Just thinking about today's session with a consulting recruiter has me rolling on the floor laughing. Sean did an incredible job in the hot seat, answering insanely tough questions in front of 20 people for 20 minutes. I would have gotten up and walked out. The rest of us were too chickenshit to follow his great performance. So what did we do? We put the presenter on the hot seat. The guys in my class are amazingly smart - but also loyal to one another.
I'm lucky to go home and see my family over Thanksgiving, but some of my international classmates can't afford that luxury. I was bowled over by my classmate's hospitality - inviting everybody to his place in California for the long weekend. Some of us are also planning to vacation together in December. In the running are skiing in Switzerland, lounging in Greece, or visiting Ali's villa in Morocco - even though he swears there is no villa.
Somehow the semester's half over. I got to tour UPS and General Mills distribution centers and a Yoplait plant. I got to climb in the back of a UPS truck and startle a plant manager by mis-reading the expiration date on his product. Fun times, including choking on sweet fumes in a warehouse full of ten-foot-tall cubes of powdered milk. I'm organizing a Supply Chain Club tour of the Port of Boston. We'll get to see containers full of calculators and socks on thursday. On Friday I'm flying to JFK to take a look at Jet Blue's operations, and then root around in the back rooms of MOMA. I've taken time out of my schedule to interview with a few companies but I haven't found the perfect match yet. I have started a sponsored thesis project, found a great study partner, and met with a really responsive corporate advisor - I have high hopes for my future as a researcher.
I just started two new half-semester courses: Strategic Market Management and Negotiation Strategy. Before Christmas, I will be designing surveys and talking about game theory with ease. I love all these little courses that I can fit into my schedule - they keep life interesting.
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