice for what I can take?! So decongested combined with baby pressing on my lungs makes me feel I'm constantly short on oxygen so just not sleeping at all :(

For those of you in your mid-20’s, how often do you go on dates with your significant other? In a serious relationship for the first time since college and trying to gauge what folks consider normal for dating frequency (excluding nights in). Context - we’re 25, dating for 3 months, live 5 mins away from each other, decent WLB

Your degree doesn't belong next to your name unless it's a doctorate. I roll my eyes every time I see John Smith, MBA. What even is the point?

Anybody in federal know of a firm called ERPi? How do they pay? What are culture and growth opportunities like. Consultant/senior consultant level.

Any recruiting 🐠 on here? How do you react when you see people talk about recruiters the way we do on these apps and elsewhere? Do you generally agree with our experiences or are you misunderstood?

With the way this week has been going, Friday 13th with a harvest moon seems downright dangerous 🌚 halp

Which agencies in NY do great strategy work and are actually valued? It feels like strategy is lacking at most agencies...

Would you work 11-8 shift?

Any thoughts on Analog Folk?

Any great resume-writer recos? I need help!

Did anyone else 'fishbowl' cars in high school?

I've received an offer from another agency and my manager says he needs to see it before a counter offer. He says it's GroupM policy. Is that true? Thank you!

In your opinion, what advertising/branding/experiential agencies should someone targeting greater San Diego and Los Angeles go after? (Yes, it is very expensive to live in California)

Time to hire—I've seen dozens of fledgling lists/databases of available creative talent & diverse talent. Which ones are people actually using?

What in the world is this old spice YouTube thing ?

Given the outbreak, are places actually going to be hiring right now? Recently laid off from 9-5 and my freelance is starting to fizzle.

Whomever is doing the tv placement for Advocate Healthcare in Chicago: do you have to have the ad going every other commercial? If I hear “come on get healthy” one more time, I’m leaving the state.

It took the horrific and completely inexcusable death of George Floyd to move the racism issue to the forefront. And while it’s a crime of a much lesser degree, with different circumstances, what’s it going to take to get ageism properly addressed? Intelligent thoughts/debate requested only please.

Giphy said it's delivering 1 billion giphs a day. Does Giphy support advertising?

I need infographic tips please!

Hey. An observation. Every post and comment on here for the past month has been negative as fuck. Yes, life is rough right now. But advertising as a paying job is hilarious and we should all take a beat to remember that.

Looking to learn more about the people behind the agencies. Could anyone tell me who’s actually driving the best work at:

-WK
-Droga5
-Martin
-Goodby Silverstein

Feel free to call out any top talent from an agency not listed above.

If you get an offer a few days before you have a final interview (or while you're waiting to hear back), is it okay to ask for some time? Or do they expect you to answer right there?

i'm in the final round for 2 different media positions in 2 completely different places (NYC and NC) and things are moving really quickly for both. the NYC job is my dream one but they're both offering $40k so i'm conflicted. any advice would be helpful lol

TFW 6 billion people are grabbed by the pussy.

Don’t ask me why but would anyone know where I could download McDonald’s font? Preferably for free... I think it’s called Speedee? I can’t find it anywhere... help