But this blog post is not about that. I realize that I haven’t been writing much on this blog for a while, but I do want to promise myself that in due time, when I begin work in a few days in the NCR, that I will have done enough or felt strongly enough about a few things here and there to document it and keep this blog alive.
The one year hiatus of sorts that I took in lieu of pretending to work my ass off at B-school officially comes to an end. I am now back to keep on rocking in the free world, with all apologies to Neil Young.
However, I must admit that there’s been some stuff that I have written and this includes the sign-off post on the official ISB weblog of which I was one of the admins along with Amit Kumar Goyal.
Figured that since I was feeling a bit lazy to write stuff here for a few more days, that I would cheaply cross-post what I had written on the official weblog here. Pardon some of the references that only those who studied at the ISB would get. Annotate them, I’m too lazy to.
But that walk down memory lane will invariably end up being a long one because of the huge amount of memories that are created on campus. To begin listing them would take a long time and to get an alum (darn it, as I write this I realize that I am an alum!) out of flashback mode would require really strong incentive. The only other thing that would be higher up on the pecking order would be alumni giving out knowledge (a.k.a gyaan) regarding various things students would ask of them.
The one year MBA program will be good for many and bad for some. Different people will derive different benefits, but the overall net result is positive and the learning that one derives is immense in terms of knowledge gained, time optimization, being able to charter a preliminary course for one’s future (notice I say preliminary course because we’ve been told that our first job needn’t necessarily define our career), interactions with peers who are probably the most ambitious bunch that you’d have spent time with and being able to find out for yourself as to where you stand. The bit about finding yourself becomes more important as the year progresses. Trust me on that.
B-school is a great leveler and James Shirley might’ve written a different poem altogether if business schools existed in the seventeenth century. Everyone on campus, without exception has done something unique or different before joining the school and that would set them apart from the pack. So uniqueness is probably not a differentiating trait, obfuscating as it might sound.
The obligatory bit of unsolicited advice that I can give as an alum would be to spontaneously make fond memories that you can cherish and treasure, but don’t spend too much time on trying to capture them as the late Susan Sontag would no doubt have you know in her own words.
Finally, here’s wishing the class of 2011 a smooth registration process, a fun orientation week and enough strength, courage, cojones guts and determination to get your act together for what will hopefully be the best year of your illustrious life.
PS – Not sure if we’re signing off fully until the GSB elections are held and the new MCC Director officially takes over the ministrations of the official weblog management. Hence the question mark.
PPS – We’ve been told that ISB is like Hotel California. You can check out any time you like….yada yada yada. But please don’t play that song on the guitar unless your life is in danger and the only way you can weasel out of it is by a rendition of said song.
PPPS – Do show enthusiasm about the weblog and get in touch with me during O-week.
PPPPS – Throw us alums a good Solstice this year. Yup, end of post!
