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Another techie who wants to move toward business school

Published on February 29, 2008 by Marquis in Bschool admissions, mba, Technology-related

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What’s up, peoples. The email below is from another software developer who feels like he’s destined to be in that career for the rest of his life. He’s got an interest in doing an MBA and has asked me for some advice on how to approach the application process. I can’t say that the advice I’m giving is the perfect way to go about it, but I hope he finds what I have to say useful.

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SB wrote:

“Dear Marquis

You’re web blog is really amazing, and I admire you for spending your own free time to create it… Read the rest

Reader with a tough career situation to deal with

Published on February 29, 2008 by Marquis in career, consulting, recruiting, transition

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Hey there, peoples. I’ve got a doozie of an email that I’m responding to in this entry and I had to be really careful about how to address it because the reader is in a bind. In short, she started off at a well-known consulting firm and was counselled out after her first assignment. She’s asking for advice on some specific questions and I’ve answered them, but I was even more thoughtful about this response than I’d normally be because of the sensitive nature of her situation. Also, I should tell y’all that my response below actually my second reply… Read the rest

Question about moving on from a current job

Published on February 17, 2008 by Marquis in Bschool admissions, career, consulting, mba, transition

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What’s going on, y’all. The email below is from a very young professional who has hopes of getting a top MBA one day and is deciding between whether to stay at his current job or transition to a gig at a boutique management consulting firm. This is a tough one for me to give advice on, so I’ve tried to frame it out in terms of waht he might get from both options in hopes that he’ll make a choice based on what his plans and aspirations are. Whew, my readers sure do give me some tough issues to tackle…… Read the rest

Question from a reader looking to transition out of his current job

Published on February 17, 2008 by Marquis in career, consulting, mba, transition

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What’s up, y’all. I’m not sure why, but I’ve been on a tear recently in updating this blog…If I’m remembering correctly, this is my third reader email response in the past week and I can’t remember the last time I did that. Granted, the emails have needed shorter responses lately, which has made it easier for me to get replies out. It’s kinda cool to get back to people before they have a chance to forget that they’d emailed me in the first place

Now on to the actual entry…the email below is from a reader who has been… Read the rest

IT Consultant wanting to transition to Strategy Consulting

Published on February 14, 2008 by Marquis in career, consulting, mba, recruiting, Stanford GSB, Technology-related

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What’s good, fam. I’ve been trying to write more entries lately because I feel so bad about that GSB Round 2 applicant who’d asked me some questions only to have me respond to him after the deadline for that round. I know that this is a side thing for me, but I still feel a strong allegiance to all of you who follow this joint, so it definitely stays with me when I feel like I’ve let someone down. At any rate, I’m going to try to do better with responding going forward…or at least to not have 4+ weeks… Read the rest

Software Engineer looking for advice to strengthen his MBA application chances

Published on February 10, 2008 by Marquis in Bschool admissions, career, consulting, mba, software engineer, Technology-related, transition

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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 there’s a special place in my heart for the Java folks

I hope he finds my advice helpful.

By the way, I’d like to give some quick tips to folks who might email me with questions because some emails I’ve gotten lately have left me shaking my head. OK, so y’all know I respond to… Read the rest

Sharing a new blog link…

Published on February 4, 2008 by Marquis in my peoples, other blogs, other sites, Stanford GSB

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Just wanted to make a post to share a link to a friend of mine’s blog. My man Jullien (Stanford GSB ’07) has been maintaining his blog at http://www.julliengordon.blogspot.com/… Read the rest for a while now and he’s saying some really deep stuff on there about life. Check it out if you’ve got some time…

Answering some questions about going through the Stanford joint-degree program

Published on February 3, 2008 by Marquis in Bschool experience, Joint degree, Stanford GSB

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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 ago. I hope he got admitted…

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RH wrote:

“Hi Marquis,

I came across your blog when looking at some older BusinessWeek forum posts, what luck! Lots of really good stuff there, thank you for providing such a valuable resource to the crazed masses.

I interviewed yesterday morning with Stanford and hope to get… Read the rest