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
The top business schools: the pros, cons, and associated ‘Office Space’ references…hahahahahaha!
Just got this from my man Jon and it made me laugh out loud.--------1.) Harvard - Pros: The best academic brand in the world,people from East Timor will know where you went to school. Graduates areextremely polished and dynamic leaders. its no coincidence that so...
Giving advice on B-school, career guidance, and a perspective on the value of analytics
The email responded to in this message is from yet another former engineer who is looking at business school and consulting. You know, there seem to be a lot of techies making this transition and there isn’t a lot of information out there to help them. I hope the...
Helping a GSB classmate publicize his new company
I just got the email from my man Joost (GSB '06) to announce the launch of his company's new site GlobalMotion.com. It sounds like a really good concept and, best of all, it will be driven by inputs of the general public, including all of you. Please take a look at...
Preparing for consulting firm interactions at conferences in the Fall
The email below is from a young lady that I met at the 2007 MBA Jumpstart event that I attended last month. During the dinner, I spoke to several of the candidates about a variety of topics, including working in consulting, my employer, and a quick exercise referred...
Making a career switch to an unfamiliar industry
What's going on, folks. I've got another request from an IT guy trying to make the transition over to business school and consulting. When I started writing this blog, I had no idea that there were so many people out there who felt similarly stuck in IT like I did. I...
‘Chocolate Rain’ is my joint right now
By now, many of you have probably seen the YouTube video of "Chocolate Rain" by Tay Zonday because it's been one of the biggest web clips of recent memory. Many people have clowned this kid for his voice and I laughed like crazy the first time I saw it (and its many...
Answering the "What makes me different?" question for an MBA application
What's up, y'all. It looks like the exodus of techies out of IT and into Bschool and consulting is going to continue for a long while. The message below is from an IT engineer who is trying to figure out a way to differentiate himself as he looks to reapply to...
Moving from an MBA/Consulting to a position at the UN
This entry is a bit of a stretch for me because the reader is asking me about job advice for a gig at the United Nations. I've never worked there and I'm nowhere close to an expert on this, but I'm going to try to break this into pieces and address each part. The...
Business and Operations Strategy Associate position available at Google
I think this is a first on this blog, but I was contacted by a recruiter about what sounds like a great position at Google and thought I'd pass it along. This job sounds like a fast-paced opportunity to be involved with the most innovative company to come along in...
Question from an MD considering consulting as a career
The email below is from a soon-to-be MD who is trying to decide whether to pursue a residency or consulting career after med school. This situation is a first for me, but, given the entry I'd done on APD candidates a few weeks ago, I believe my words might have been...