“The longer I put off starting my own firm, the longer it can remain a dream and not something I screwed up at.” — Ted Mosby, How I Met Your Mother

Brand new (like, just-had-a-kid new) mom here. Life seems manageable with the baby sleeping much of the time. It gets worse from here doesn’t it? I’m scared 😱😱😱

Almost 18 weeks pregnant with no end in sight for fatigue and nausea. This week, my brain has added the stress of who will watch my toddler while I go into labor. Husband I have no family nearby and don’t want them to fly out and come stay with us either. What’s everyone else in similar situations doing?

Hi everyone! I am working with my HR to improve our maternity/paternity leave policy. Currently I only get 2 weeks fully paid and then an additional 8-12 weeks at 60% pay (short term disability). I need some examples of companies with less than 100 employees and what your maternity/paternity policy is. Please include company name! Thanks!!!

Hey fishbowl fam! Have any of you recommended one of your students for Kumon, or put your personal child into their program? What are your thoughts from a teacher & parent perspective?

Is it expected/normal to get pregnant spouse Mother’s Day gift?

Hi Fishes,

I want to set up a small business in Rajasthan (remote area) for my father, I don’t want him to leave home and stay with family.

Can you please give some ideas on what can be setup for consistent long term profit and also setup cost is not that high.
Thanks in advance.

Not to get philosophical... but why is life unfair? In both the micro and macro ways? My example - One of my parent’s is somewhat recently deceased, and the loss has made my living parent unstable...

Tips for someone that’s trying to get pregnant but struggling with fertility issues

Any female lawyer who has a baby in their first year in BL? How was the experience pre and after the baby?

I have been married for 3 years. We have been trying to have a baby and found out my husband is shooting blanks and requires surgery to possibly resolve that. Recovery is 4 weeks and he refused. He is also not open to adopting or fostering or using someone else’s sperm. What do I do now?

Best coffee shops to work from?…and go!
I love Call Your Mother Deli on New Hampshire near GWU!

Anyone here in EY USA and can point me to the maternity policy? I can only find Canadian or UK versions ok the policy site!

Deciding between 20 vs 30 year term life insurance. 33 years old and just had first baby. Anything I should consider to help me decide which horizon makes more sense?

I have $100K liquid cash over and above maxing out 401K, HSA, College fund, investments in Index funds and emergency fund. I plan to leave $25K for contingency. Of the $75K is it wise if I purchase I bonds worth $30K (myself, spouse, kid)? Current combined rate is 9.62 Does anyone foresee the interest rate drastically reducing? I don’t intend to cash them out before 5 years.

How do you approach a stinky middle school kid or their parents with hygiene suggestions? I don’t know how to politely tell anyone that they smell bad.

Anyone done Certified Technical Architect program here ? What was your experience? How difficult it is to do with a full time consulting job for a single full time parent?

Offtopic: Which is the best health insurance (company) to buy for parents? Please suggest as per prior firsthand experience in claims, settlement, premium etc.

My parent has a star health policy for which the renewal premium is drastically increasing (almost by 50%) every year at age 51.
With such increase I do not think it will be viable for long term. So planning to switch/port.

Hi everyone

Im yet to receive an offer from poland offer would be 22pln gross my Indian CTC is 17lpa base pay.could you suggest me poland will be good option to choose if so how much can I save in poland .i will be moving with my wife and a kid .my wife will also look for job not immediately.

I am planning to shift to Data Analyst/Data scientist role. Right now i work for a project where I'm a software eng & we have to maintain our application on C++ code. It is more like support/dev and unit testing combined. Coding is hardly involved and my hold on DS is weak so not sure if I'll be able to crack technical interviews for C++ dev or anything similar.
So is this a right decision to move from application dev role to Data Science/analyst field? Does software engineer gets paid more?

Hi fishes,

Comment your total hike, VP , ctc current, level, designation, tech stack you have received as per Nov 22.

Does anyone else feel priced out of the market? The higher your salary, the harder it is to switch jobs

Anyone else on a subway this morning wondering whether they missed the don’t take the subway memo....

I have received an offer from GSK for Manager 8a designation. Can someone help me with some of my doubts?

Is being a journalist a financially stable career?

I’m dealing with a difficult management situation and don’t know what to do, how would you report someone when nobody really cares what’s going on or is automatically going to side with the other person?

Anyone have any tips on finding great content creators? Ty in advance!

I’m leaving the public school and I’m trying to find a job that would be good for the experience I have.

What do you do over your schools winter break? How long is it? I have almost 2 full weeks and I'm debating between doing a ton of prep or actually trying to relax. 2nd year teacher and last year was mostly virtual so I had more "free" time to get stuff together.

Pay for teachers in Arizona is so awful 😭. I always wanted to teach in my local community but frankly I can't afford it. I want to move to another state where comp is better but I'm not positive where. What do you make & where are you located? For context I'm a 3rd year 2nd grade teacher.

Has anyone had experience travelling to the US from the Schengen area, while on OPT. I understand that students on an F1 visa are allowed to re-enter, but It’s unclear what happens for students on OPT (not in college anymore)

What's the maximum budget in 7A BAND in IBM?Anyone got above 20LPA?

What is band can be expected with 4.5 years of exp in Bigdata Hadoop in Capgemini.pls let me know and how much can be expected as package

Pre-approved for a home but the rate lock expired and now we have to re apply. My husband lets me know his credit score dropped 111 points because of credit card utilization. Even if we get it below 30% ( which we can) not sure it will quickly reflect. I also added him as an authorized user on a high limit credit card I have. Any other suggestions besides trading him in lbs

Who’s running diligence for this TikTok deal?

For those who have left and are in exec roles:
- Do you participate in paid expert network opportunities eye GLG/Alphasights?
- What is your company policy or personal approach on joining external BoDs?

Umm, right?

On a call with someone who can't stop saying: “um” and “right?” so I started keeping count;

In two minutes:
9 “umm” and
5 “Right?”

unbelievable.

Hardest thing about Sunday night is having to say good night and goodbye to SO at the same time before bed 😞

Been in consulting less than a year, but into business school when/how to put in my two weeks?

Question: what is an “Audit Senior”?

Top 10 books to read about consulting life ?

Dolly Parton’s Super Bowl ad for Squarespace, singing about working 5 to 9....Welcome to my quarantined life in California with clients in the Eastern and Pacific time zones.

Is Facebook still a desired exit from consulting? I feel like everyone is talking amazon google microsoft these days. I’m in final round FB interview and worried it’s in the decline and may limit my opportunities in 5 years.

Is there anything I can do if I was wrongfully separated for performance?

Thoughts on getting a CAMS certification as a Staff/Senior?

Any Slalom 🐠 participated in the equity program? (Was invited for a 25k buy in)

Who do you all ask for school recommendations? People you reported to? Your career coach/counselor? People on your team that are peers? Thanks in advance!

How many hours to actually work for your client and how many do you spend on „internal stuff“ (e.g. recruiting, proposals, internal projects) when staffed?

I‘m just curious how this may differ

If you're a ceo of a polling firm, I need you to resign at once. I'm never trusting a poll ever again

Considering the FRM certification. Those who’ve taken it, how quant heavy is it? I have a compliance risk background and don’t have a deep math or statistics background. However, I want to expand my skillset. Any thoughts?