by Marquis | Feb 14, 2008 | career, consulting, mba, recruiting, Stanford GSB, Technology-related
What’s good, fam. I’ve been trying to write more entries lately because I feel so bad about that GSB Round 2 applicant who’d asked me some questions only to have me respond to him after the deadline for that round. I know that this is a side thing...
by Marquis | Feb 10, 2008 | Bschool admissions, career, consulting, mba, software engineer, Technology-related, transition
What’s going on, peoples. The message below is from a Java Software Engineer who feels like he’s stuck in that role and is looking for a way to break away from it…sounds familiar, right? It seems like my “hook” is helping out techies, but...
by Marquis | Jan 8, 2008 | Bschool experience, consulting, recruiting, Stanford GSB
Happy new year, everyone! I hope everyone had a happy and safe celebration to bring in 2008. What better way to bring in a new year than to start responding to reader emails again, right? :-)The email below is from a Stanford GSB applicant who would like to transition...
by Marquis | Dec 24, 2007 | career, consulting, mba, recruiting, Technology-related, transition
Happy holidays, everyone. The email below is from an engineer at Yahoo who is looking for a way to keep himself from getting pigeonholed as a techie and wants to pursue a Master’s in Management Science and Engineering at Stanford…I guess this has become an...
by Marquis | Dec 13, 2007 | career, consulting, recruiting, Technology-related
The email below is from an undergrad who is looking to get a full-time job in Consulting and wants some advice on how to approach it. He emailed me about a month ago and I feel bad for taking so long to get back to him, but I did get to this one in the order that it...
by Marquis | Dec 2, 2007 | career, consulting, private equity, transition
The email below is from a consultant at a boutique management consulting firm in India who is interested in transitioning to Private Equity in the future. As I may have mentioned on here before, my knowledge on the PE industry is still building, but I’ve tried...
