Secure Da Bag
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Short term. Black ceo investment Twitter is posting screenshots of dividend returns and I’m like bruh wtf is a dividend
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They authorized jeans Monday - Friday starting 01 Sep. 3 days of telework and casual dress just won me over. I’m going to chill on any interviewing for now and see if I can just relax, focus on school and ride out this year.
School will be done March 2020 and my contract expires October of the same year, which gives me like 6 months to revisit my career plans. I know for sure I’m going to get my business off the ground and if I can finesse a Corp to Corp agreement or get to a point where I can bid on government contracts that would be a vibe.
I went to this career fair my job gave and the small business administration was there and told me to call them when I’m ready and they will help me. I’m anxious to see how it all plays out. I’ll try to be as positive as I can for now. I can’t lie, being content for now feels good.
School will be done March 2020 and my contract expires October of the same year, which gives me like 6 months to revisit my career plans. I know for sure I’m going to get my business off the ground and if I can finesse a Corp to Corp agreement or get to a point where I can bid on government contracts that would be a vibe.
I went to this career fair my job gave and the small business administration was there and told me to call them when I’m ready and they will help me. I’m anxious to see how it all plays out. I’ll try to be as positive as I can for now. I can’t lie, being content for now feels good.
Secure Da Bag
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Masters?
Yes. I’m doing data analytics with a specialization in project management.
Frangala
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Heard about massive layoffs in the finance industry specifically investment banks due to uncertainty
Very few things are worse than working on a project with the wrong teammates or with a team that is passive aggressive in their dealings towards you.
No deals to be made supposedly. Idk if now if the right time for me to pivot into a consulting type gig....nah gonna push forward. I’ve hit the cap at my current role.
Frangala
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What type of consulting? Management consulting?
More or else. Deloitte, EY, Accenture the whole 9. The issue about those big firms is that during a downturn consultants are the first to get cut. Lol, no one’s gonna be spending money to hire outside help. Do it in house.
But with consulting you get a strong skillset, exposure to industry best practices and brand name recognition to pivot. Looking back, I should have done consulting fresh out of undergrad but I didn’t have the grades to even get a first round nor was I well mentored (and I didn’t seek the right help either).
MBB is pretty much out of scope unless it’s post-MBA. But I don’t really care to do Consulting post MBA unless in Africa (less travel) and even then, I’d rather be in Africa doing my own thing. But I do understand the access a top consulting firm can give you and you need to start somewhere (and with capital to an extent).
If I’m gonna do corporate in the short term then it’s gotta be in a field that gives me the best opportunities to pivot.
I honestly think IB might actually be a better play long term. African Development Bank would be an ideal type of place to cut my teeth on large scale investments in Africa. ADB has preference for finance types over consultants and I have some people in there.
And these recruiters playing me like the 1-2. But we push on.
C’est la vie
Frangala
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More or else. Deloitte, EY, Accenture the whole 9. The issue about those big firms is that during a downturn consultants are the first to get cut. Lol, no one’s gonna be spending money to hire outside help. Do it in house.
But with consulting you get a strong skillset, exposure to industry best practices and brand name recognition to pivot. Looking back, I should have done consulting fresh out of undergrad but I didn’t have the grades to even get a first round nor was I well mentored (and I didn’t seek the right help either).
MBB is pretty much out of scope unless it’s post-MBA. But I don’t really care to do Consulting post MBA unless in Africa (less travel) and even then, I’d rather be in Africa doing my own thing. But I do understand the access a top consulting firm can give you and you need to start somewhere (and with capital to an extent).
If I’m gonna do corporate in the short term then it’s gotta be in a field that gives me the best opportunities to pivot.
I honestly think IB might actually be a better play long term. African Development Bank would be an ideal type of place to cut my teeth on large scale investments in Africa. ADB has preference for finance types over consultants and I have some people in there.
And these recruiters playing me like the 1-2. But we push on.
C’est la vie
The AFDB is extremely competitive they require a Master's for their young professionals program where men have to be under 33 to qualify and under 32 for women but they tend to pick the cream of the crop (i.e reputable internationally competitive schools) with solid work experience.
Management Consulting out of undergrad is the move and easiest way to get in the door. McKinsey for example don't like to hire young people who have had ton of professional experience post undergrad because they want to indoctrinate them into thinking the "McKinsey way" but the others you should be fine. Your other shot is Competitive/Selective MBA program to get in that door.
I got two family members at AfDB at the moment. One of my boys interned there as well. Like you said, a solid MBA plus 3 yrs of solid work experience would be good for the AfDB.
This is still Africa. You can substitute a couple years of work experience with the right connections
Besides, my football age is 26
I’ll be in Nigeria this Christmas so I’ll can start doing some early networking.
Back to McKinsey, yep. One of my mentors worked there post undergrad for 3 years before he went to Bschool. He said it’s pretty much UG or MBA that they hire from. Very select people come outside of those two channels. My sister just started at Bain and she pretty much confirmed this.
Lowkey I gotta him up and find out how he’s been.
For the other consulting/accounting firms, they are far more lenient. But to be honest, their consulting is more like augmented labor/contracting.
What were those purchases?
NeilCartwright
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American home sales
Lowe’s
Optimum (not sure what this is)
He still wouldn’t tell me what he spent the money on. He got out the truck yesterday, and the logistics company put me in contact with a new driver.
I ended up making a contract, separate from the logistics company, that spells out everything the position entails.
Ended up calling the magistrate court. They said I can pay $99, take it to court and have them garnish his wages or put a lien on his property. I don’t wanna have to do all that, I’ll probably keep these next three checks coming to recoup the money he spent. He gotta hold that L.
That’s part of the game, I’d rather deal with this at 25, put the systems in place, then by 35 be more seasoned to where we don’t even get in this situation again.
Not really IT related, but if anyone is looking for a job, Delta’s hiring:
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anyone here got experience working as a technical consultant? I have had 2 out 4 interviews i think for this small consulting american company but it's a salesforce shop 
the interview i had today was with the technical manager which i think i killed however so far the interviews have been easy almost abit too easy? I read on reddit about people talking about avoiding staying too much in salesforce positions as they pidgeonhole you
the interview i had today was with the technical manager which i think i killed however so far the interviews have been easy almost abit too easy? I read on reddit about people talking about avoiding staying too much in salesforce positions as they pidgeonhole you