Summers@GGN

Why do we need summer internship at an MBA school when we have so much of work experience?

This question always nagged me and I was not able to find/search the answer.

Till Mckinsey and BCG shortlists came and it was the first time I realized that I have arrived at an IIM.

It was a major booster and the preps which was a month long affair was a real eye opener.

I felt confident. Though inside I knew that it would be tough to get into the Firm, it showed me insights into things which I had read about only.

Taj dinners, pitches by consults, mentorship program...Whoa...it was some ride boy!

Marketing, consult, finance, general management, over hyped entrepreneurship, operations, I am still confused.

GE Commercial I would say might be a good thing. Working in a fin company and environment in this recession time gives you a totally different perspective about things in a finance company.

Who knows I might be a cunning banker or a PE guy cutting deals, doing M&As, under writings, etc.

Summers now I'm realizing is actually good,

For a single jobber like me I would say it helped me in seeing a different work environment. I now have some yard sticks after working in two Fortune 500 companies in the world.

Its also an experiment. Fin or not? I think at this time we can take this risk rather than later switching within a month for being a misfit in the environment.

You have time to actually do a lot of stuff.

I have read like anything in the past few days, not fiction work. News-political , business, art, technology etc and it is fun. It catapults your thinking to a different level.

Though I would say doing these things with a project at hand would be more fun , but then who says you get everything you want...