When industry pays you more and gives you better WLB, what are your reasons for staying in consulting?

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Why are you all in consulting when you could just be a CEO of a F500 company instead?

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If only there’s a fast track to CEO positions

Because I can’t get a job that pays me more in industry

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What is your core competency?

Are there any industry roles that pays 180k+ for 5 yoe except the Software Dev Roles? If yes, please tell me which firms to apply?

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Product readiness. Working with PMs but not directly one

Travel? However it seems like even that’s not coming back

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No that’s understandable. Great to travel and see a bit of the country/world when you have the chance to. Of course that’s a remote possibility now because of covid.

Well not everyone's qualified... otherwise there would be 0 roles to fill !

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What industry role are you landing that’s paying you more? What’s your current salary & role/level? What is your SME?

Yes but I asked you what you do.... are you in banking? What roles have you landed in industry (outside of FAANG) that pay higher than what you currently make? All of this is relative. I’m up for promo at Kearney and I don’t see myself landing at the same salary level when I leave.

At some point money is no longer a factor (I’m about a year away from that) and I don’t think any role I interview for will pay me $200k unless I go to pharma. I’m in strat now and can leverage that but I am banking on taking a bit of a pay-cut when I leave.

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Interesting work and quicker progression/salary growth over time.

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Chances for HBS r2 as a Sri Lankan female, 1.5 YOE in consulting, 2.5 YOE in impact investing research, good story and LORs, 160Q/162V/5.0AW, and 3.53 STEM from t20 UG?

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Hello Guys,
How much appraisal hike you all have got in this cycle?
In my case they provided very less hike of 3% and I have done so much work.

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Has TCS revised the stiphen for Band S?

At Accenture changing from internal analyst role to a senior analyst in digital & client facing.I am always worried about being a female and salary. What should I negotiate and expect for pay?

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Hi fishes, I'm having 2.4 yoe working in functional testing in infy current CTC is 3.5 lpa and got offer at CTS for 7lpa ( 6.8 inhand).is this good deal?
This is my first switch. So let me know this is good jump or not ?

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Well. ARKK is back.

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Hey recruiters and hiring manager... Is a cover letter really needed? Do you even read it or look at it when people are applying?

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Our school dropped AOA - interesting to see these traditional grading systems fall off the train

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Amazon is there any DLS case manager ? Needed little help on a task

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What is the salary cap for C3A grade at TCS ?

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Hey there - I recently moved from the States. Former PwC, currently in HF space. Would love to meet for coffee or drinks if anyone’s interested

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Hi TCSers,


Will we have any project specific interview or client interview before joining TCS?

Will it more like a round to reject further?

Im really worried.I still have 35 days of notice period left and I received a call from a TCS employee today and she asked me to share my resume to a project manager when asked she said it is for its tracking purpose.

Please let me know.

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I studied computer science in school but I didn’t do well due to life coming in the way. I got poor grades but ultimately finished my degree without any internship experience.

After three months of job search, I started for 45K at a construction company as a Jr App Support. After a year I shifted in to QA for 65k and now after a year of QA, I have finally gotten a position as a software engineer for 78K base.

The imposter syndrome is finally gone!

Hang in there, hard work pays off.

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Looking to connect with recruiters who specialize in Operations, Strategy, Continuous Improvement, more specifically in health tech. Also Data Analytics... I have at 3 potential leads.
Each has over 10 yoe, managerial experience, and technical exposure.

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Accenture fish -- I'm moving into Accenture soon from industry. Are there any restrictions if I wanted to move my personal investments to another firm where you are allowed to go?

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Trying to leave Deloitte - came from Accenture (regret that now). Applied to KPMG for senior associate but got rejected. switch from ACN to D was seamless so it stung. Advice on other places to apply?

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