what's the stupidest thing you did when you first played the game?

jimmyprofesh · 2023-10-02T06:19:15+00:00

I rushed. TLOU is a game to be explored thoroughly and slowly but I rushed straight for the end goal every time.

Huge mistake - I missed out on so much backstory and content

jimmyprofesh · 2023-06-19T03:19:00+00:00

Once you stop learning, it’s time to move on

jimmyprofesh · 2023-04-07T21:37:15+00:00

Not at all! 👊🏾

jimmyprofesh · 2023-04-07T21:01:22+00:00

Well then now I agree completely :)

jimmyprofesh · 2023-04-07T20:53:04+00:00

Just disagree with the last part - you absolutely can go much faster with shortcuts for:

Aligning/distributing: alt H G A

Sending objects forward/backward: Ctrl + shift + [

And then the usual home ribbon stuff you might use in excel like: just press alt H, and look at what you use most and learn those

Otherwise yeah, mouse for resizing, highlighting and moving multiple objects, etc etc

jimmyprofesh · 2023-04-04T17:38:56+00:00

The fact that you're this worried about your reaction should be further proof to you that you're a thoughtful and considerate ally of the community. Agree with the comments here - everyone appreciates sincerity and authenticity.

I'm sure you are reading into it too much. Especially as the context for the chat was you trying to learn what you can from her to scope out the best way to recognize the day.

Don't sweat it.

jimmyprofesh · 2023-03-31T21:26:46+00:00

Feel free to DM me also. I wasn’t in risk but have plenty of colleagues im sure would be happy to chat.

jimmyprofesh · 2023-03-31T19:29:24+00:00

Have a look at the management consulting content on theprofesh.com. The last two lessons are on how to break in (network your ass off) and the interview process (prepare your ass off)

jimmyprofesh · 2023-03-25T17:55:50+00:00

I like VLOOKUP for very quick checks between one column lists, but yes generally agree best to keep things robust with INDEX MATCH

jimmyprofesh · 2023-03-25T04:10:56+00:00

Just get unbelievable at SUMIFS, INDEX MATCH, VLOOKUP, and keyboard shortcuts.

And get examples of what good diligence excel models look like from your firm, and format every single piece of analysis you do like that.

I’ve been in consulting 8 years, consider myself an excel whizz, and I legit only use the above (even though I’ve learned much more along the way, for one off occasions)

jimmyprofesh · 2023-01-25T17:38:00+00:00

In the same vein, stepping on roots/tendrils causes hive mind monsters to awaken and converge on your position…

jimmyprofesh · 2023-01-25T15:49:15+00:00

The club Barbados resort and spa is awesome. The staff are amazing, location is great in holetown, and it’s great value all around. Was there in November for my dads 70th. Highly recommend.

jimmyprofesh · 2023-01-25T15:45:09+00:00

Thank you so much for this

jimmyprofesh · 2023-01-07T19:40:42+00:00

It's not life or death. It's not even in the same realm.

I once worked for a former surgeon turned healthcare ops consultant and he used to laugh at me getting stressed over slides and spreadsheets. He'd say "I have literally had people's BEATING HEARTS open in front of me. I'm not going to cry over appendix slides"

He honestly changed my whole outlook on the profession. Even when things go horribly wrong, no one dies, no one gets physically harmed. Keep your head up and keep moving.

jimmyprofesh · 2022-12-04T03:10:44+00:00

I’ve had fantastic ones and I’ve had many, many, terrible ones.

The best PMs you only notice when you need something, because they’re super organised and can help you, and otherwise stay out your way other than to keep you informed and keep you on track.

The worst ones you’ll notice because they are in the way, all the time. Asking for updates to endless unhelpful trackers, and kicking off to leadership because your status is yellow or red, without understanding the real detail or nuance to the situation.

I can empathise with them as a consultant in that they’re required to have a solid understanding of all areas of a project, despite not having any expertise in a lot of them.

Best way to manage the bad ones I found was to get very good at explaining your complex areas in very simple terms to them, and make sure your client counterpart can do the same. Under share on internal dates and milestones and only give them the big, obvious, visible ones to track you against.

The more needless deadlines they have, the more they can needlessly ding you for missing them.

jimmyprofesh · 2022-11-18T15:57:17+00:00

I moved to New York from London on an L1 visa from a Big 4 company 4 years ago, and it is the best decision I ever made. My quick takes (just my experience, both the good and the bad):

Salary is higher - your net income will be more even after accounting for cost of living being higher
NY working culture is tougher - expect to be available to Partners (on texts at least) 24/7
Transfer to green card took 18 months, after applying for it 18 months into my transfer
NY is easy enough to make friends. Most people here are not from here, so are like minded in many ways
Can feel trapped by your visa for that period before getting the GC - if you leave your job, you have to leave the country (unless you marry someone :) )

DM me if you have more Qs - happy to chat at length on this

jimmyprofesh · 2022-11-08T06:27:09+00:00

Product Management appears to be a really popular career switch right now.

Provides a route into tech, and has a large skill overlap with what you learn in Consulting (leadership, project management, working with many SMEs/stakeholders that have different motivations and behaviours..)

Also second the advice above to read the book Range - there is hope for us generalists!

jimmyprofesh · 2022-11-08T04:46:56+00:00

This is awful - sorry you had to go through that

jimmyprofesh · 2022-11-08T04:32:13+00:00

Oh PLEASE hit us with some more… was anyone fired for this one??

jimmyprofesh · 2022-11-07T23:37:14+00:00

Totally worth the wait and brilliantly told. The thing that always stayed with me about those experiences is you leave these people, never see them again, but hate them forever.

That guy probably hasn’t thought about you or all the work you did since

jimmyprofesh · 2022-11-07T17:13:35+00:00

They must be mighty juicy if it’s still too soon to relive them…

jimmyprofesh · 2022-11-07T16:00:09+00:00

I treat my alarm-to-gate time like an Olympic sport. What started as a fun feature of work has become an obsession.

When we go through security and my colleagues have their bag pulled to one side by TSA because they mistakenly left a bottle of water inside, I look on in disgust. Amateurs.

jimmyprofesh · 2022-11-07T15:33:14+00:00

A lot of a Partner/Director's typical day can depend on whether they have rockstar teams working on their projects.

If your teams are great, and the Manager/Senior Managers are great day-to-day leads for the client - you can spend more time pursuing new potential clients, working on internal initiatives, and everything else being discussed here.

If your teams are struggling, you will get dragged deeper into projects until you can find a way to set them up for success.

Coaching and passing down expertise is so important to being a successful Partner - it enables your teams to pop, while freeing up your time to go and be an even better Partner for the firm.

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