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
Launch of a site devoted to providing career guidance to professionals and students
Hey there, folks. I just received an email from one of the founders of Management Leaders for Tomorrow (MLT), which, in my opinion, is the premier comprehensive MBA application prep and undergrad career prep organization in the US today. She was writing to let me know...
Question about pursuing a joint degree
The email below is from an Engineer who wants to make a career change into strategy and finance, but isn't sure if he needs only an MBA or if he should also pursue another grad degree at the same time. I guess I can add a little context here because of the joint...
Take a second to help cure ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease)
As you guys know, I'm a big fan of spreading information about organizations that I believe to be worthwhile causes. Well, I got an email from my man Nate this morning about a non-profit org called Prize4Life that he started last year with one of his HBS classmates,...
Using a grad degree to make up for so-so undergrad performance
The email below is from another techie who is interested in business school and his story is surprisingly similar to mine. He's a Computer Science major who wasn't exactly a math whiz, got a good programming job, and went back to school to get a grad degree before...
Please be mindful of this going forward…
What's going on. This entry is going to be a short one, but it seems necessary to post. As you know, I've been doing this blog for a while to help people and, to be honest, it makes me feel good to be helping folks. Unfortunately, requests for help can sometimes go...
Seeking info on how Bschool can prepare one for consulting and then moving toward entrepreneurship
What’s going on, y’all. The email below is from “a Physicist turned Economist†who is interested in getting an MBA from Columbia and then moving on into Consulting. As I’ve said on here before, I have never worked in an admissions office before, so, when I...
Moving into product management after B-school
The following email is from a Software Engineer who is interested in moving into product management at a Tech company after getting an MBA. His email showed me the power that available information about business schools can have in guiding people in their post-MBA...
Article on resume tips from CNN.com/CareerBuilder.com
I just found the following article on CNN.com and thought it would be useful to some of you who are ready to start the recruiting process in the near future. You'd be shocked at the number of candidates who go against the basic best practices in their resumes and then...
Technology Consulting opportunity in Los Angeles
What's up, y'all. This is post #300 and I'm using it to post this job opportunity that came my way. I hope it might be a fit for some of you. Take care.-------SVC Consulting (http://www.strategicvisionconsulting.com) has several openings for IT consultants and Project...
An undergrad trying to set himself up for an MBA/MPP joint degree program
What's up, y'all. The email responded to in this entry is from a college senior who is asking about how his background fits for an MBA/MPP degree. As I've said on here before, I've never worked for an Admissions office at a business school, so my read on his candidacy...