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
Starting off as a programmer versus an I-banker…continued
I just got a follow-up email to my last entry response from T.Y., so I thought I'd post it up here. It looks like my words helped him see that a switch over to the business side would be a more attractive option for him than starting off on the techie side. I'm not...
Job advice to a CS grad looking at consulting in a few years
The funny thing about refocusing this blog toward answering people's questions is that the inflow of emails is so unpredictable. Sometimes, I'll go a couple of weeks with no messages and then I'll get a bunch in a couple of days, which is what's going on currently....
Follow-up to May 20th entry
I got a follow up email from the reader I responded to on May 20th and thought I should post it along with the latest response...----------M.B. wrote:Marquis, I am famous now! Just kidding, thanks again so much for all of the advice, and the blog posting. I decided...
A few words on ‘corporate politics’
What's up, y'all. I have been having an email exchange with my Stanford GSB alumni mentor over the past couple of days and he recently sent me some advice that I wanted to share. I was matched up with my mentor during my first year and, as after a long career as a...
Important traits for consulting candidates
The following message is from a reader that I've been giving some advice to about his b-school choices. In his email, he asks about the important things that the firms look for in a candidate. My response is a short one, but I think it covers the question. If he sends...
Heading back to Palo Alto
I'm writing this entry from a plane to the Bay area, where I'm heading to participate in my first Stanford GSB reunion. I was a little leary of going at first because it was so far to go from ATL to Palo Alto. Also, going to a GSB event can be somewhat exhausting...
Request for case interview practice partners
What's going on, y'all. I'm writing this entry from a hotel in Philly, where I am for McK's annual BCSS Conference. I plan on writing an entry about this experience when I have some more time. For now, I'd like to post the following request for case interview practice...
Helping out a fellow Princeton Tiger
I received the following email from a college friend of mine to publicize a new book that was written by another Princeton grad. I don't know the guy, but I've got to help out my fellow Princetonian. The book actually sounds interesting, so i might just pick it up...
Something for the waitlisters out there.
In this entry, I'm responding to an email from an applicant who is trying to get off of the GSB's waitlist. This is a situation that I KNOW some of the readers out there can identify with, so I tried to make my response as general as possible. For those of you reading...
Upcoming event for Entrepreneurs
I recently got the following in an email and thought that some of the future and current entrepreneurs out there might be interested in it. This could be a good way for some of you to get the exposure necessary to take your businesses to the next level. Y'all know I...