What type of consulting (strategy, tech, marketing, ...) would be best if I am trying to eventually make the jump to product management?

Are there any good books to read to understand investment banking?

What are careers where you can become wealthy ($10M+) over a 10-15 yr period? Consulting and banking don’t seem to be worth the hrs in the long run if money is the big goal

Want to start going back to leetcode for more exit opp. Getting stumped on very simple questions. Any resources to help with algorithm? My data structure funds should be good enough. TIA!

I'm an introverted person, like to keep to myself, focus on work, spend the rest of my time on family, gym etc. I've been told that I need to work on my communication and client relationship building skills. any books I can read? I don't follow pop. culture anymore, no longer actively follow team sports (but sporty myself) as I consider it bread and circus for the masses and don't rly enjoy work drinks... Am I doomed? Personally I am happy and love the work but fear for my career progression.

After nearly 20 years in the military serving in T&E and HR roles, I’m considering moving on and have been conducting lots of research into consulting. BS, MA, and SPHR cert - no MBA. I’m looking for suggestions or advise about transitioning. DC Metro area is likely landing spot.

I want to start learning DevOps, what is the right path to learn DevOps? Does TCS has good projects for DevOps.. Suggest me any combination with DevOps.

Hey IBMers/ex-IBMers,

What is the designation hierarchy in IBM GBS for someone joining as "Advisory Technical Services Specialist" at "7A" band?

Like I would like to know what will be the next designation/band once for me if I get promoted?

YOE: 6 yrs.
Tech Stack: Testing

Thank you in advance!

Anyone is here who has recently switched technology to Salesforce?

How have people found the most success breaking into tech from a different career? I have tried cold-applying to jobs, reaching out to recruiters on LinkedIn, and company alum (very few) who now work in tech. Only a few responses, but no leads. Any tips?

I work in hospitality right now as a young person without a degree. Are there good opportunities for a career if I move up? Or should I go for a degree and switch to something else?

I am an experienced software and data product developer/ manager, who took a break to try consulting. My industry is Health and Public sector. I am trying to get back to product, but, the public sector experience is not apple = apple match in the private PM world. For eg. No agile. Words of advise from people who have made a transition from public sector to private sector in the PM space? Are there any good product management certificate courses that are respected in the PM-ing world?

Just accepted a job at big 4, I have 1 YOE experience as a data scientist, plan is to stay for 2 years then go to MBB or masters…thoughts?

Any advice or thoughts on the experience required to get hired at Salesforce as a Solution Engineer vs Sr Solution Engineer?

Yoe: 3
Experience type: Functional Consultant

Currently stuck in risk but interested in Cyber. Have done one related engagement from a regulatory perspective. But a lot of posts here making me think it’s harder to break into than I expected (non-technical background). If you had a six sigma green belt / supply chain degree/exp., would you still go through the effort of going into Cyber or take easy risk money being offered / easier transition back to supply chain? 2-3 YOE and trying to decide career course, any advice highly appreciated

What are some of your recos for the best comms/PR books and sites to learn more deeply and further your knowledge in your role?

I have an offer from a start-up which I will be joining next week. Even though I got a hike more than 100% ( current tc: 6lpa, new tc:14lpa) and changed to sde role I am still not satisfied. Seeing all those comp posts on leetcode I felt I can be one of them. But now I am feeling left behind and not able to move on. I know I have no dev experience. But every other person is getting tc more than 25. How can I get rid of this FOMO and focus on learning and growth. Drop your advice in comments sec.

Hi Fishes
Is being a Salesforce developer a desired skill in the IT market ? (Present and 10years from now)

Please tell me as i am deciding to learn b/w Salesforce development and Full Stack Development.

Yoe : 1.3
Current tech stack : SQL, INFORMATICA, Service Now

I really need to know. Does anyone genuinely care about their jobs anymore? Money aside.

wisdom on getting promoted to mid-level at the same agency? I’d hate to leave but I’m coming up on 3 years of (real) experience & my agency is known to have CDs come in as seniors so I’m pessimistic

Hi Fishes, I am really interested in product management and want to switch my role from risk analyst in a product owner/product manager role.
How difficult it is to do in amex? Its been half a year since I joined amex and I am planning to talk to manager after completing one year.

Can someone please suggest me if this kind of switch is possible? And how should one go about it

Any advice would be helpful

How much time bny takes to provide laptop post date of joining? As onboarding is virtual.

Will we ever learn if our application was Denied because BAL made a mistake?

EY will be starting my Perm process. I wanted to at what stage of the process can change my work location and not impact the application process

Anyone know of any hotel chains that have properties on either Nantucket or Martha’s Vineyard?

Is it true that EY pays no bonus to most practitioners?

Any advice on how to improve embryo growth drop off rate? Just finished our second retrieval and I’m frustrated by how many dont make it to blastocysts. We have good fertilization rate through ICSI. Is it normal for about 25% of fertilized eggs to make it to day 6/7? Husband has low count & motility and i have endo, both 33

What are some nice place pg/flat to live near Verizon Titus campus Hyderabad?

Would you strongly advise against going in-house right after a state court clerkship? (No law firm experience in law school either). I don’t know if I want to become an in-house forever. Would it be difficult to get a law firm job at a later time?

Now that Facebook is Meta, I thought I’d just pitch MANGA as the new FAANG…

Has anyone been given an offer or received further movement on their application after a month or more from your last interview? Not sure if it’s odd that the company reached out after my final round interview to have a call and “discuss next steps” but then they haven’t responded to me since I’ve followed up (I’ve poked 3 times every 11 days or so but I plan to leave it be now until they respond).

I am currently working as a PayPal AWF/CW in contractor's payroll for the past 3 months. I heard many got converted from AWF to FTE. So what is the process for FTE conversion? Should I clear some Interviews? Also how much would the salary increment be? On par with regular hiring? Any minimum time limit of being in AWF before FTE conversion?

I never miss my deadline in the past 3 years.
And I was respected and got awards from VPs and was also paid well too then.
But due to some health reasons I'm missing deadlines from 1 month.
But my team lead is telling you are not working. Even if I say i have some health issues I may not be able to work like before.She is not listening she has escalated to my manager, my manager is 2X of her even he yells at me.

What to do please help.

Any suggestions for good training courses for tech recruitment?

Been on the job hunt for the past 3 months. Applied to 200+. Interviewed with 15 companies (big tech + mid sized) but failing at either hiring manager round or ghosted after onsite. I’ve spent hours everyday applying, researching companies and prepping for interviews, watching videos, reading books, but just can’t seem to close the deal. Feeling so stuck, anxious and frustrated all the time.

Any advice how to get out of this situation?

What are good, feasible exit opps from federal consulting at IBM? 2 years of exp

Been looking into McKinsey Design. Can anyone refer here? Thank you 😊

🐠, need opinions/advice. Persistent recruiter asked me to consider having an exploratory convo with a company for a VP role even though I’m not looking to make a switch. That casual convo has morphed into two interviews this week, one with an SVP and EVP and one with the global head of the practice. It would be a $65k bump in salary. Worth going through with it? Should I mention that I’m not actively looking to leave my current job? Been here 6 months…

Any insight on moving from consulting to relationship management?

I'm looking at a potential offer and I'm curious about two things:
1. If it comes to it, should I hand in some sort of formal written notice?
2. Is it possible for me to say my last day is a holiday?

Hi all, need some help in approaching this: So I was interviewing for a specific role and finished final rounds. However, the head of the dept wants to pitch me for another role that he thinks I’m a better fit for although for the previous role interview, it’s positive outcome too. I’m more interested in the prior role. How do I go about expressing that?

For those that successfully exited to the very competitive, big tech roles, how many applications did it take and how long? I'm at 9 apps to Google and 6 to MSFT with no luck so far and feeling discouraged

Thoughts on telling recruiters you were promoted to the next level when decisions are still pending or you heard informally? Interviewers will sense your level but curious if they can validate

Has anyone been able to switch (to industry ) on H1 visa? I am getting a lot of interest from recruiters but am not able to get past the initial screening because of visa.

Anyone looked into an exit to Lordstown Motors, Canoo?

Is Google PM interview really that difficult or it’s just been hyped? How do you rate it compared to a Big 4 Manager role?

VC / PE / MMB comp and trajectory comparisons? Is it better to stay in MMB until later in your career then switch to PE/VC or better to make the move earlier.

I was just talking to a younger friend who goes to Cal and It seems like the kids these days hate FAANG or at least Amazon and Facebook are not desired at all. I personally don’t see too many issues working at either Amazon or Facebook because I work at Deloitte where I’m sure we have many questionable clients and worked in financial services before. Curious on whether people are thinking about the ethics of their exit company when deciding to move?

Went into an industry PMO role after consulting and literally hating every second of it after a year. What to get back to more S&O / BizOps focused roles. Any advice from others that made the transition?

I'm thinking I won't be getting promoted if not laid off at the end Q2 or sooner. What are some good exit ops for an associate with 2 yoe in tech consulting? Exp in Cloud, PMO, IT Risk, and SoD.

IBM - Official cloud and AI partner of the US open.. for all other BS, we are here.. #greendot

Anyone have experience getting the non-compete removed from their employment contracts? Specifically, Amazon based in CA (not enforceable anyway?)

Thoughts on making a move from strat consting to
a) joining a vc (investment team)
VS
b) doing 2+ years as a product mgr/s&o forst before moving to vc?

Context: 1-2 years in strat consulting, couple software CDDs under the belt as well as pricing and gtm engagements

Pros?cons?