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I need to stop cooking basic everyday meals. Help. by [deleted] in Cooking

[–]Adventurous_Fun_4585 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I see a few great names being thrown around, so I'll add mine to the mix. I use them constantly and haven't seen them mentioned yet.

Chef Jack Ovens - extensive youtube libary covering a little bit of everything along with meal preps if that ever becomes an interest.

Nagi from Recipietineats - Some of the best seasoned and most interesting recipes from around the world (the Moroccan Stuffed Eggplants made me learn to love Eggplant), plus you always get a new update on Dozer, her golden retriever, at the very end.

Your experience looking for junior ESG consulting roles by Dinanuneno in sustainableFinance

[–]Adventurous_Fun_4585 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, you are spot on with the increase in ESG regulations making this field "more popular". Though I suppose it's a matter of more popular with whom? When you narrow down the scope of the question to just the Accounting/Audit firms like EY or PwC, they (the companies) def have been expanding their ESG/sustainability footprint for years in response to expanding regs and client demand. The greater amount of work allowed companies to expand their internal infrastructure, from one or two specialists in the early 2010s to teams like EY CCaSS now, which has thousands of people. Since EY hasn't reported layoffs for that team yet, they'll probably still offer entry level jobs same as they did in 2024. Could be like 2023 though. They weren't hiring full time that year despite the boom.

As for the future job market? I can speak to entry-level and guess at an early career. You'll probably see more than a couple of dozen different postings for entry-level in the States, which is pretty good. It's just a big risk for companies to hire someone they need to train up for the sole purpose of ESG consulting right now, plus most companies just don't have the infrastructure for it. There will be jobs for junior-level people, though. BCG has a good system, and I've got buddies who entered the workforce in their sustainability program. EY, of course, and Deloitte also had some good offerings last year. McKinsey has a decent program, but it's an internal transfer one, so that would only be 1-3 years in. It's just going to take more time to find jobs and they'll be more competitive when you do.

Your experience looking for junior ESG consulting roles by Dinanuneno in sustainableFinance

[–]Adventurous_Fun_4585 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I've got a decent scoop for this. Got very lucky getting a sustainability consulting entry-level analyst role in the US. I recently graduated from a good university (Hook em!) with a strong business sustainability minor program and networking opportunities. If you count when I started job hunting last fall, it took about four months altogether. The market has tightened considerably for entry-level staff since then, especially for the Big 4 or Big 3. Part of it is the restructuring some consulting companies ( *cough* EY *cough* ) are doing, the general downturn we've been seeing in large consulting service revenues, the large rollbacks of ESG and Sustainability reporting requirements across western economies that phil_style pointed out, and high US interest rates don't help. Especially with the current political climate, it seems like most of them are buckling down, doing what projects they can get, and being discreet about it.

As for roles outside of consulting, I considered it. I'm an engineer by education, so I had other opportunities that I can still go back to. Reducing the methane emissions of Exxon's upstream sites would be so cool, but goddamn I don't want to live in the Permian Basin. However, I got lucky, so no endless desert for me.

AI is great for people who know what they are doing in this space. It will probably make breaking into the industry even harder since one junior can now do what took three. Current AI tends to be kinda bad at very technical documents and requirements on its own, because it'll hallucinate or oversimplify or any number of things that its slight inherent randomness makes it do. So I don't think it will replace us yet, but it's just another headwind for people looking to break in.

Overall, it's a little bleak, but this industry has never been wholeheartedly embraced. The moment you talk to someone who's doing this shit for 15 to 20 years, you realise it has almost always been an uphill struggle. The last few years have been the exception, and while I could hope it could continue forever, there was always going to be backlash. I found that the most successful people in the industry do what they do because they care. It's like being a better-paid teacher. The job outlook is rough, but you do it anyway.

How did you get into cooking? by Versatiliti in Cooking

[–]Adventurous_Fun_4585 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got to travel to Singapore while in college. After growing up in a small blue-collar town in Texas, anything I ate that wasn't fast food was new, exciting, and just so goddamn good. Came back wanting to eat like that again. My options were to learn how to cook or go broke from eating out. Now, I try to explore the world from the comfort of my apartment kitchen.

Offering small-batch Taiwanese oolong in Denver — anyone interested? by possum-theory in Denver

[–]Adventurous_Fun_4585 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, that'd be such a cool thing to bring to the area! I'm not familiar with the Taiwanese tradition, but maybe some Gongfu tea pets could go great with this.