What is the weirdest delay you’ve had? I’ll start: Flight delayed at LAX bc the waste tank sensor is broken and if we take off without fixing, all toilets will stop working mid flight 🤣 💩

Flew out the morning of a big client pitch instead of the night before. Massive storm delayed my flight and I missed the meeting. Lesson learned fam- always fly out the night before!

I’m looking at investment a portion of my portfolio into alternative investments. Maybe around $30k to start. Anyone have recommendations or experience with Alt investment vehicles? (e.g., crowdfunded startups/real estate, PE, VC ETFs)??

Hello all, i have. A question regarding compensation for a lateral move. I just received a job offer for an UA position from a competing cyber insurance carrier for $70,000 + bonuses. This job will be based out of San Francisco. I currently make $30/hour for the same role in Chicago, after OT it’s about $60,000. Do you think it would be wise to accept the offer? Thoughts in general?

Any female in SFO/ Bay Area want to grab some drinks/bite tonight. 30 M

Can I request a stopover for an award travel ticket in business?

When you check into the Westin and they say welcome home and you know that's weird but it's kind of soothing

Has anyone seen any decent MQD run ideas for Delta recently? I’m about 8k MQDs from diamond. Seems the Aeromexico method is on hold until they are fully back up and running. Thanks!

Is it worth it to save up to fly business or first class internationally [even just US to EU] - or save the money for other things?

For the 🐠 that have traveled to Egypt, can I get some recommendations on tour companies? I’m traveling with my partner (two females) and would like to have something arrange. 🙏

Hi Fishes,

My wife is getting transferred to California and she is offered 143k.

How much she can get after tax deduction and all? How much she can save after all the expenses?

She is insisting that I travel with her and get the job in the US. I'm a software developer having 4.1 YOE. How much can I get in the US? Is it worth traveling with her?

Any information would be helpful, Thanks in advance...

Does anyone know where folks would post room cancellations for last minute travel to the festival?

What's your experience working with United Way?

Hi all,
I have an urgent question regarding the flight and weight allowance that TCS arranges for Australia.
Kindly advise!!! Urgently needed!!

Hi everyone. It’s promotions season for my team 🙌🏼 and trying to work with HR to field the market for comp rates. Any guidance on senior CSM roles today, comp + bonus at a company size of 60 people? Role is based in San Francisco. Thanks in advance!

Is travel that bad? Would I like it? 25 - Female

Anyone stay at the W Costa Rica? Planning a trip to Costa Rica and trying to decide between that and the all inclusive Westin right next door.

I am planning to move to India from United States, I have around 7 year of experience and masters in CS from US university, current pkg is 113k$ per annum in Infosys as senior consultant, how much should I expect Salary Range in India currently in any company??

How are the projects in transport, travel and hospitality domain in coforge. How is the work load and how are the onsite opportunities. How is a role of test analyst in coforge

Are there any good books to read from a start up perspective? I’ve reading the lean start up but would like some other recommendations

Anyone can opine on HKS MPA-ID? I have MBA admits and want to continue working in ID post-MBA but this school just came up on my radar. I dont have money but just thinking long term if I should invest in applying and going. Dual citizen. Thoughts?

Kindly requesting likes for this post to enable pvt chats

Anyone with document review experience able to give tips on running searches, specifically nextpoint?

As part of TCS onboarding, the BGV check third party company has sent message today to verify address through a link. In the address proof, they have given just 3 drop downs. 1)Aadhar card 2)DL 3) Ration card. The supporting document for my present address proof, I just have rental agreement which is not in this list. What to do? Aadhar has my permanent address. DL has my other city address which I had made while I was in that city. No ration card existing. Can I just upload Aadhar card again?

Recently joined cognizant. Current location is Pune, joining location is kolkata.
Recruitment HR has confirmed in the email that I can collect the asset from pune and work from pune for few days until I go to kolkata.
Onboarding HR is like you have to come down to kolkata for collecting the laptop. Has Anyone faced similar experience?

Oh boy it was chilly tonight! Not ready for whats to come 😭

Hi Fishers. Good Morning! I got offer in Citi. Can someone let me know whether we can go home and connect. Or we just need to stay in office until all call gets over. Do they provide laptops for new joiners. Citi

Any ladies want to chat with a 30/f?

Hi Guys can anyone refer me for the position of data and analytics analyst Job Identification NO :210362477..THANKS IN ADVANCE!

Dm me if you have below skills

7+ years of Big Data experience and overall 9+ years of IT Experience. Fluent in big data engineering development using the Hadoop/Spark ecosystem
Hands-on project experience with Cloudera Data Platform
Design the data ingestion and integration into the Data Lake using the Hadoop ecosystem tools such as Sqoop, PySpark, Impala, Hive, Oozie, Airflow etc
Candidates should be fluent in the Python language
Leading the Data ingestion and integration flows in Hive, Spark

Hello all,

I am currently working as a Data Scientist at Capgemini. I have 2.4 years of experience and I am looking for a change. It would be a great help if any one of you have any open positions at your organization and can refer me for any such opportunities.

If you need any details, I can share that in the comments.

Do you think it’s trashy to advertise your venmo/cash app when you’re on your bachelorette party? So people send you money to buy you a drink?

When you find out your peers are compensated more even though your rating and utilization is higher :(

Any advice on how to switch from big 4 to tier 1 consulting firms like BCG and MCK?

Starting off my career as a tech adjacent generalist (strategy, project management, etc). I doubt I'll ever be a software developer or something, but I want my long term career path to remain very closely tied to tech. Anyone have tips on what I should be doing now in light of that? Nothing crazy specific, just what should I keep in mind early on?

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

In Union Square NYC for the night. Any fish wanna grab a drink or recommend a good pub to hit alone?

Anyone knows how to get a Hyatt status match?

New to consulting from industry. In banking and payments realm. Going on vacation soon and looking for resources/books to read to grow my knowledge. Any suggestions? Amazon or web availability preferred

What is the job description for partners? Wrong answers only

Curious- how would a country ever figure out you remote worked from there (only for a few weeks)?

Started my first job out of college ~1month ago and am only at around 50% utilization. Before I fully ramp up, what would be some good skills or certs to work towards? I’m working for my firms management/tech practice and am also open to expanding my coding skills (currently pretty basic)

What is the pay range for management consultant at Guidehouse? DC area

Is anyone from Charles Aris or other exec search firms on here? Can you comment on exit opportunities between MBB and Tier 2 firms for similar experience? Do you typically look to bring in MBB folks at higher levels?

Thoughts on calendar being double booked? What are the etiquettes to be followed. Often people double book and it feels like “ my meeting is more important that whatever you have booked time for in yours”. If both meetings are same urgency/importance - what’s the best approach ? What are the expectations of leadership - to throw everything away and jump on to calls based on seniority ?

I need a mouse with two USBs so I can connect both my personal and work laptop to the same mouse and don't have to change the mouse with I switch. Any recommendations on what to use?

Hey 🐠, what are your recommendations of books, articles, or practice tips to improve communication, both verbal and written? Want to be stronger at running meetings, pitching ideas, writing (cont’d)

Anyone in the latter part of your career regret not getting into a relationship because you were so focused on yourself?

Never had a medical emergency on my plane. First time today. I hope they are okay. 🙏

How did the mbb 2020 revenues go ultimately? Double digit growth slowed? Just curious

Is there a hard limit on how frequent you can apply in a year at FAANG? (For instance: Amazon, Google)

Also, how many positions are we allowed to apply?
There are just many positions at different teams right.