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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:
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
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
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
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
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
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/ 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…
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
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 this case, I had to keep it extra general to make sure it fit her needs. I hope this general advice is useful to her and
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