Mark and Jie's Journey to B-School

In one of his last posts, Joey talked about the necessity to focus on school in order to get the most out of HBS. While I respected his decision, at the time I really didn't see the need to cut off the blog in order to do well. I am now starting to feel the same way.

I don't plan on cutting off the blog, fortunately, but I don't see how I can continue at the same pace. I talked with another 2nd year today about the job search for equity research from the perspective of a former engineer with 0 experience. It will be a lot of work, and much of that work has to be done between now and when I leave for winter break. So, not much time between now and then to spend blogging. The same is true for winter break itself, and then for when I return. Here's what it looks like:

• Must e-mail companies that didn't come to campus and express interest before leaving in December
• During winter break must e-mail companies that did come to campus, and also start preparing for company interviews
• After I return must continue to focus on company interviews as well as maintain contact and use network to improve chances of gaining interviews

So you see, not much time for blogging. My aim is to go from updating around 5x/week to around 2x/week. We'll see how that works out.