What are the pros and cons of the following IP boutique firms: Finnegan, Fish, Banner Witcoff, Oblon, Knobbe?

What should I expect during my call with Deloitte’s recruitment advisor? I received a verbal offer last week, and a meeting invite this week with the advisor. Is this typically where salary and signing bonus are negotiated? If so, can anyone share insights into the typical base range for experienced hires going into Consultant positions (2yrs experience w/ undergrad)?

Is it a good time to join Grammarly or should I stay where I am (underpaid but stable)?

I have an offer with TCS with 19L package.
YOE is 11yrs (I know it's less for the YOE)
With my new offer, if I ask TCS to match the offer to 25L. Will they agree?
Anyone have such stories here ?

How long it takes to get offer letter in LTI?
and where do we receive it, on mail or any portal?

Anyone from @Tide UK? I’m interviewing for a role and I’d need some help with the prep.

I Have done btech in mechanical engineering .I got a job in ericsson as integration engineer . AM I eligible to apply for sde 2 in amazon

Anyone here at ZS who could give me some insight to the London office and culture?

Hi All,
BA in Cognizant (pckg-16.5)
or
BA in FIS (packg 19.5)-payments

What is the salary range for Senior Consultant level in KPMG ? Yoe-7 ;Tech : SAP IBP. Is Scon level is good or shall i ask for Manager? Is SCON or Assistant Manager is one and the samw thing?

Can some one brief what is MOA Monthly Overseas Allowance in Infosys Limited?

How is the cloud oracle practice in Grand Thornton with respect to project opportunities, growth and leadership?

Just did an initial phone interview at Cloudflare last week for a position in SEO. Does anyone have experience working at or with Cloudflare to tell me more about what they’re like?

I will join Deloitte Hyderabad in Oct 22 as an Analyst - FPA with 1 year of experience. Can someone help me with the average fixed compensation?? They have offered 5.5 LPA fixed. I haven’t yet accepted their offer.

Hello,

How is medline company for SAP projects. I have not heard about it, so any input from you all would be very helpful.

Thank You

Tagline for the post-lockdown “grand reopening”

So for those of you who are in learning and development: what are trainers making now days? Interested to know salary & years experience! TIA

What are some of the influencer vendors you would recommend?

Where is the KPMG (KGS) office location in Pune?

Just had someone reach out asking me to run for a seat on the school board.

What have you heard or what do you think about such opportunities, particularly when the day job eats up so much time?

As a data scientist with knowledge of Java, Python, and R, what are some interesting languages for me to learn? I keep hearing software people in my circles talk about Go and Haskell. Do you think learning one or both languages could be useful for my career?

Hi fishes,

How is it to work for Reliance Jio?
My tech stack is angular
And why they are giving deputy manager designation?
Is that the grade ?

Hi fishes,

I'm currently into analytics domain, want to get into front desk/quant role in investment banking/markets domain. Can FRM, CFA or CQF help me land there? Since I don't have any workex related to finance, any CTC ranges I can expect?
Or full masters is the way ? Anyone on that

DM for refferal in IBM
#cloud
#QA
#UI
#Reactjs

Hello Everyone, Total experience= 10 Years. Have two offers, One is from EY GDS as SCON- Level 2 and another is manager from axtria . Please provide your valuable suggestions in terms of growth,Work Life Balance, On-site and Yearly Appraisals
Axtria is offer 20%More than EY GDS

AFAF: How many road warriors travel with their e-cig/oils in their carry on? Has it ever been an issue?

Mind blowing question. If the big 4 were to be domestic US airlines, which one would they be and why. I say Deloitte is United, pwc is delta, ey is American, and kpmg is southwest. What y’all think ?

Have any US 🐠 gone abroad for their MBA? Looking at LBS / HEC. Pros, cons? Not looking to exit into MBB, FAANG.

Laid off. Applying to jobs. Besides networking, what are the top job search platforms/websites? There’s LinkedIn, indeed, monster and Glassdoor. Anything else I’m missing or which is the “best”?

Hi Fishes,
+Repost
I have 6 years of experience and have offers from the below companies, Help me on selecting the same?
I am getting a headache as my last date is approaching. Please Help me before Jan 18.

Company, project, CTCdetails are below.

Value Labs - Banking(Fullstack) - 19Fixed + 2LPA
NTT Data - Well Fargos (React) - 20 + 3LPA
Hexaware - Amaze Banking Project (reactjs,AZURE) - 20+2 LPA
GSPANN - Sports E-commerce (AWS, MERN) - 20+2 LPA

Midwest folks outside of Chicago!!! What is your industry, role, and salary?

How do you make the most money in STEM? Is it about having a degree, prior experience and getting in touch with people? What’s your *success secret* and how does it relate to what you’re currently doing? Maybe you think business owners have the highest potential to make the most? Process engineer at an industrial facility in Goodyear, Arizona

The GME hearing is happening right now fyi. I’m so proud of Keith

Will LTI HR Team work on Saturday ?
Anyone got call from them on Sat?

Hello Globers

Anyone working with Fiserv Solutions Or Banco de Sabadell Clients.
They have relevant openings for my stack, but they are Banking Projects. I had heard banking projects are strict with their security. Will they ask to report to office or any other measures we have to follow

Patent prosecution or trademark prosecution? I have interest in both places but would love to hear the thoughts/experience of others.

Anybody know anything about Nicholson de vos Webster Elliott for patent pros? Culture, pay, hours etc? Mid level looking to lateral

Any recommendations for patent prosecution practice management software for a small firm? Currently not using anything and want to be able to better manage and monitor associates.

Any insight into life as a patent agent with stern Kessler? Are there directors to avoid in the chemistry area?

How long does it take you to draft a patent application on average?

What do hiring partners (or HR in in-house) generally think about a lateral that are in the middle of a part-time MS degree program (STEM MS program)?

I’m a patent pros. paralegal working in bio/chem at my firm, 26 yo with an MS in Chem at 100k and a 115 hr billable req.
After the mental beat down that was grad school, I’m happy to have straightforward tasks and mentally coast, but my attys want me to start studying for the patent bar asap.
I like where I’m at and I know that once I start down the tech spec/agent/attorney path, it’s going to be full speed. How long do you think I can/should stay in this position before starting to study?

Has anyone on here ever requested redaction of a filed application? I'm looking to redact a few paragraphs of a provisional application.

In prosecution, if a patent attorney does not try to remove prior art cited by an examiner (eg a 130 affidavit to assert an exception under102(b)(1)(A)), but instead makes arguments to overcome the art, may the attorney made an admission that bars removing the art later in prosecution. Just received such a transfer case, looking for options.

Taking the patent bar in a week and it’s been so tough studying while working. I’m so behind in my hours this month, and my firm (midlaw, IP only) was pretty clear that they expect my hours to stay on track this month regardless of the exam. I don’t know how I’m going to get through this week and then make it through 6 hours of testing. Please tell me the afternoon session is easier than the morning session, like some others have said 🙏🏽

Any recommendations for free or reasonably priced CLE courses for patent prosecution?

Hi, are there any women-owned patent firms in the SF Bay Area that focus on patent prosecution in computer technologies? Thanks!

In what order do you draft a patent application? I know the official answer is “it depends.” But what do you find yourself do most often? For me, it’s claims —> drawings —> spec.

If a client asks law firm A to transfer a couple of patent prosecution cases to law firm B, does law firm A need to deliver all relevant documents to law firm B? Can law firm B just submit POA and access all the files via Private Pair? Thank you

Any tips on starting a solo patent law firm from working in Biglaw? Worth it?

Bit of a niche topic: I’ve been in TS/SCI processing for a Science/Tech/Weapons analyst position with the CIA for 3 yrs since I finished grad school in chemistry, but CIA positions are sort of set it and forget it since they can take so long. I’ve since been focused on a Patent Attorney track and am with a firm that will support me taking the patent bar/law school. If I get through processing and go to the CIA for some time, do you think would I be accepted back into patent law later on?

Does anyone’s practice also include patent lit? I’m thinking of switching from prosecution to litigation (my firm has separate lit and pros practice groups). If you practice patent lit, is there anything that you dislike about it/anything you wish you would have known earlier?

What do y’all use to draw informal figures? I currently use powerpoint but am curious if there are more efficient ways. What have you found most efficient/convenient?

Just curious: how much time would you bill for on prepping instructions to a FA for a response? Feel free to break down by how long you’ve been practicing, complexity, or any other factor you think is relevant.