So my 67 yo MIL got the chase sapphire reserve card, and she was under impression that the card fee counted towards the $4k minimum spend to qualify for points. Has anyone been successful trying to...

I have $20k student loans and have been paying $1k per month throughout pandemic to lower the balance. Would you continue to do this? I could pay them off, stop payments in hope of debt relief or keep up with current strategy. TIA

Is it difficult to move without a reference. I got all the skills needed in current job market. But looks like getting a job call itself is difficult.
Or is it because of My H1B visa status.

Consultant making 75K. Can’t really save much after 401K and $1300 rent. Should I have more left over every month than I do? Almost $0 right jow

Worth it to use 300K bonvoy points for over a week in Maui? I keep hoarding these things but trying to plan a Hawaii trip and think now is the time to burn them

Sears may go officially bankrupt tonight. Time to liquidate those SYW points !

Folks that got a prenup. How and where did you get it? We have spoken to a couple of lawyers and it simply seems to be a back and forth they want to do to rack up billable hours/complicate the issue. My SO and I pretty much know what we want. We are doing it mainly to protect my SOs inheritance. Looking for the simplest way to execute this. TIA for any advice.

Does anyone know how the federal student loan process works after you have submitted your FAFSA?

Any suggestions for financial planner or advisor in New Jersey area?

Hey folks for UK which Visa is worth to ask for? Skilled Worker or Specialist Worker (formerly known as ICT). Pros and cons please?

PS : I lived in UK on ICT for 3 years and in India since last 2 years.

Newly minted consultant here looking for financial advice.

So I just moved to consulting after B school, and It's more money than I've made my entire life. After paying for rent and living expenses, I have 6000$ left over every month. My student loan payments are about 1200/month at 7% interest. I still owe another 95K on my loan. I have the option to pay more every month and reduce my overall interest paid.
Currently I put about 3000 towards my loan and 3000 towards my savings. Cont'd...

FL tax questions: 1.) last year I had 4 longer w2 gigs. Should I get tax preparer or do myself? Seems easy enough but im new to this so 🤷🏻‍♀️. 2.) do you write-off travel/lodging for out of city gigs?

What’s the best savings account to keep money in? Interest rate? Minimum balance requirement? Annual fees?

any suggestions on where to rent? preferably manhattan downtown or midtown. budget is ~2.1k or so. priorities are having a doorman, elevator, laundry in building at the very least

Rate my portfolio.
45% VTI
30% QQQ
5% GBTC
Leaves me with 20% left to invest what should I invest in. I am young and can be risky.

Are there any diversity clubs/groups in B4/EY? Are they worth it in terms of meeting new people/networking/making friends?

Is it normal for a firm to require you to complete a conflicts check/questionnaire BEFORE they provide you an offer?

What’s the salary for respiratory therapists in Florida since we’ve had the housing and gas increase ? I have 6 years experience with ICU, level II NICU, and PICU experience. My base is $33 and I have a $6 tot differential of nights and weekends - which I always work this shift.

Which company to choose FIS or Amdocs? In term of learning opportunities and employees benefit.

Hey there! I am currently taking Adderall and thinking about switching to Vyvanse. Those of you that have taken Vyvanse, did it affect your sleep or caused weight loss?

Does your firm give you credit for hours that were written off? Sometimes I feel if you don’t lose anything for hours cut from the bill, you have incentives not to be 100% honest w/ your timesheet.

I work in field sales as an IC. My aspirational career path is to end up in people leadership. Recently, an Inside management position opened up that’s been brought to my attention by the hiring director. Question is, is going back Inside the right move to get into started in leadership? Or should I continue down the field path and wait until those field management slots open up?

How do you celebrate when you close a deal or win a case?

Hey folks, does anyone know about a company called V2 Consulting? India based company, works on Salesforce projects.

What are the best consulting firms for PE and VC exit, please include boutiques not just obvious ones

Hi! What are some of your best strategies for coming up with a name for a side project? I’m about to start a food related site + dinner club but am having a really hard time coming up with a good name

In TCS,After completing onboarding process and getting ur employee Id ,what's the process to get tagged into any project.Can you please share your experience?Can we reject any project if we don't find it not aligned to our expected work ?

Round or exact numbers on banners/LPs? I was curious about this since in negotiations for example or pricing it's better to have the exact number. But if you have a case study, for example, is it better to say "Client X increased their revenue to 1,000,000 ARR" instead of "Client X increased their revenue to 987,500 ARR" ? Anyone has seen any impact on conversion rates?

Currently stuck in risk but interested in Cyber. Have done one related engagement from a regulatory perspective. But a lot of posts here making me think it’s harder to break into than I expected (non-technical background). If you had a six sigma green belt / supply chain degree/exp., would you still go through the effort of going into Cyber or take easy risk money being offered / easier transition back to supply chain? 2-3 YOE and trying to decide career course, any advice highly appreciated

Hey everyone, how are we all doing? 🏳️‍🌈🦄🧜🏾‍♀️

Ideal Salary for 5.3 years of Experience person?
Tech Stack : RPA

Anyone heard back from Capital One for the MBA product management position? My application has been in progress for over a month and no news from the company. @CapitalOne

What qualities/skills (hard & soft) do ugrad hires that are “rockstars” or those on the fast track to promotions posses that make them so valued?

Any podcast recommendations for a new government consultant? I’m specifically looking for a podcast that can help me stay abreast of what’s going on in the consulting world and one that can ultimately help me do better at my job.

Shall I disclose reason for leaving a firm during my initial call with a recruiter from said firm, if I was laid off? Are they privy to that information. Ironically being recruited by that same firm

Does anyone know where I can go for a short period of time to get a business work setup? Two monitors + keyboard + mouse and good WiFi? I have a timed case study coming up and would ideally go into the office to do it but it is closed and i don’t have a good wfh setup.

I feel stuck as a Strategy Manager and want to make a career pivot at 35. But have no idea what i should do? Any suggestions, resources or books that I should read to help with my existential mid thirties crisis? I have experience in technology consulting, corporate strategy, freelance consulting and law. Do I go back to being an Attorney, or do I retrain and become a financial advisor or something else?

Consulting life - eating at Ruth’s Chris alone when you can’t catch a flight back home and have to stay an extra night

2yrs of post-undergrad experience at D and have offers from two FAANG companies. Worth it to stick it out for a couple more years to open up more offers down the road, or should I get out while I can?

Hey 🐠, what are your recommendations of books, articles, or practice tips to improve communication, both verbal and written? Want to be stronger at running meetings, pitching ideas, writing (cont’d)

Of course, Southwest system outage would happen during my only week flying SWA... 🙏🙏🙏

Are there any delta promotions going on right now?

Consultants who’ve switched to tech firms in mid career (~7 yoe): what are your roles now, what was your consulting expertise, how did u pivot? Yes I’m googling too, this is part of my research. Thx!!

Best business-oriented, but novel-style books with good writing, style, & interesting characters? Not really self-help/advise focused, more of actual literature with business themes/plots. Any recs?

When they send out emails to everyone a resource has worked with over the PY and ask if they believe said person is ready for promo, do they think anything of people who choose not to answer/reply? Ex if you wouldn’t be able to support this persons promo so you would just not reply to the email instead of saying “no.”

Do systemwide upgrades work on Finnair?
If I have a connection does it take 2 upgrades or just 1?

Any book recommendations? Preferably shorter < 300

Beside toastmasters, what are other ways to improve communication and public speaking skills? Books, podcasts...?

Who would I contact to ask how much info I can disclose about my current project’s client? i.e. I need to update my resume and not sure how to speak about client without giving too much away since the project is very specific

Good consulting books? Not talking case prep but a fun read about the industry and what it takes to succeed, etc. Thank you!

Is Grammarly premium worth it? Anyone have experience with it?

People who do financial models - if you only have quarterly numbers and need to get to monthlies what's a good way to do this? Average of quarters for given year? Airline industry