Tech advisory/consulting folks - what are some recent books/novels you been reading? Not looking for tech books. More on tech advisory

Anyone with good turnip price? Mine’s been in 70s all week....

What are you currently reading? How would you rate it?

Honey Nut, or Multi Grain? Also, may just be my elderly taste buds, but I'm pretty sure Honey Nut tasted better back in the day.

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?

Hidden gem restaurants in or around Philly? Planning a special bday dinner.

How to be good at Sales and have a charismatic personality?
Any words of wisdom? Any great books to read? Any other recommendations?

Anyone want a free chefs plate box? They sent me an extra one that I can’t have. Includes three different meals for two people (total 6 portions). Location: downtown.

Please tell us, since COVID started:

-weirdest thing you've eaten
-weirdest thing you've watched
-weidest thought you've had.

Anyone know of any Cannabis clubs/groups in Houston? DM me please

Drank too much coffee I think... even my poo and pee smell like coffee

Hi NYC desis - Do you guys know of any cooks that can come home and cook Indian food? My in-laws are visiting me end of this month, and they like eating roti, dal, sabji for at least 1 of their meals.

I’ve listened to Lil’ Bit by Nelly and Florida Georgia Line 7 times today.

Ok -- let's hear it. Best restaurants in ATL - go! My parents are coming to town and I want to wow them, they are serious foodies and very adventurous. Tell me your recc's!!

Are there any other shows like Panchayat on Amazon prime?
I loved the simple plain village life story superb performances from all actors.

My breakfast consisted of one giant spoonful of Nutella.

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...

To all the insurance underwriters, what do y’all make/ YOE/ carrier?

What are your favorite restaurants/activities that are a quick drive from the city?

I went through my gf’s phone and found out she had a crush on my best friend when we first started dating (over a year ago). I suspected this at first but it hurts to have it confirmed and see her telling her friends about him. I’m not sure how I should feel since I went out of line to look through her phone.

Londoners, I have a friend visiting me for Easter and am looking for ideas on where to take her besides the regular touristy stuff - pls help!
Plus, what’s the best theater show you’ve seen lately? Thank you 😊

How much is a good amount (% wise) to be putting into your pension pot? Would be good to hear at different salary brackets!

Are Coforge reviews fake on Glassdoor? Had a discussion with their HR today. He was telling Coforge is doubling in size and revenue in the next 2 years, we had the least attrition. You can do your research. Maybe Delhi Noida based companies, I really feel scared about. I think they will say anything to get a joining.

I'm a computer science engineer, working in the Pharmaceutical RWE domain for 2 years.
Even though I like the impact that my job creates, I often find myself wondering if I can actually get to a high position (e.g. CEO, Director of DS dept.) for a pharmaceutical company being from a technical background.
Please guide me.

So glad I found this bowl. How do you go about negotiating your salary? I applied for a new role and was offered the job. But the pay we haven’t discussed yet. I never did this and heck I don’t know where to start.

Looking to pivot from the retail sales universe to Customer Success manager/associate….
Are there Companies you recommend that hire entry level or offer training for these type of roles?
I’ve done some courses and certificates to begin my transition and familiarize myself with the role, any advice will help…

My male boss recommended the book “The Confidence Code” which is a self help book for women. It was recommended to all the females that work under him. I feel like that's a little inappropriate?

anybody watching $SRNE?

Looking for some interesting plays that are not Doge, GME, etc (already in those 😅). Thoughts?

Thought I recently saw a comment on another post about some mental health program that PwC added or something. Anybody know about this?

10 Companies to Target for jobs in Europe from India with relocation support

1. Delivery Hero
2. Hellofresh
3. GetYourGuide
4. Choco
5. Hive
6. Uberall
7. Booking
8.Picnic
9.Bliq
10. Zalando

Steps
1: Go to their Career Page
2: Find relevant roles
3 : Modify your CV and make it relevant to the role
4: Make a cover letter
5: Apply

If you recieve call from HR, Please feel free to ping me for further help

Pro Tip : Roles open in Analytics, Product and Software Dev

Next 10, Next week

YOE 6
CISCO 28 or Publicis 32 ?
Skill Fullstack.
Work life balance and career growth is what im looking!

Any Audit and Assurance professionals in this group?

Networking question here. A retired partner at the firm I used to work out reached out to me recently about attending an afternoon during the week (b4 4/30) with one of his long time clients. The partner and I have kept in touch since I joined my new firm and I feel like his invitation is a great networking opportunity since the client (who I have worked with before) is on a number of boards. Torn as how to request off as an S3. Could materialize to nothing but could be good for reconnecting.

Notice there are so many people with debate experience in consulting. Kinda impressed. Any highly recommended books related to debate or communication in general?

How do I say to my counselor, "be prepared to see a big fall of my utilization because of things out of my control" without sounding like complaining or having a lot of negativity?

Good nonfiction book recommendations? What are you all reading?

I need to get married to spread my health insurance plan. It’s that good.

Vague feeling of being lost. How do you 🐠a handle it?

I’m so depressed, have been for years, and don’t see it getting better. I’ve tried everything from therapy, exercise, psychiatry, journaling, self help books, healthy diet, etc. what else is there?

anyone ever work for salesforce directly? how has the experience been? why work for consultancies rather than the company itself?

Any book recommendations for someone looking to get into a Product Owner / Manager role?

Planning a babymoon with my wife. Shooting for April-May and looking at Hawaii (Maui or Big Island). Hoping with the vaccine and travel precautions, it'll be okay, but we're also prepared to cancel.

Any recommendations for hotels there that you've liked? I figure the Ritz or Four Seasons, but would love some opinions from those who have been.

Is today Friday or Monday? F*^%

What's the best Chromecast/Apple TV-esque device to connect my work computer or iPad to hotel room TVs? Priority is ease of use and content, lower priority is size and weight. Thanks! :)

So apparently the human error was PwC fault for announcing the wrong best picture 🤦🏻‍♂️ I could just see a an EY MD trying to swoop up the Oscar account right now

I'm thankful for my guitar and the one slayer song I learned when I was in in 8th grade every time the person in the room next to me is being loud. Literally works every time.

Can I buy lunch making materials and snacks with dinner allowance at Whole Foods?

How do you start your emails? If it is just the recipient's name with a comma after it, I'm curious when and why you started doing it.

Generally speaking, does Microsoft pay more than Google?

Uber "Arriving Soon: In-app tipping" Now avg user rating will go down 🤔

Let's just say I have a number in mind I'm trying to hit.

What are the top consulting firms in the retail/CPG space?

All I want to do is curl up in bed with hot tea and a good book. Recommendations for if I ever achieve said dream?