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 | Feb 3, 2008 | Bschool experience, Joint degree, Stanford GSB
What’s good, folk. The email below is from a Round 1 applicant to the GSB who was applying for the MBA/MA.Ed joint-degree program. Unfortunately, my backlog of emails kept me from being able to respond until now and those decisions went out a couple of weeks...
by Marquis | Feb 2, 2008 | career, internship, mba, recruiting, transition
Hello all. The email below is from a young lady who didn’t give me a whole lot of info about herself but is looking for guidance on how to find an internship. Normally, I can come up with some good advice because the writer has given me a lot to go on, but, in...
by Marquis | Jan 20, 2008 | Bschool admissions, career, mba, recruiting, Technology-related
What’s going on, everyone. So, I was just checking the gmail account for this blog and I realized how many people don’t even take the time to send a “thank you” email after I’ve taken the time to write a thorough response. I know...
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...
