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Hey everyone. I know it’s been a while since I posted anything, but that’s because I’ve been pretty busy getting acclimated to my new job and learning what I need to “swim and not sink” in the role. So far, the new job is fantastic and I’m really excited about the nature of the work that I’m doing. Plus, the team of folks with whom I’m working are hella cool and have made the past couple of weeks in the office really fun. This was definitely a good move for me careerwise.

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Hey there, everyone. This is a quick entry for me to introduce y’all to a new blog called “Considering Consulting” written by an aspiring Management Consultant named KR. The interesting thing about KR is that he’s a Pharmacist with a PharmD, a PhD, and an MBA and he’s now ready to leave his industry behind to make a transition into Consulting. When searching for information on recruiting into the industry, he didn’t find too many resources, so he decided to blog about his own experiences to provide a resource for others (sort of like how I was motivated to start … Read the rest

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Wow, I’ve been able to post entries in three consecutive days…but they’ve all been short ones and haven’t been responses to reader emails. If you’re waiting on a response from me, I’ll get to you eventually. It’s just easier for me to post these quick-shots ones when something pops into my head. I always get back to folks to write to me, even if it takes me a while to do so. This quick-shot entry comes in two parts:(1) a request from one of my readers and (2) an article that I thought my non-U.S. readers interested in B-school might… Read the rest

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What’s up, y’all. As some readers have noted, I haven’t written much about myself on this blog for the past couple of years and that’s mainly because I wanted to focus on providing helpful info to all of you. Well, I’m about to take it waaaay back to how I used to do a few years ago and write something about how I’m feeling right now. I’m writing this entry with a heavy heart because I found out early yesterday morning that a dear aunt of mine back in VA passed away peacefully in her sleep. I don’t even know… Read the rest

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What’s good, y’all. You know, I just realized that I’ve been making blog postings at a decent rate so far in the month of March. Part of that is because I’ve been posting emails/comments from readers and haven’t had to think through responses for them, but it’s still good to be making regular updates. Plus, I’ve had much more time to just kick back and chill since starting my new job, which makes it a little easier to address reader emails…good thing too because my email backlog is ridiculous right now.

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