6 Figures 6 Certs Random Thoughts Thread

[Macallik86]

Spoiler

Company just announced WFH until September and then 2 days a week in the office.

Gonna have a post-covid summer of socializing as long as I'm not too hungover in the morning lol.

Mandatory 2 days a week in the office has been pushed back to November

The latest update is we will be returning to the office in January 2022 but they saying this is the last time on some Trey Songz shyt

Finna apply for permanent WFH status when they make it available and if I get declined, I'll reevaluate whether I want to quit or not. I've been working on an hour of Power BI a day and I'm making progress

 

[Ahadi]

You can't expect it because that's a recipe for disappointment, but you have to perpetrate it when you're in the position so that the community actually grows. We're still trail blazing in the industry even though it's not headline material.

Very true. Gotta re-frame and try again.

 

[phcitywarrior]

Just copped a lightly used Herman Miller for $295. I swear, this WFH thing is a juug for most workers. A good desk and chair setup can run you close to $1K and not a lot of companies are compensating/reimbursing workers for the WFH set-up.

I got my year-end review coming up at the end of the week. Merit increase is looking like 3-4% of base (really just to stave off inflation) and then a YE bonus which should be close to 8-10% of base comp. Regardless of my feedback, I'm still out of this role by next summer tbh. I'll build out some of the dashboards I promised, improve some of the reporting functions and then go. This is a stepping stone position, no need to treat it as more than that.

Outside of that, I've given myself 2 years before I apply to B-School. What I've gathered from my mentors and friends that went B-School recently (Tuck, Wharton, HBS, Booth, Darden etc) is that unless you're going to H/W/S then schools within the top 10-15 will do you good, especially if you're coming from brand name firms. Columbia just joined Consortium as well so an opportunity for scholarship.

Next 3 months should be interesting as far as work is concerned...

 

[Sonny Bonds]

I got 2 interviews this week for non-helpdesk roles. I could finally be done with helpdesk type of positions.

 

[Rawtid]

If anyone is interested.

 

[Yinny]

Any PMPs in here? Have some qs

 

[Pyrexcup]

I just hit the 2 year mark at my current job, it's actually crazy how time flies and is so different now that im late 20s planning and thinking 6-12 months ahead feels like 3-6 months. Looking back it's wild how much time you waste throughout your life.


Covid was mainly one of the reasons I stayed more than 1 year but looks like covid will be a thing of the past by spring next year almost all restrictions over here have been lifted and most people have moved on. My exit plan is to get back to programming which I've already been doing the last couple of weeks and hope for the best in 12-14 months time, im confident my technical stem degree and some python skills will land me another tech job . Learned a lot by trying to run a side business but ultimately it has been a failure. I will give it another go when i land a new job but i really need to focus on leave this job by october-december 2022 as I've will have hit the 3 year mark by then and hit the ceiling which is generally 3 years at a tech company anyway. If the salary was decent or I enjoyed the job i wouldn't mind staying longer because one of the good perks is that there is 0 micromanagement and im free to work 100% remotely if i wasn't so focused on upskilling and trying to run a business i could have worked 2 jobs simultaneously.


2022 Exit plan
-brush up on my programming skills(already in progress)
-Get the csm cert(was originally supposed to get this in Q1 this year but was focusing on my side business)
-Have a new job between october 2022(softdate) or december 2022(hard date)

 

[phcitywarrior]

I’m actually gonna start doing some soft interviews / informational interviews now.

Getting back into the applying / interviewing groove always takes some time so better to warm up that muscle now before I actually need to use it.

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

tech has it's ups and downs, but the pay is

job market is stupid lit right now...got one company lined up where total comp is hitting for $260k+ for a fukking IC marketing role , these numbers usually align more to the tech side or director/head of level. plus there's an extra stock & sign on bonus this year

had two hiring managers hit me directly, skipping the recruiter screen and two companies dropped the presentation/assignment round to create a faster interview process cuz they were losing candidates too quickly

 

[Yinny]

What’s the point of a “community” if you can’t look after one another during an interview.



I expect too much from my ppl

I’m not following honestly?

 

[Sonny Bonds]

Got a 3% raise.

I got 2 interviews this week for non-helpdesk roles. I could finally be done with helpdesk type of positions.

Heard back from one of them. Interview with the hiring manager next week. Job pays 40k more than what I’m making with this raise.

 

[Rell Lauren]

Very realistic I don't get hired for any of these roles I'm interviewing for but they present interesting dilemmas:

Company A: Senior role, increased compensation and equitable benefits package to what I'm getting now.

Company B: Lateral move. I would get promoted to this title in a few months. Company has a lot of room for growth and potential. Compensation is flat and non negotiable. Equity and performance based bonuses are part of the package. Performance impacts equity as well.

 

[Rawtid]

Free Data Science Courses for anyone interested

 

[Yinny]

Hm wondering if reimbursement plus another year of having to stay is worth it, I can pay for the training myself tbh

 

[PrnzHakeem]

tech has it's ups and downs, but the pay is

job market is stupid lit right now...got one company lined up where total comp is hitting for $260k+ for a fukking IC marketing role , these numbers usually align more to the tech side or director/head of level. plus there's an extra stock & sign on bonus this year

had two hiring managers hit me directly, skipping the recruiter screen and two companies dropped the presentation/assignment round to create a faster interview process cuz they were losing candidates too quickly

Me and you got beef.

Stop ducking my fade, brehette