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It’s been a while since I made a "Story" posting…

by Marquis | Jul 15, 2007 | Business School, consulting, mba, notable organizations, other sites

What’s up, everyone. I hope this entry finds you enjoying your weekend. I just got in from the airport a little while and realized that I hadn’t posted anything in a while, so I thought it would be worth sharing a little about where I’ve been. I just...

Reader looking for case interview practice partners

by Marquis | Jul 3, 2007 | consulting, recruiting

Hello all. I’m posting this message on behalf of a reader who is about to make a run at the consulting companies and needs someone to practice cases with. He saw the post I made for another reader while ago and thought this would be a good way for people to...

Pursuing an MBA vs. a consulting job after finishing a Master’s degree?

by Marquis | Jun 5, 2007 | career, consulting, mba

The email that I’m responding to in this message is from a young lady that I met at a conference back in February. She’s currently in a Public Health grad program and is very interested in making the move toward consulting after she finishes up. In the...

Starting off as a programmer versus an I-banker…continued

by Marquis | May 27, 2007 | career, consulting, Technology-related

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....

Job advice to a CS grad looking at consulting in a few years

by Marquis | May 23, 2007 | career, consulting, Technology-related

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...

Follow-up to May 20th entry

by Marquis | May 22, 2007 | Business School, consulting, mba, recruiting

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...
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