6 Figures 6 Certs Random Thoughts Thread

[phcitywarrior]

They need to start asking themselves what makes an employee want to do exceptional work, and how do they continue to provide that so that they will.

I feel if more companies had some sort of partnership scheme where employees had stake/equity in the company’s performance then we might see a shift. Similar to how upper management is comped on performance targets.

Salary is trading in time for money, even on the pay slips the 2 weeks of pay is calculated on 80hrs, with that set up, there isn’t an incentive per se to go above and beyond outside of wanting to move up the ladder. At least in sales and trading more hours could mean more money since you eat what you kill.

I think it behooves management to better understand their talent pool. Know the folks who just wanna do the 9-5 and give them tasks accordingly, those who want to go above and beyond, do the same to them.

My former manager said he didn’t want promotion passed his VP level atm. SVP would require traveling every 2 weeks of the month and the stress isn’t worth it to him especially with his young kids, he likes to attend his son’s basketball games and spend time with his family or go trade options with his pals

 

[Rawtid]

Most of this so called "quiet quitting" is just enforcing a healthy work life balance. fukk I look like answering calls and messages after the work day is over? Somebody's bytch, that's what. Up until recently I was paid below market (still am in many respects) so I had less incentive to be at somebody's beck and call. Now I'm just jaded enough to know better.

They talked about employees not wanting to go above and beyond. If there's no reason to, why do it? I did 3 years in the top performance rating, putting out work that out the seniors to shame, and I barely got raises beyond what everyone else got. They need to start asking themselves what makes an employee want to do exceptional work, and how do they continue to provide that so that they will.

My problem is so called exceptional work being tied to time. No one needs to slave at an establishment to do a good job, that's typically an indicator of a poor company culture, mainly being unorganized. How about be clear on deliverables and overall goals, then people can easily determine how much time/effort to apply. Keeping people busy with bullshyt is not effective and people shouldn't feel ashamed or something because they don't always have a full day of work. There still has to be time for professional development which should be happening on company time.

 

[Obreh Winfrey]

There still has to be time for professional development which should be happening on company time.

My college grad program sold us that dream. 20% of time to professional development. Yeah right, got loaded up with so much work, then we talk to our manager and he said it was a time management thing that we needed to coordinate with our partner teams. As you would expect, next to nobody is willing to lighten the workload to allow for that. So in reality it was 100% focus on deliverables if you didn't get placed on a team doing trivial work. shytty way to treat the new kids on the block.

 

[Tr0yTV]

Had final interviews at two companies. Glad it’s over. Pretty sure I got one of them. Gonna take a month or two off then start interviewing again. If they offer, I’ll have two jobs.

 

[ViShawn]

Could someone give me book recommendations on the following subjects:

- Macro Economics
- Game Theory
- Probability/Statistics

Appreciate it.

 

[Macallik86]

If you want accessible and mainstream, The Signal and the Noise by Nate Silver was a good read re: Probability/Statistics.

Depending on your preferred method of learning, I'd also recommend the highest-rated, most popular courses on Udemy in each subject as a more interactive way to learn.

 

[null]

Could someone give me book recommendations on the following subjects:

- Macro Economics
- Game Theory
- Probability/Statistics

Appreciate it.

have a look on Cross Validated and Mathematics Stack Exchange for the prob/stats

sorry I don't know what the (current) best are

 

[Serious]

@Hathaway you want to make 6figs?

You need to surround yourself with people who make that.

 

[Rawtid]

@Hathaway you want to make 6figs?

You need to surround yourself with people who make that.

Period. Even if it’s just people online! Hell they might be the only ones that will share their salary. In real life they say things like “I do ok for myself”.

 

[Hathaway]

@Hathaway you want to make 6figs?

You need to surround yourself with people who make that.

I know man. It's difficult trying to ingratiate my self with white men to learn their ways so I ask questions and just listen. Forming relationships with them is tough. I live in a small suburb, majority white. Not a lot of black men/women around here making 6 figures. I'm trying to be one of the few.

 

[Serious]

My problem is so called exceptional work being tied to time. No one needs to slave at an establishment to do a good job, that's typically an indicator of a poor company culture, mainly being unorganized. How about be clear on deliverables and overall goals, then people can easily determine how much time/effort to apply. Keeping people busy with bullshyt is not effective and people shouldn't feel ashamed or something because they don't always have a full day of work. There still has to be time for professional development which should be happening on company time.

This is a big one.

I feel like a lot of times people keep themselves busy by stacking their calendars up with a lot of fluff meetings to appear productive.

Once again, I remember working in a few offices, a good portion of the day(not just passing by) was spent socializing, talking about kids/ the weekend/ vacation.


The truth is, my days are typically done within 3-5 hours of work. And a good portion of that is in fluff meetings. I'm not hating just calling it what it is.

 

[Rawtid]

I know man. It's difficult trying to ingratiate my self with white men to learn their ways so I ask questions and just listen. Forming relationships with them is tough. I live in a small suburb, majority white. Not a lot of black men/women around here making 6 figures. I'm trying to be one of the few.

It’s a whole bunch of us on the internet…no cap though. Talk to our black asses online. You don’t have to discuss shyt with white folks. We all we got and it’s money out here to make!

 

[Serious]

I know man. It's difficult trying to ingratiate my self with white men to learn their ways so I ask questions and just listen. Forming relationships with them is tough. I live in a small suburb, majority white. Not a lot of black men/women around here making 6 figures. I'm trying to be one of the few.

You don't have to be any of that. But I know you're in the process of trying boss up.

I remember being down bad myself a few years ago, and this section gave me a few ideas and careers to pursue.

A couple years later I'm doing aight.

I work from home, have meetings with my camera off. So I doubt most of my colleague even know what I look like.

The point is, let this section be your community, inspiration or place ask ideas. There's a lot resourceful people and information here.

 

[Rawtid]

This is a big one.

I feel like a lot of times people keep themselves busy by stacking their calendars up with a lot of fluff meetings to appear productive.

Once again, I remember working in a few offices, a good portion of the day(not just passing by) was spent socializing, talking about kids/ the weekend/ vacation.


The truth is, my days are typically done within 3-5 hours of work. And a good portion of that is in fluff meetings. I'm not hating just calling it what it is.

All of this. I can honestly say I've never worked in a corporate job where there was consistently a full day's worth of work. I've bullshytted so much and in a variety of ways. It wasn't until recent years I used that time to "study" or build skills in some way.

Remote work has been a godsend. I don't have chores on weekends and rarely in the evening aside from washing dishes. I use all that "fluff" time to my advantage, shut my PC down in the evening and actually enjoy my evening. With commuting, a lot of stuff I get done during the day, I couldn't tackle until evening or weekends.

 

[Serious]

Get your butts back in the office :





Tomorrow will be big day brehs and brehettes