A little advice for techies considering B-school

This morning, I got an email from one of the readers of this blog (shout out to Forrest G.) who has a background similar to mine (software engineer trying to move into business). He asked about the potential of moving into technology consulting and post-MBA roles in...

Right about now, your boy is pretty tired…

This has been one of the longest weeks I’ve had in the workplace since back in 2000 when I was still at Scient. This is my second week on this project and the third week overall for the project, so I was expecting things to still be moving pretty slowly, but I...

Sometimes, it’s the little things that matter…

Yesterday, I went down to Atlantic City to go to the christening ceremony for one of my college roommates’ new daughter. It all started off in NYC with me trying to rent a car, which turned into a major hassle. I did everything right by reserving a car for a 9am...

Week 1 of the summer internship is done

Dang, it’s been a long week. I just got back into NYC last night after spending 4 days in Chicago for summer intern training and promptly met two of my classmates, a friend from Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business, and two of her classmates and acted a fool in...

First day of my summer internship

Whew! I got back in from my first day at Accenture a little less than 2 hours ago and I’m feeling like I got run over. The day started so early that I was barely awake when I had to get on the train to NJ. There were about 20 of us in attendance, most of whom...

Your boy has made his way to NYC

I just got to NYC yesterday afternoon and I’m having a great time already. Everything started out with me getting settled into my summer apartment, which i was able to get through a hookup from my girl Maya. I’m renting the room in her uncle’s place...