What’s it like being on a implementation project

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Pretty dope. Good hours, guaranteed utilization , less stuff that’s done purely for optical reasons.

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As someone in the strategy and business casing vertical, I can wholeheartedly tell you that our skills are highly overrated.

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More bite less bark

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White collar coal mining is what it is

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A lot of handholding

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All Implementations go through 7 client phases - shock, denial, anger, bargaining, depression, testing and finally, acceptance

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It’s awesome

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It all depends if your MD sold it right. 9 time of 10, it’s some functional sales person selling technology and they have the work estimates off by 50%.

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Hi how is HSBC client in LTI ?

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I’m a senior associate and received an offer to join a very profitable client as general counsel that would open lots of doors professionally and financially. Problem is I’m super burned out on law and was planning on quitting law firm in the next few weeks and doing something else with my life. Someone kick some sense into me before I decline the offer.

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I am currently working in client side application development with technologies like jquery, javascript, angular and java server pages.
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Would anyone like to share anything interesting about a recent project they’ve gotten to work on?

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Let’s share dumb client stories!

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Hello fishes,

I'm a Business Analyst with 1.2 years of experience and currently, I'm trying to switch to a different organization.

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what do you say is your current position on your resume? i’m a consultant in tech, but i’m not sure if “technology consultant” is useful to employers. should i write what my project role is instead?

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Client: Morgan Stanley
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Please suggest

WLB is main. I know depends on project and manager. Please tell me probabilities.

Nagarro - 14Lpa hyderabad
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Can we change project in Capgemini?

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Voice over potential. Looking for opportunity.

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Although we have not been told we would close (return 04/06) I decided to clean and start prepping to pack it all up. It’s sad, but reality for so many schools.

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I’m a senior associate and received an offer to join a very profitable client as general counsel that would open lots of doors professionally and financially. Problem is I’m super burned out on law and was planning on quitting law firm in the next few weeks and doing something else with my life. Someone kick some sense into me before I decline the offer.

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Should have been a flag!🤬

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Taking it to the next level. 🎂😅

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