| Sorry if you expect a yes/no answer to this question | | | | a cliché word, which is still the most important word |
| here, hard luck man! It is still you who has to decide. | | | | for your professional and personal growth. I say that |
| This article is intended to be a small help to put some | | | | with confidence after reading data based reports |
| career stuff into a clearer perspective. All of us know, | | | | about how many people you know and each contact |
| or at least pretend to know the real reasons behind | | | | adding a slight percentage to your future salary level. |
| choosing engineering branches we opted for. I 'pretend' | | | | Consider this, my study group (MBA is all about team |
| my reason to be my love for computers back there in | | | | assignments, from one deadline to another, catching |
| year 2000. From 'my-dad-told-me-to-become-engineer' | | | | food and sleep in classes) consisted of a doctor, |
| to a 'quick-way-to-start-earning' engineering has been | | | | banker, two consultants and I (engineer). In my MBA, I |
| preferred choice of talented people in our country. | | | | guess I have made decent friends with lawyers, |
| But many of us decide later to move for something | | | | doctors (all major specialties! consultants, finance |
| flashier and glamorous called M.B.A. Why so? Simply | | | | experts, etc. It really helps your personal as well as |
| stating, the perceptions of success (defined below) | | | | professional life |
| changes over time. I define success by my own | | | | Second, your aspirations change, obviously with a |
| concocted formula: | | | | positive thrust. That follows from the peer groups and |
| Success (at time t) = Aspirations (t) + Hard work (0 to | | | | interactions with high achievers in various fields during |
| t-1) + Intelligence + Luck (t) + NETWORK (0 to t-1) | | | | an MBA. Here an important point is that you need to |
| Aspirations definitely need to high to achieve a higher | | | | take care about which school to target. Each school, |
| degree of relative success. Of course, that has no | | | | irrespective of what they project, has a major focus |
| implication on satisfaction levels which may not be | | | | area from placements point of view. Certain specific |
| related to success always. But for purposes of a | | | | types of companies visit the campus and get involved |
| continued well sounding discussion, we will assume | | | | in co-curricular more than others per campus. |
| them to be correlated (satisfaction and success) | | | | Aspirations of dream workplace and dream roles are |
| An MBA degree, may not promise you a superb high | | | | impacted accordingly |
| paying job as media reports, but it is definitely very | | | | Thirdly, hard work and intelligence will not change much, |
| promising to work on each aspect to ensure a greater | | | | except that you will realize that you can put in more |
| success in the realm of business. I am in no way | | | | hard work / utilize more of untapped intelligence in |
| suggesting that those without it are any lesser or can't | | | | pressure situations too. This one comes with time and |
| taste equal amounts of success. But the message I | | | | people take some hits in initial terms and then realize |
| want to put across is, for people like me, it worked | | | | the best that works for them. |
| wonders to change me as a person. | | | | All that is left is luck. Best of luck towards a successful |
| First of all an MBA, made me much more ''networked", | | | | life. |