Wishing a Happy Deepavali to all those who celebrate! Wishing good health to you and everyone back at home. 🪔

Can anyone enlighten me on the difference between CDP and Strategy? If I have plan to move to strategy what can I do ? Also is there a part of strategy that focuses in Healthcare?

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?

Hi all, I am looking for opportunities into AWS for a sysops admin,cloud engineer
Recently my AWS solution architect associate certification got expired and will be completing AWS sysops Associate certification by end of this month Nov 2022
Currently working as network/cloud support

Skill set : AWS EC2, RDS, ALB,S3,SES
Exp : 5.5 years
Relevant exp : 3.5 years
Current CTC : 6 lak
Expected CTC : 14 lak
Pref location : Chennai, banglore

Kindly help me find a right opportunity guys!

Thoughts on Amazon and Bezos stepping into into Exec Chair and Jassy taking over as CEO?

What funds do people have in their 401k plans? And how did y’all decide allocation? Can’t tell if I should be more aggressive given I’m in my 20s.

Any HR pros able to explain the process for hiring US citizens to Canadian offices, and if that process is so onerous you would rather offer a much higher US salary to avoid it?

During my job search, I am getting a lot of recruiters asking for me to answer right to represent emails. These particular recruiters follow a same pattern and seem unprofessional. Shall I be aware and not sign these right to represents? Are they a scam? Or is it a cultural thing… can someone advise me, I’m based in the USA

Has anyone ever played Pelican Hills in SoCal?

I’ve bought Arrid Extra Dry cream deodorant by the case for decades, and they’ve stopped making it! Using Mitchum now and I don’t like the smell, I sweat through Secret... what do you all use?

Anyone looking for a house to rent in Homewood IL ?

What tech companies pay best for business strategy/ops people? Currently making $150K TC with 5YOE

I am a Mechanical Engineer currently in Structural Analysis domain for 2 years and Want to change my domain to Data Engineering or Big Data Developer. What should be my approach and ideally how long would it take to get into this industry ?

Interviewing with Oracle for Senior Director role (Strategic Client group). 18+ yoe
How is the work culture and PIP at Oracle? I have a comp discussion planned this week, any insights into their salary structure will help - base, joining bonus, RSUs, etc...

What are the various employee benefits that lilly offers?

Doge in the top 30! That, and the fact that my 70 yr old mother in law bought some of everything on coinbase should signal the beginning of the end.

Hi all! Can I open a bank account in India when I’m physically not in India?

Anyone from Huron on the group? I see booming Oracle Cloud things on there, want to know more - Risk and Controls guy from PwC.

Sabarimala. God... what’s happening in this country?

I’m sure this bowl can help me.
Does anyone remember flat, round water bottles from the early 1990s? Like for school kids? They had some kind of ice pack that you would freeze and it kept your water cool. And then you would squeeze it to drink?
I think they came in neon colors?
All the cool kids had one. Not me though 😏.

Have my IELTS on Monday, any prep/material I should read before the test? Or simply show up?

🐠- My parents have been trying to get B-1 visa appointment for few months to visit me to extend support during/after child birth. They originally were able to schedul for Oct but it was recently canceled by the counslate. The current earliest date is in March. Any suggestions on options to expedite appointment scheduling?

What kind of charity activities that you all do? Is it primarily in India? Or you have some charity in the US as well?

I had no income in India and was in US the entire year. Do I need to file IT return with 0 income?

Does anyone know impact to h1b employees when a company is wholly acquired? As some of you know now, Navigant is being acquired by guidehouse. Does a new petition need to be filled now?

Just sharing! Landed in offer at AWS over five weeks ago and still waiting on a visa transfer update from US CIS. So many work updates from other folks in these five weeks moving in and out while I am unable to share an update with my folks or celebrate in anticipation of the final approval of the petition. Trying to stay calm and collected, but sometimes it takes a toll

Can someone recommend good books on Vedic Astrology?

Have any of you Desi 🐠 taken a voice class? Though I don't have an accent, I sometimes struggle to speak cohesivly, & speak too nasally. Would love to speak like Jeremy Irons in Margin Call.

Desi folks , do you really regret your marriage ? What is that annoys you most ?

My priority date is end of 2013. My husband is only petition - we filed in oct 2020 when my date became current. If he decides to switch his job right now, will there be a lot of additional paperwork/ rework? Is it not recommended?

Does anyone here have a Tesla? Should I do it???...

I have an annual membership to tryexponent for FAANG and tech prep. I don’t need the membership anymore and have about 6-8 months. I can share my creds for $60. The content was extremely helpful, I made it to Amazon. Let me know if anyone’s interested

Looking for Indian store recommendations in NJ where I can find some desi style footwear (women) to go along with my lehenga for a wedding. I’m in Hoboken, but able to drive into the interiors. TIA!

Hey guys
What's a good birthday present for my 30 year old wife ? I got her something sentimental but I want to couple it with a few other things.