Back Again!
Me back!
Don't ask me what kept me away. It's not b-school pressure(nothing of that sort exists by the way) nor is it laziness. Just circumstances which forced me to concentrate on relationships rather than penning down my thoughts in a virtual scenario.
What has got me back? Stupid as it may seem, Chetan, a batchmate at Somaiya posted about Gordon's blog on the MDI thread on PG. Gordon's thread shows my blog link as the 2nd most popular outgoing link. Thought I might as well live up to it!
What am I upto? Summer training. Yes, the wonderful 'corporate' experience and the 'must be experienced' phenomenon for b-schoolers. My comment-stop bullshitting.
For someone like me who has work experience, exposure to 'corporate' culture is a waste of my time and their money. For a fresher, it is useful-but honestly the attitude displayed by all those around me, be it from my college or from other good b-schools is appaling to say the least. Reaching work late, bunking office etc is something that we Engineers never ever imagined. And now that we are more 'mature' and amongst the certified 'top brains' of the country all this is least expected.
But then again, to be a little less self-critical, I don't know why the hell do companies dish out summer projects when they don't have an asses clue about what is needed. Relationship building,yes...but heck it would be much easier giving out projects throughout the year to b-schools.
Before people plan to lynch me, all of this is true in 94.5% of the cases...so the other 5.5% can relax!
Coming to my summer experience-all I can say is I am grateful for it cos as Prof Dhruv Nath pointed out (a man I respect greatly btw for his help academic wise and otherwise) IT sales is intellectual googling to begin with! Go for consulting, go for CRM, SAP etc. Thanks Sir and thanks to my summer project which has convinced me that as usual Prof Dhruv Nath is extremely practical in his advice. And that the few people I respect deserve it!
ronnie
Don't ask me what kept me away. It's not b-school pressure(nothing of that sort exists by the way) nor is it laziness. Just circumstances which forced me to concentrate on relationships rather than penning down my thoughts in a virtual scenario.
What has got me back? Stupid as it may seem, Chetan, a batchmate at Somaiya posted about Gordon's blog on the MDI thread on PG. Gordon's thread shows my blog link as the 2nd most popular outgoing link. Thought I might as well live up to it!
What am I upto? Summer training. Yes, the wonderful 'corporate' experience and the 'must be experienced' phenomenon for b-schoolers. My comment-stop bullshitting.
For someone like me who has work experience, exposure to 'corporate' culture is a waste of my time and their money. For a fresher, it is useful-but honestly the attitude displayed by all those around me, be it from my college or from other good b-schools is appaling to say the least. Reaching work late, bunking office etc is something that we Engineers never ever imagined. And now that we are more 'mature' and amongst the certified 'top brains' of the country all this is least expected.
But then again, to be a little less self-critical, I don't know why the hell do companies dish out summer projects when they don't have an asses clue about what is needed. Relationship building,yes...but heck it would be much easier giving out projects throughout the year to b-schools.
Before people plan to lynch me, all of this is true in 94.5% of the cases...so the other 5.5% can relax!
Coming to my summer experience-all I can say is I am grateful for it cos as Prof Dhruv Nath pointed out (a man I respect greatly btw for his help academic wise and otherwise) IT sales is intellectual googling to begin with! Go for consulting, go for CRM, SAP etc. Thanks Sir and thanks to my summer project which has convinced me that as usual Prof Dhruv Nath is extremely practical in his advice. And that the few people I respect deserve it!
ronnie
posted by ronnie @ Thursday, April 20, 2006
1 Comments:
At 1:23 AM,
styleguy said…
hey...you really are good at giving account of the ways of life @ a b-skool....me hoping to have a great experience when I join my MBA..this June. :-)
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