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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 was 100% wrong about that. It turns out that this project is only going to be 8 weeks long in total, so we’re nearing the halfway point and we’ve been cranking like possible to make that end-of-July deadline. So far, I’ve had workdays that ran from 6:30am (the… Read the rest

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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 pickup earlier in the week, but, when I got there to get the car, I saw a line of 6 people in front of me waiting for cars. By the time I got my car, it was past 10:30 and I was about an hour behind schedule. I had … Read the rest

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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 NYC. I probably should have stayed in and rested, but my man Shawn called me up and told me to mobilize, so I had to go out and do my thing. My original plan was to stay out until midnight or maybe 12:30am at the latest, but we just went … Read the rest

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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 either came right out of undergrad or only had a year of prior work experience. We covered a lot of good information about the background and direction of Accenture, but, to be honest, a good portion of what we went over seemed pretty… Read the rest

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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 that she uses during the school year at Columbia Business School and I’m getting a fantastic deal on this spot (I won’t go into details, but it’s half of what i thought i’d be paying). The apartment is in a great location on the Upper West Side and my room is hue and has… Read the rest

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Well, it’s finally official…the first year of my MBA experience is over. I had a take home exam and a final project due for two classes today and got those joints done yesterday, so I’m free and clear. I’m now back in good ol’ VA at my sister’s house and it feels good to be able to say that I survived the first year and, while it seemed to go too slowly for words at times, I can’t help but think that it flew by as I look back on the MBA1 year. Coming in as someone with no real… Read the rest

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