A major component of this site is a weblog that has had several lives, from its start as a featured MBA applicant/student blog on a separate site to its own presence on the Blogger system and now to its own domain as my personal website.
As you read through the entries, you'll see me go through three distinct phases in my life:
- Pre-MBA experience: Experiences that one typically goes through before matriculating at business school
- Life as an MBA student: Highs and lows of my time as a student at the Stanford Graduate School of Business in much more detail than most would expect to see
- Post-MBA life...and serving as a career/education/life coach to the masses: Responses to questions emailed to me by readers, where I use what I have learned through my own missteps and experiences to help others achieve their goals and avoid making the same misstepsÂ
Now, we’ve got high schoolers looking ahead to B-school…
What's up, y'all. Remember when I said how impressed I was with the college undergrads who email me? Well, the email below is from a high school senior who is already thinking about getting an MBA. What is it in the water nowadays that's making young people think...
Update on the subject of the "pigeon-holed techie" post
The following email is from a reader that felt pigeon-holed as a techie and wanted some advice on applying for business school. Well, he got a couple of acceptance letters and now he's looking for some advice on making his choice. I don't exactly make the choice for...
Question about Pre-MBA consultants in B-school
The email below actually asks be a B-school-related question, which is something I haven’t had in a while. It seems that most of the emails I get nowadays are about consulting. But, this one has a tie to consulting, so I guess it isn’t totally away from this...
Just a quick reminder…
I just wanted to post a reminder that I do this blog on my off-time and I DO have a day-job. So, if you send me an email and I don't respond in a couple of days, it's probably because I've been busy and haven't had a chance to get to it yet. Also, I have a decent...
Question about my perspective on JD/MBA programs
What's going on, peoples. The following email is from a consultant at Accenture that I met at a networking event a couple of months ago. His question is about JD/MBA programs and, while my answer is short, I posted it anyway because I thought it was an interesting...
Question about technology consulting
What's good, y'all. The email below is from a software engineer who is planning on applying to business school and wants to pursue technology consulting as a career. He asks several questions that I've answered on here before (so I refer him to those old entries...
Question from a PhD in Biotechnology…
Hey there, everyone. Today’s entry is in response to an email from a PhD in Biotechnology who is interested in a career change to Consulting. He wants to know how to direct his career to position himself as an APD candidate for a consulting firm and, while I’ve...
It always surprises me when I get recognized
What's up, y'all. As some of you may have noticed, I started this blogging thing four years ago this month and, in that time, my stuff's probably been read by a few thousand people (I'm not sure because I've never added a counter). So, I guess I shouldn't be surprised...
Quick advice for a CS undergrad moving toward business
The email below came in from an undergraduate who is about to finish up her Computer Science degree but doesn’t really have a passion for programming…familiar story, right? Well, she’s interested in moving toward consulting, so I tried to give her some advice to...
More on CareerCore
I just got this follow-up email from CareerCore's founder:-----------------Andrea wrote:"If you're referring it toyoung people (college through graduate school), here are a few specificthings they might find interesting1. COREvaluations that assess their...