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
Happy Thanksgiving
This is going to be a short entry, but I didn't want to let this weekend pass without wishing all of you a happy Thanksgiving holiday. I trust that each of you had a nice observance of "Turkey Day" and, hopefully, were surrounded by family and friends. As for myself,...
A little something for the folks preparing for summer internship interviews
I can't believe that the full-time on-campus recruiting cycle is coming to a close...I swear time flies. It has been a rollercoaster ride of trying to get people excited about McK, seeing the interview process come and go, and trying to think forward to cultivating...
OJ Simpson has to be the stupidest guy in the world…
Oh lawd...-----------------http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/15/simpsoninterview.ap/index.htmlO.J.'s latest: 'If I Did It, Here's How It Happened'POSTED: 12:08 p.m. EST, November 15, 2006LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- In a new TV interview and book, O.J. Simpson...
Another trip back to good ol’ Palo Alto
What's up, folks. I'm writing this entry from a plane from SFO on my way back to the client site in the Midwest after having participated in the McKinsey Meet The Company presentation for the GSB's first-year students. This trip to Palo Alto should have been routine...
Helping publicize the launch of a classmate’s new startup
As you guys know, I like promoting cool companies and services offered by people I know, so here's another one. One of my GSB classmates has just launched UGenie.com, which is a search engine that scours the Internet to find the best bundled deals for a collection of...
Back at the client site…
What's up, readers. This entry is about about two things that are totally unrelated to Consulting or B-school:1. This is going to sound random, but I think it's hecka cool. Tuesday started off a little rough because my original 7:30am flight to the client site from...
New York, New York
What's up, everyone. I'm writing to you from a hotel in NYC, where I've been since Sunday night. I came to town to participate in a diversity recruiting panel at Columbia Business School and doing this event has shown me once again how devoted to diversity McKinsey...
For those of you in the ATL area who are thinking of buying a home…
This is going to be a short entry and pretty specific to folks in ATL, so, if you're from somewhere else, here's your chance to look away.A few weeks ago, I made a post where I gave a shout out to my mortgage consultant because of the great work that he did in helping...
Resource to help with learning Excel modeling
A reader recently left a comment on one of my entries asking for suggestions on how to get better at Excel modeling. For those of you who are interested, the following link is for the book that we use in the core Modeling class at Stanford GSB, "Decision Modeling with...
Good luck to everyone approaching 1st Round interviews with Consulting firms
I know that some people reading this entry are pretty nervous right now because they've got a first round with McKinsey, Bain, Booz, or some other consulting firm staring them in the face. Having been in that position only a year ago, I feel your pain but know that...