Monday, May 10, 2004
This weekend my fiancé finally (kind of) decided that she will move with me to Philly after all. It is a difficult decision because there are so many moving parts: her career, my career, our general distaste for long-distance relationships, especially ones that start immediately after honeymoon and many others. So I am extremely happy that things are going in the direction of our common relocation. I think it will be awesome.
On another note, I am still struggling with my post-MBA occupation. I simply have not decided what it is that I want to devote myself to. I do know what I don’t want to do (investment banking), even despite the $$ that is being offered on the Street according to some rumors. My goal is to find a job I truly enjoy, a job that makes it easy to get up in the morning and where I don’t have to constantly hedge my descriptions with all kinds of underhanded justifications for succumbing to the pull of Mammon (e.g. “Investment banking is really atrocious but you really learn a lot”). Now that I think about this, I don’t think I have ever recommended ibanking to anybody without a hedge somewhere in the sentence. Point being, I don’t want to justify what I take up next. I don’t want to take the “do this for a few years and then go corporate” route. For once I want to book a direct ticket to the job of my dreams… No layovers, please. The issue is, however, is that my perfect job is undefined as yet. I am leaning towards management (general management, that is) because it offers a degree of predictability that is distinctly absent in transaction-based, client-oriented industries such as consulting and banking. Entrepreneurship beckons as well. The idea of being my own boss is just exhilarating. I understand that there are other pressures, possibly more intense then in the corporate environment, but those are outweighed by not having to answer to anybody but yourself. So, in summary, my goal for post MBA is to stoically weather the temptations of investment banks and hold out for job I really like. I suspect it will be harder then it sounds…
On another note, I am still struggling with my post-MBA occupation. I simply have not decided what it is that I want to devote myself to. I do know what I don’t want to do (investment banking), even despite the $$ that is being offered on the Street according to some rumors. My goal is to find a job I truly enjoy, a job that makes it easy to get up in the morning and where I don’t have to constantly hedge my descriptions with all kinds of underhanded justifications for succumbing to the pull of Mammon (e.g. “Investment banking is really atrocious but you really learn a lot”). Now that I think about this, I don’t think I have ever recommended ibanking to anybody without a hedge somewhere in the sentence. Point being, I don’t want to justify what I take up next. I don’t want to take the “do this for a few years and then go corporate” route. For once I want to book a direct ticket to the job of my dreams… No layovers, please. The issue is, however, is that my perfect job is undefined as yet. I am leaning towards management (general management, that is) because it offers a degree of predictability that is distinctly absent in transaction-based, client-oriented industries such as consulting and banking. Entrepreneurship beckons as well. The idea of being my own boss is just exhilarating. I understand that there are other pressures, possibly more intense then in the corporate environment, but those are outweighed by not having to answer to anybody but yourself. So, in summary, my goal for post MBA is to stoically weather the temptations of investment banks and hold out for job I really like. I suspect it will be harder then it sounds…
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