Sheesh. It's been a while since I last blogged, and a lot has happened.
One, I found an internship. Those of you who have read this blog from the beginning have borne witness to the many twists and turns that my mental projections of my career path have taken. I started out wanting to start a world-changing company, then I was sure I'd work for a start-up in clean tech, or maybe for GE, or the New York Times, or in education. But after much thought and a rather intuitive approach to the job search, I eventually settled on a dark horse candidate: Dun and Bradstreet. I'll be a part of their Winning Culture team for the summer, which is their department that handles HR strategy, leadership development, and organizational change issues. I'll be working under some amazing folks, who showed me a great time when I went down to their recruiting event a couple weeks ago.
Another thing that's happened is I've actually enjoyed my first quarter of second semester. The decision to do a customized immersion was the best I've made all year. I love the Sustainable Global Enterprise elective course, and HR is awesome. Those are probably my highlights, along with Strategic Alliances and Operations. Managerial Spreadsheet Modeling is the thorn in my side, not because it isn't a great class (I actually recommend it), but because it's a challenge for me personally. I had never used Excel before business school, and even though the level of proficiency required for the MBA program is even lower than I had expected, it is clear that those that have an edge in Excel are better off in the business world -- or at least freer from the curse that is busy work and data entry. After all, we're here to become managers, right?
We've also hosted two of the Park Finalist weekends, and I've enjoyed bowling with many prospective students who have read this very blog. That's probably the biggest motivation for me to pick up the proverbial pen again and blog -- I keep running into people who read my posts. But, I do want to remark on the quality of the applicants I've met, whether they are Park Finalists or not. A lot of really intelligent and interesting folks have been through Ithaca this year, and I look forward to greeting next year's class.
What else? Oh, my Cornell Business Journal team and I have put out two issues of the paper, and I'm proud of the work we've done so far. We've gotten positive feedback, which makes me feel great about the hard work I put in.
That's it for now. I better get outside and enjoy the warmest day in months -- it's about 60 and sunny out there.
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