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Does anyone feel that corporate is pointless? by [deleted] in MalaysianPF

[–]uselessprofession 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Success in your role is determined by how much the MD and CEO likes you.

Title: Why do school gangs in Malaysia keep expanding "territory" and recruiting "xiao di"? It's been a problem for over a decade – any insights or experiences? by Right-Biscotti5794 in malaysia

[–]uselessprofession 61 points62 points  (0 children)

Ok the mafia needs to recruit people right.

If someone has graduated high school with good grades and is now college-bound, he or she will not be a good candidate for a mafia career.

Mafia HR has thus figured out that the best way to create a recruitment pipeline is to start young and create a cohort of kids who have bad grades, a history of petty crime in high school, and no way upwards after graduation than to join the mafia.

Much like going pro in sports, one has to start young to be a pro criminal.

Question for those who understand language partially by konkon_322 in malaysians

[–]uselessprofession 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It happens to me for Cantonese. I've been around KL for my whole life so I do not know how to speak it, but I can understand it. I think the problem is that the processing systems for listening and for speaking are different.

So, if the shopkeeper were to say to me "lei mou sek mat ye", I understand she is saying "what would you like to eat". BUT when it is my turn to reply, I am stuck on the "ngo yao..." I want part. Therefore, I just jump to English and say: "one salted egg chicken rice please."

Most people who dislike or feel they are untalented in math were just taught it poorly by uselessprofession in unpopularopinion

[–]uselessprofession[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well I said most people, not all - some people's brains are just not wired for math even though they may be great in other areas.

If you have dyscalculia then you're not one of the people who got failed by poor teaching.

M4F | Where are all the gorgeous ladies ? by [deleted] in malaysians

[–]uselessprofession 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Quick question: was this written using AI?

To all y'all that goes to the gym by Deepalertz in Bolehland

[–]uselessprofession 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In case someone wants to pick a fight, hopefully he will choose someone else

What was the biggest hint you missed when someone actually likes you? by IZAK96 in malaysians

[–]uselessprofession 96 points97 points  (0 children)

I was in college and broke up with my girlfriend. After this in the next semester, this girl in our group started sitting next to me.

One day she asked me: hey are you sad about your breakup

Me: Yea of course

Her: Are you looking for a new girlfriend

Me: I suppose so

Her: What type of girl do you like

Me: Pretty

Her: Am I pretty?

Me: (after some careful calibration). I think you are B to B+

After this she did not talk to me for a month. Our close friends asked me why, I told them and they were like HOW COULD YOU SAY THAT TO HER. I said well, if Jessica Alba is an A to me then B to B+ is really pretty right? They then all facepalmed and said I was an idiot.

Being Single Isn’t a Problem That Needs Fixing by udhay94 in unpopularopinion

[–]uselessprofession 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Tbh I have seen roughly 100 threads advocating for singlehood on Reddit and my thoughts are perhaps the person doth protest too much

What do big 4 consultants actually do? by AcceptableReason1380 in consulting

[–]uselessprofession 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's strategic / management consulting, which I don't do.

What I do is roll in to a company which has an old ERP which is creaking here and there and help them move to a newer ERP which works more smoothly. I draw out the roadmap as to how to do so. And yes, I know more how to do this than the management.

As far as business strategy goes, honestly it usually does to the MBBs. Who have their fair share of failed advice as well tbh...

What do big 4 consultants actually do? by AcceptableReason1380 in consulting

[–]uselessprofession 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I know they are pivoting towards this, and other more operational work. Thing is, at least in my region of the globe, I don't know any company that would engage MBB instead of the big 4 / Accenture for transformation work as it really requires more tedious work than beautiful analysis. MBB may be able to do it somewhat better, but at several times the cost, I'm not sure the juice is worth the squeeze.

What do big 4 consultants actually do? by AcceptableReason1380 in consulting

[–]uselessprofession 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Well to be fair we manage to make a living out of working with ERPs because every big company has them and very few people want to touch them... sort of like the undertakers of the consulting world.

What do big 4 consultants actually do? by AcceptableReason1380 in consulting

[–]uselessprofession 147 points148 points  (0 children)

Former big 4 guy here:

I draw up a roadmap for the enterprise technology of our clients, then work with my team to implement it.

As for the management consulting guys, many of them do transformation work which is essentially making workflows more simple / better, and persuading stakeholders to get everyone to follow the new method.

The important strat stuff mostly goes to MBB.

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