by Marquis | Jan 9, 2015 | Business, Business School, career, career path, consulting, Education, mba, McKinsey, professional advice, software engineer, Technology-related, transition
The message below came to me from a UK-based reader who has 11 years of experience as a Software Engineer. Also, he will soon be starting a distance-learning MBA program at one of the top business schools in Europe and aspires to move into management consulting after...
by Marquis | Feb 9, 2014 | Business, career, career path, IT consulting, software engineer, Technology, Technology management, Technology-related
Back in October, I did my annual visit to Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business to present to a group of its undergrad business school students. The primary purpose for the visit is to deliver a keynote speech to Freshman in the Kelley Living Learning...
by Marquis | May 23, 2010 | Business School, guest bloggers, mba, my peoples, other blogs, re-applicants, software engineer
For today’s entry, I’ve asked my friend Deepak Panigrahy to write a guest blog post to share his testimonial about the MBA application process and offer some advice to folks looking toward an MBA in the future. The story of how I know Deepak is pretty...
by Marquis | Feb 27, 2010 | Bschool admissions, consulting, Finance, IT consulting, mba, software engineer, Technology-related
The email below is from a Software Engineer who currently works in the Telecom and Finance space and is planning to apply to business school soon. His goal is to move into IT Strategy consulting with a focus on the Finance vertical and he’s wondering whether...
by Marquis | Feb 7, 2010 | Business School, career, mba, pre-MBA grad degrees, software engineer
Hi, everyone. I hope you’re all getting ready to check out what should be a great Superbowl. I’m posting a quick entry to give follow-up on the recent entry from a Software Engineer who was asking about graduate degrees that combine Engineering and...
by Marquis | Feb 3, 2010 | career, consulting, Education, pre-MBA grad degrees, software engineer, transition
The message below is from a reader whose story mirrors my own very closely…He was a Computer Science undergrad who moved on to a career as a Software Engineer, which he has been doing for five years. And, like me, he has lost his passion for that line of work...
