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Giving advice on B-school, career guidance, and a perspective on the value of analytics

by Marquis | Aug 26, 2007 | career, consulting, mba, Technology-related, transition

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...

Making a career switch to an unfamiliar industry

by Marquis | Aug 21, 2007 | consulting, mba, Technology-related

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...

Answering the "What makes me different?" question for an MBA application

by Marquis | Aug 13, 2007 | Bschool admissions, consulting, mba, Technology-related

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...

Question from an MD considering consulting as a career

by Marquis | Aug 5, 2007 | APD recruiting, consulting, mba

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...

Mass exodus from the tech industry into consulting???

by Marquis | Aug 2, 2007 | Bschool admissions, consulting, mba, Technology-related

What’s up, y’all. I think I’m going to try to go for one entry every week or two from now on to make myself be more consistent with updates because I hate leaving people hanging waiting for responses to emails. I often respond to some emails immediately because...

There sure are some forward thinking undergrads out there…

by Marquis | Jul 22, 2007 | Bschool admissions, career, consulting, mba

Wow, I can’t believe I was actually able to respond to two emails over the course of a single weekend…that hasn’t happened in a LONG time. This entry is from an undergraduate who is trying to figure out which career path would be best for him to pursue if he...
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