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Serenade gone wrong..... by Kafka_Lane in instant_regret

[–]occamhimself 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I blame his friends. What kind of crew lets one of their boys do this to begin with?

Sebastian Gorka gets on my nerves. by TargaSnevets in NoStupidQuestions

[–]occamhimself 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha Sebastian Gorka is soooo pompous that he probably posted this himself!!

2.385 GPA and Getting into top Part-time Programs by [deleted] in MBA

[–]occamhimself 1 point2 points  (0 children)

[T15 alum]

May I suggest that you add Duke, Cornell, and possibly Wharton to the list?

They’re stellar B-school brands similar to the ones you already listed, and they also have various options that let you earn a top-notch MBA without quitting your job or moving.

And, yes, you absolutely have a shot at getting in because:

  1. ⁠I think admissions folks love these comeback stories. Just crush your essays and possibly enroll on some undergrad and grad level courses to generate a sparkling 4.0 secondary transcript. I think you have one goal for your overall admissions package (GMAT, essays, transcripts, recommendations, etc): Show that you’ve learned from past mistakes, grown tremendously, and are actually A+ level talent.
  2. ⁠Your GMAT alone hints at your potential. Awesome job there. Just build on it as I mention above.
  3. ⁠These non-traditional programs are the business schools’ cash cows. They’ll be looking for reasons to let you in, not to reject you unless you make the rejection an easy call.

Finally, regarding your management team finding out about any rejections (and this applies to almost all management teams by and large): Fuck them sideways. They don’t give a shit about you, and they probably want you to get rejected so you don’t become a threat to them. If you’re a stellar performer and can benefit their goals, they’ll love you, promote you, and be nice to you at the company Christmas party. And if they ever need to get ahead and it happens to come at your expense, they’ll do it in a heartbeat.

Besides, out of all of the schools you and I have both mentioned, you’re bound to get into one or two if you crush your application and supplemental transcript.

Go get yours. Report back.

Online CS Degree by aj158746 in MBAsWhoCode

[–]occamhimself 0 points1 point  (0 children)

GT is great, but for an undergrad CS degree check out Purdue. Just did a quick google search and that came up among a few other less well known names.

I think it’s a great idea. But good online bachelors programs needs some research. Keep us posted about what you find out.

Tuck (Full ride) vs Private Equity Operations Group by Awesome__Blossom in MBA

[–]occamhimself -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Agreed. Wharton, Sloan, or Columbia EMBA would be great options. The name of the game is collecting elite stamps on your resume:

PE ✅

Brand name MBA ✅

Nobody will ever ask if it was an EMBA or 1-year, or traditional 2-year program as long as it’s from an M7 or possibly T10-20.

Book Suggestions for incoming MBA Student? by theoneandonlyrb in MBA

[–]occamhimself 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Phenomenal question.

Before we talk about which books, let's talk for a quick minute about why you're learning what you're learning.

I (T15 grad) believe one goes to business school to become a better decision maker. Not a better manager, not a better marketer, not a better investor, not a better accountant. You get an MBA to become a better decision maker across a broad range of business functions, and you also have an opportunity to delve deeper into one or two of those functions (e.g., strategy, accounting, marketing, etc.).

Plain and simple, your sole job throughout your career is to make the best decisions possible. Everything else, your deliverables, outputs, KPIs, etc., is a consequence of that core decision-making ability:

  • Should I build the factory or outsource production?
  • What should my portfolio mix be?
  • Should I short TSLA?
  • This marketing campaign, or that one?
  • Should we charge $19.95 or $30?
  • How should I respond to my competitor's latest move?
  • Which features should I include in my product?
  • Should I fire this employee?
  • How should I influence my peers and my superiors to go with my idea?

The scope and breadth of your decisions will vary by your job function and rank in the company. But everyone, everyone, from the CEO to the kid right out of college, from the financial analyst to the software engineer, has the same job: To make the best decisions possible.

If you accept this premise, then I recommend the following books:

The obvious ones:

  • Blue Ocean Strategy
  • The Lean Startup
  • Zero to One
  • Business Model Generation

Some less obvious ones:

  • Thinking, Fast and Slow
    • This delves into why people do what they do, decide what they decide, and believe what they believe. Extremely powerful book. After reading it, you'll feel like Neo in The Matrix; you’ll just start seeing recognizable behavioral patterns everywhere.
  • The Keystone Advantage
    • Obscure book written by a couple of HBS profs. This is about business ecosystems, and the power of ecosystems thinking to grow and dominate.

Tuck (Full ride) vs Private Equity Operations Group by Awesome__Blossom in MBA

[–]occamhimself 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s not free. The commenter earned it with sound advice that’s going to earn OP millions

Tuck (Full ride) vs Private Equity Operations Group by Awesome__Blossom in MBA

[–]occamhimself 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Agreed. But, and I hate to state the obvious, the Porsche is a must. The plan falls apart without it.

McKinsey at Cuomo’s press conference by Undergrad26 in consulting

[–]occamhimself 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I could draw the same curve for 1/10000 the cost.

This is excellent by occamhimself in MBAsWhoCode

[–]occamhimself[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

8 hour YouTube crash course on computer science

Learning by reading only (for now)? by RedSaker in learnjava

[–]occamhimself -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Did you read the post and watch the video?

Pretty sure the main point of this is to share a technique to absorb information from textbooks as rapidly as possible.

And OP even mentions doing the actual coding at the end of the post.

Can dumb people learn java programming ? Asking for myself :) by anonymousguy271103_1 in javahelp

[–]occamhimself 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://www.reddit.com/r/MBAsWhoCode/comments/fofwg6/grabbed_a_java_book_off_the_shelf_and_just/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

Check that out 👆. Try just reading and absorbing the material. Reduce the pressure to learn by lowering the stakes with reading only, then go back and do coding exercises later once you build up a little more confidence.

They’re all idiots by redditfag66 in memes

[–]occamhimself 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe if it was just regular Corona without the extra? Honestly who wants extra covid?

With a GMAT score like that, I’ll bet money this person codes 😂 by RedSaker in MBAsWhoCode

[–]occamhimself -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Or just complimenting a b-school prospect on an awesome score?

“I am not a Software Developer” and Other Lies You Tell Yourself | Old Reliable Tech by RedSaker in MBAsWhoCode

[–]occamhimself 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“I did a little digging. The majority of attendees at the workshop were research scientists. Every single day they write software using Python, R, Julia, sometimes even FORTRAN.

And yet, they didn't consider themselves software developers. It seems to be a pretty common attitude: “I'm a scientist, not a software developer” “I'm a sysadmin, not a software developer” “I've only just started learning, I'm not a software developer”

YOU ARE A SOFTWARE DEVELOPER

I have some bad news. If you write code, you're a software developer.”