Suggestion for a good movie in Netflix

When you're pretty sure it would be easier to survive Game of Thrones as a main character for 6 seasons than to rewrite the 40 page walkthrough correctly. 🙄🙄💀💀

Friday Wordle 314 2/6

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Has anyone tried indoor gardening in NYC? Thinking this could be the best time to do so but not sure where to start.

What was your most played song of 2020? *excluding songs that are or ever were on the top 50 mainstream chart*

Baller Fam! Anyone playing in Waupaca this week? Need food reccos.

What's your morning commute reading material?

Is it mean to feed my Midwestern American in-laws' kangaroo meat when they come to visit? ...Without telling them what it is first?

Is it a red flag if someone says they don’t believe in self help books like Atomic Habits, Attached, etc?

Does anyone feel robbed? We waited 8 years for Night King to die of a sneak attack? I havent watched Endgame yet but that’s like Thanos dying cause Antman crept up on him

Favorite sushi in NYC?

Best bars in Salt Lake?

Any recommended restaurants with a live band/entertainment? Please indicate how much, if music is ticketed.

Which food delivery service is best for restaurant owners on the east coast and why?

What website can you use to play simple games over zoom (Chinese checkers, chess, checkers)?

Any Atlanta fishes know if Angeria/BenDeLaCreme are doing additional appearances today? Missed the City Winery brunch!

Any book recommendations? Preferably shorter < 300

Advertising Week Question!
Any events this year? Last year we got to watch Alessia Cara w/o needing to have ticket for Ad Week. Is it worth going to? It’s kinda pricy, but I’m looking to network more

What's the longest amount of time before starting a new role that you've been able to negotiate with a company?

Hi guys
I am a front end developer with 5.7 years of experience. I have two offers in hand
1) cropin technologies prod based company in Bangalore offering 27lpa all fixed
2) ciklum service based but client I will work on is VMware and offering 30 lpa all fixed with joining bonus of 1 lpa
Kindly suggest which should I choose?

Just bought a home and have some large capex coming up. Redo kitchen/finish basements and other stuff. Does it make sense to pay out of pocket for it if I can afford it or borrow and add on to my mortgage?

Looking to get in the field of Project Management or Product Management. Currently working in the field of Ad Operations. Any advice where to start and what steps to get into one of those fields?

I recently graduated with a degree in Finance but feel like I want to work in a tech related role and wish I would’ve gotten a CS degree. I work at a SaaS company built on Salesforce and was wondering if certifications would be enough to be considered? I’m looking at Business Analyst or Product Mgmt

Looking for an entry-level data analyst position in the DC area. Have a BA in economics & certification in Computer Science. Also 3 years of professional work experience as a full time marketing manager which I performed while attending school full time. I’m a self-starter and extremely driven. I also have a passion for data and statistics, and plan on pursuing my MS in data science within the next year. Please let me know if you know of any positions! Thank you.

How to get sap server access for training purposes

Has anyone heard anything about Up or Out? Got an invite a couple of times, but trying to figure out if this is a scam or something.

Has anyone met their significant other on salams or Muzz? Or any other apps? What’s your experience been like?

Dubai 🐠 what are your favourite things to do in the region?

If I have a six year old and 150k in a 529, can I say I’m done?

What is a look back analysis?

I have a large dataset in PowerBI (7m rows) and I’m trying to condense it to pivot in Excel by aggregating the data. Does anyone have experience doing this? How do you pivot and export in Power BI?

Any suggestions for a formula to calculate a running count of the number of incidences in a list? For example, in a list with A, B, C, B; I want to label A = 1, then the first B =1, and first C = 1, and then the second B = 2, etc. The list is in a column and there are thousands of names. TIA for your help!

How does everyone manage SAD during the winters. Feeling so down and not sure what are the best ways to cope.

Does anyone else feel depressed about being single? I ended a 5 year relationship last year and enjoyed my single life but now that I've started working at EY I see mostly everyone is either married or in long term relationships and they all seem really happy. It's really bumming me out but I don't have time to date or meet new people because when I'm not at work I'm studying for the CPA. I hate where my life is right now.

How are experienced hires vs recent grads treated at top consulting firms? I understand that each branch of each firm will be different from the other and it depends on the leadership. But have there been any uniform truths that people have noticed?

How is utilization calculated? What happens if we are on the bench?

Flying Southwest. An add at the entrance of the plane says: "anybody can fly you, but we do it with a smile". Scaryyyy. Are they letting any smily person fly us? Hahah

Is my 401(k) match based on a sum amount (i.e. 6% of 100k = 6000) or from each paycheck?

How can I get one of my coworkers to stop apologizing before they make any comment or possible feedback that may come off as a critique? I’m an analyst, so they aren’t trying to suck up or anything :(

Dealing with a tricky situation... Managing a project, and one of my resources has been double booked - he's the main developer on my project, and the project lead on another.
He's dropping balls and missing deadlines on my project, and I've escalated to my partner, but the person who double booked him is the national SSL lead...
Is there anything I can do to improve this situation, or are we all just screwed?

Where should I go for dinner?

What are the best consulting companies in the US focused on Sustainability, either Strategy or Ops?

Does Booz Allen Hamilton still have exceptional work-life balance? Curious if anything has changed since I was there 5 years ago.

Help - how do I fight claims by scammer healthcare providers?

I recently went to 2 different providers.

Dentist, made appt via Zocdoc to see a dentist that was in network. Another dentist at the location saw me instead who was out of network. I have text evidence they said it would be covered before visit. Claim was denied - asking for ~500 dollars.

Saw a specialist who’s office staff verified my insurance would fully cover the claim. Get the claim, says they are out of network. Owe 600.

Bartender at the hotel finally knows my name and face. Am I a real management consultant now?

Deloitte guys - Serious question.
How is Analytics & Cognitive doing at D? I have an offer and I am not sure if there will be layoffs again. I am on work visa so will be difficult.
Role will be for Google Cloud & Analytics. Current job doesn't suck much though.

Anyone have specific financial goals they're willing to share and how to get there? I'm 30 yo, l10 and $$ gives me anxiety. Currently making ~$95k with $30k in brokerage and $30k 401k. Or, tips for not stressing out that I'll be broke in retirement? Should I make a lateral move out at some point and target a $250k salary by X age?

I got an email from a Cybersecurity Advisory Partner with the subject "Catch-up". Last week we all rolled-off from project abruptly b/c the client terminated the contract. Am I getting laid off?

Best consulting firms for PE work (CDD,Value Creation)? Looking for the best firm for exit ops to PE ops eventually. Thanks!

If I had a traditional IRA before being employed in a 401k eligible role, can / must I roll that IRA into the 401k or can I leave the accounts separate without deleterious tax consequences?

If I just chill on the bench for long will I still only get fired at the end of the year?

Resume writing tip: how to make “conducted client workshops to communicate and gain agreement on recommendations” sound more impactful?

On-board my first flight in 6 months watching a man 2 rows down gradually fill with rage as our flight reaches 45 minutes of delay. I never realized how much i missed this. I finally feel home again.

Told a friend of mine in tech I was considering moving to BCG. He asked me if I would have to move to Boston.

I followed up by asking what he thought the top consulting firms were. "I'd guess PwC and then McKinsey are the best. I've also heard of KPMG, Deloitte, and Bain, but I don't know much about them."

Just a reminder that outside our bubble no-one really cares about firm prestige etc.

If you were making a QA checklist to use when reviewing decks what would you add?