Strategists who’ve moved from agency side to big tech / a social network, how was that transition?

I can smell the bathroom from the bathroom.

Starting my MBA in the fall. Is there a preferred travel rewards credit card among MBAs? CSR or other?

How do y’all make friends in your late 20s/early 30s? Everyone says it’s harder as you get older, but wondering if it’s any easier for folks in “communities” to make friends with each other, like desis meeting and befriending other desis, for example.

How much would you give (in cash) for sibling wedding. Younger sibling if that matters. I almost feel desi wedding gifts is next level maze that I haven't figured out the access yet.

Senior Analysts are the worst.

Does anyone have recommendations for a cleaner on the west side? I’m in Culver City. Would love someone that would also grocery shop & chop vegetables!

Does anyone know if we can reimburse expenses for items listed in Wageworks while on maternity?

I know we cannot expense phone/internet/ commuter benefit as I am not actively doing work.

However, for other items that fall under wage works reimbursement, I couldn’t find anything in writing yet.

Moving out of Houston and selling the following furniture. All in as new condition. Please let me know if you or someone you know is interested and I can provide more deets / pictures. Pick up from 77027.

1. Queen bed frame
2. Queen gel mattress
3. Dining table chair set of 2
4. Home office 47” table
5. Office chair
6. Leather couch
7. Bean bags

Are there any people here who've quit a well paying job to pursue a non-MBA degree? Would you do it again? What drove your decision to do so?

I have an L2 interview scheduled today for Java Aws Developer with LTI. I have total more than 7 YoE. Can anyone tell me what can be the difficulty level and will it be a pure technical round?

What are the best companies to work for that are remote, good work environment, stable and looking for people to stay on as lifers! Are there companies out there?

I need more “healthy” fitness influencers to follow (like ones with actual credentials, not trainers). Recently discovered Sohee Fit and love her content. I’m a serial dieter and keep seeing posts about how people stopped dieting and actually lost weight, so I want to better learn how to adopt this mindset/lifestyle. Any recommendations? Also planning to get a book on Intuitive Eating as well.

I’m taking celpip this Wednesday (just found an opening so I switched). Is it a hard exam? I’ve been in US for six years now and speak pretty good English. Had a major in poli sci so writing is ok. But I’m not so sure about taking a language exam. How should I prepare?

Partner keeps offering to help (which I appreciate) but every time she tells me she drafted something it’s always missing the details that take the longest to track down, request, confirm, or otherwise figure out.

Looking to leave my current role, in industry (engineering/manufacturing) and to get back into big 4 (same firm as well), however I have a 3 month holiday planned from December next year.

Are big 4 pretty lenient on allowing holidays of that length? Especially for boomerangs? Or is it better to come back after the holiday and try then? Thinking that contracting temporarily might be the way to go in the interim.

Can women wear white leather tennies to the office?

I can't be the only one who fills in the downtime with phone games... what are you all playing?

New Orleans hotel recommendations for personal travel? Looking to use some suite upgrade nights

where my mid 40s and up peeps at? where you working and what are your next career moves? life moves?

Reading materials for Snr Strats planning their move up, what’s the one you read that made you go ‘aha’? I’ve read Good To Great and am ploughing through Good Strategy Bad Strategy but need something more marketing-specific to be clearer on how my strategy peers in agencies are thinking and working, and how my non-strat colleagues see the role. For context I’ve worked in agencies for twelve years but been a pure strategist for three, so missed any formal guidance in a lot of the ‘basics’.

Can anyone recommend a black owned research company that specializes in qualitative research?

Anyone have any advice on good reads or resources on social media strategy and strategy in general- I would like to learn more about this subject

Could strat recruiters for Amsterdam and Asia regions ?

I interviewed at a big agency. Recruiter and hiring manger used statements like ‘killed it’ and ‘overwhelming positive' to describe the feedback. A week later, radio silent, what’s going on?

How’s the Brand Strategy team at EP+Co NY?

What are the key ingredients in a GTM plan?

Name one thing worse than having to write a bunch of effies... I’ll wait

How’s strategy department at BBH?

I always wanted to be a planner but found myself in acc due to job availabilities and needing to pay rent. While a great account person is priceless, it’s just not me - unless I fake it and go against my nature. Now I’m a few years in and generally dislike my job because it’s schmoozing, pencil pushing, and not really producing. How can I make the pívot to strategy? Is a pívot even realistic? Should I just say fuck it and bear with things until going client side someday?

Looking for recommendations to generally upskill my Strategy work (or learn from scratch) — be it courses, classes, books, podcasts, people to follow.

For context, I’m a freelance Social Media Manager/Strategist and I came into Ad world via Startups. Throwing myself into learning on the job with more Strategy gigs - but I still don’t feel like I quite know the lingo or best practices or theories.

How much are mid-level strategists/account planners making in the Austin, TX area?

What are strategic planners salary band these days ? Chicago 2-3yrs experience in Marketing/Advertising

Has anyone in the US relocated to London through their agency? Any advice for how to make that happen? What was the salary adjustment?

Desperate to get out of advertising, but not sure how to transition to client-side. What sorts of roles would be the right fit for a typical strategy skill set?

started a bowl about influencer marketing if you care to join! code: o6bqm

How do u guys handle all of ur client's data? Outsource to a DMP? Now there's this thing called "customer data platform" 🙄