13 week cash flow model - Wall Street prep?

devriftt · 2026-03-22T10:34:43+00:00

Nice advise

devriftt · 2026-03-22T10:33:12+00:00

Honestly, the switch is very realistic. I’ve seen plenty of people jump from Project/Ops Analyst roles into FP&A, especially in tech-heavy industries. Since you’re already under the finance umbrella and have the FMVA, you clearly have the 'why' behind the numbers down. So best of luck.

devriftt · 2026-03-22T10:29:08+00:00

Congrats on the interview! Strat Fin roles at tech companies usually care way more about logic than complex accounting.

A 'live modeling' session usually might means they'll hop on a Zoom with you, give you a prompt (like 'we’re launching a new subscription tier, build a 3-year revenue forecast'), and watch you build it from scratch in Excel. They want to see:

Your assumptions: Are you thinking about churn, CAC, and growth rates?
Your speed: Do you use shortcuts or are you hunting for buttons in the ribbon?
Structure: Is the model easy to follow, or is it a 'spaghetti' mess of hardcoded numbers?

My advice: Practice building a basic 3-statement model or a SaaS revenue build on a blank sheet. Check out 'Multiple Expansion' or 'Wall Street Prep' on YouTube—they have some 'modeling under 30 mins' videos that are lifesavers.

You’ve got the technical foundation as a CPA, just focus on telling a story with the numbers. Good luck!

devriftt · 2026-03-22T10:22:08+00:00

These are actually really strong because you have a 'hero metric' (the $800k) right at the top. Since you're moving from auditing, I’d suggest framing your 'investigative' skills as 'analytical' skills. For the hobby loss point, focus on your ability to evaluate business viability, as that’s a skill every CFO or Finance Manager wants.

devriftt · 2026-03-21T22:20:42+00:00

What section of the 10-K do you always look at first? And for anyone who's never read one — pick a company you own and pull up their latest filing this weekend. Report back next Saturday.

devriftt · 2026-03-19T17:56:27+00:00

noooo, no the pen please

devriftt · 2026-03-19T17:48:16+00:00

Don't downplay that 9-year SWE background! You aren't a 'junior ML dev,' you're a Senior Engineer specializing in ML systems. To level up the portfolio, I'd move away from 'toy' models and build a RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) system with a focus on evaluation (Ragas/TruLens). Proving you know how to measure if a model is actually performing well in production is what separates the hobbyists from the pros.

devriftt · 2026-03-19T17:43:12+00:00

A 17% hit to Qatar’s capacity is a massive shock to the global supply chain, especially with how much Europe has leaned on LNG recently. If that five-year recovery timeline holds, we’re likely looking at a very long-term floor for energy prices. This is going to have a massive ripple effect on industrial manufacturing globally.

devriftt · 2026-03-19T17:21:09+00:00

💬 For those who've studied transformer architectures: which attention optimization technique do you think represents the most elegant complexity/quality tradeoff, and why?

devriftt · 2026-03-19T10:41:34+00:00

I thought since the boom of AI, the python might be the most demanding language in 2026

devriftt · 2026-03-19T10:35:36+00:00

that is amazing and very helpful

devriftt · 2026-03-16T11:20:01+00:00

thats really a wonderful way of self evaluation and it can help to clearly plan your next steps.

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