Story points need to die 😶‍🌫️ Article published in 2021 - includes quote from Ron Jeffries on Story Points https://medium.com/swlh/why-story-pointing-needs-to-die-e60a775f9d37

Entire fucking Ritz Carlton smells like cigarette smoke... how many points

Can someone please point me in the direction of some NYC recruiting firms?

Bonus points if they hire international talent (I'm Australia based).

Thank you in advance.

Why won’t AA let me book business class flights with points if they’re available to buy cash? (Qatar flight on AA site)

Hello All,
If anyone is interested in getting an Amex card as first year free, please dm me. I can help with referral so that you get the card FYF and 2000 bonus points on spending just Rs. 5000 in 90 days.

I NEED HELP WITH CREDIT SCORE issues: Two months ago my credit score went down by 30 to 40 points due to dad missing credit card payment by a day (i got added to as authorized user on his credit card for me to build credit but now I’m filled with regret). I was devastated by it. This past month I have been making more payments and paid off my aug statement in full thinking it will boost my credit score. But I don’t know why it went down another 10 points. More below:

Durant +3.5 points/rebound/assists over Giannis. What a comeback! It was 48-38 with like 2.5 minutes to go.

Happy to provide my story on the other side. Spent two years at Accenture under Technology mostly working on business analysis for implementations and PMO.

Left for Facebook for a role in strategic analytics in BizOps with 180k TC.

Few tips for looking at exits:

1) Referrals are a huge tool for getting your foot in the door. At Facebook it guarantees that atleast your resume is given more than a glance.

2) A well constructed story/resume can offset any weak points in your experience

What pain points are folks experiencing in the digital media space? Most of what I am hearing is related to audience targeting (privacy issues) and conversion measurement (specifically attributing advertising to brick-and-mortar bottom line). Curious if “the bowl” has any thing else that comes to mind?

How is the job stability in Tesltra India How many employees work in India?
I was interviewed by people from Infosys, not sure how did they interview me for Telstra job. Any idea on these points ?

If I book a flight via chase portal using points and I cancel will I get points back or airline credit?

I'm getting a MAcc to career change to forensic accounting. What opportunities are available to me with a data analytics heavy MAcc? I'm also tacking on 2 graduate certificates in Applied Statistics and International Economic Policy? For those in the field, would that be useful or not useful (i.e. waste of time)? I'm interested in investigations but also analytics, financial modeling, and expert witness services. Throw in salary potential for bonus points. I'll be getting my CPA, CFE, and CAMS.

Any recommendations for best balance transfer card? Like zero APR for 15-18 months and no fee? Also nice to have points or cash bonus

Redeemed my recognition points for a portable air conditioner. Hope it's effective!

Can we consider cars from the 90s to be classics?

Sub question: what's your favorite 90s-era car? Extra points for pics.

Hi Fishes,
Anyone working in Exxat?
Have heard very good points about the company.
Do share your views

I can pay my rent in new building through Zelle, Venmo or PayPal. Any way to hack this to earn Credit card points without any extra fees to me?

What kind of structures do everyone have for origination? Our practice is expanding to plaintiffs personal injury and exploring different benefits programs for attorneys who bring their own cases. So far we’re thinking a points system towards bonuses, but unsure.

2 weeks in an my night and points are all fucked up.. come on Accenture get your data migration workstream together

Anyone who applied for Data Analyst role at Infosys?

UK market is open only for niche skillsets ( Data engineer + analytics). Firms aren't interested in sponsoring rest all skill sets, as they can be filled internally. They have limited quota every year, and are very choosy when it comes to allocation. Preference is first given to EU nationals and then Asians during shortlist stage.

Referral works, but the person who is referring you should have enough clout in the organization to present your profile!

Looking for a Database Manager role. Are there any level B/7 roles available for NCR region?

When do bonuses get transferred? End of November or December?

Anyone familiar with what Director of Sales (Digital Media) in NYC salary range is?

If the ultimate goal is to move in pharma/biotech (bd / strategy type role), does prestige of consulting firm matter? Or would it be better to work for less known firm that may have more client facing opportunities?

“Job hopper” and “quiet quitting” are all schemes made up by boomers to make you think everything is the employees fault. When in reality people are just getting out of bad situations. Older companies do whatever they can to pay you the least amount and get the max work out of you. Except our generation will just leave amid we’re being mistreated, not complain for 35 years making 50k and 0 advancement.

Has anyone else had a mentor (assigned to them by the Company) who seemed to have it out for you? I mean downright sabotage to make you look bad left and right. I didn’t realize it at first. She was fake friendly, but she was discrete too. Some of the executives thought she was amazing, but I had to clean up her work all the time. She wasn’t above me either on the chain of command. Later I found out she had tried for the exec assistant role and they didn’t choose her, they wanted me instead.

Happy Monday afternoon to everyone except to those recruiters who ghost job seekers 👻

Hey fishes,

I recently moved from a big4 to another and I'm still on my probation period. I'm looking to move out to industry and need your help with the following:

1. What should I tell to the interviewer, if he asks why am I looking to move out of a firm within a month?
2. What should I tell to my existing firm? If they ask me a reason for moving out?

4YOE @Amazon & trying to lateral to a similar role @FAANG. Have my undergrad GPA (3.8/4) on resume from top 15 school but colleague says to take it off (looks silly). If it’s a good school & high GPA, why ever take it off your resume? Even if 10 YOE...can’t hurt?

Hi, i am going to have final round soon and, yoe 16. Including 6 years onsite experience. AZURE big data architect. If i clear final round, how much I can ask (current is 34LPA). I have offers from LTI,TCS and few other companies (mid level). Need your input for my role growth at Tiger . Thanks

Does tiger analytics provide training after joining as experienced? How much time generally given to cop up in the project?

Random thought non related to agile, why do people put the whole the email in the subject line ? 😐 😮‍💨

At my company, the conventional wisdom is that agile projects aren’t deadline-driven. What’s your experience? Do you drive projects based on a target date?

Interesting topic: Agile community, there are conflicting thoughts around measuring teams velocity, the spanner comes from many organizations using metrics to micro manage teams, are you pro or against?

Please share with your contacts in order to help us grow this community. 🙏

Last week team dynamics took a turn for the worst (even tho in each retro the team always commend each other, you would think team work is great). Team members get agitated with each other for being slow. Team members coming across rude and brash (the same ones are difficult to get hold to offer support, time is money is what someone said💰, the craziest was the client accidently sharing her whatsapp screen, commenting on people's feedback to what she was presenting OMG 😲 How was your week?

Question for the bowl: what is your current role are you practicing agile delivery and any tips for the agile fishes out there?

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