last week was my first touch with work pressure…and i mean pressure thts worse than a guy who hasnt shat for 7 months…!!am working on a model. a project feasibility model. we wanna see if the project tht we abt to undertake makes business sense for us…and if it doesnt, then how can we ensure [...]
u always hear about it…but never wanna believe. and then it finally happens…and u r left thinking…”shit…it was true..and i never believed…”my current team is an all IIM team…and if you are in consulting…the chances of this not happening are equivalent to that of america’s hottest model with vital stats of 40-40-40..! and its an [...]
its a tough job…and now i realize why…when companies come on campus…motherhood statements are made by the dozen..…”we are ranked first in the north delhi pin code 110004 IT shops based off the DDA market”…”our employee satisfaction is amongst the highest in the world…says our VP, who is no more with us”…”revenues hv grown by [...]
my biggest fear…right here…infront of your eyes…i was tagged…! and i didnt even know what that means…till i saw my name in the Big B’g blog…so here..!I am thinking how many years will it take mumbai to realize that not having a proper drainage system hits their bloody GDP by some 26763 basis points…!I said [...]
Day: June 30, 2006Time: 4.30pmVenue: A.T. Kearney, Delhi OfficeMail subject: Welcome aboardMe (thinking): “isnt this a little too late…??”Mail Content: Dear ankur,Welcome to the **** project in DubaiMe (thinking):WWWWWWTTTTTTTTTTTFFFFFFFFFFFFF scanned the passport, sent it across got my health insurance bought myself a strolley took a few deep breaths bought an aftershave, deo, shampoo, conditioner, shoes, [...]
which is what is the good part about consulting…my 1st project…absolute quant based. heavy modelling…excel files running into 120 spreadsheets and 28MB..! 5 nights spent at office beyond midnight…just missing the morning sun…! (ok exxagerated…but then u get the point!)…a requirement of 24/7 eyes open view…on numbers…where they come from…where they go..and what they do [...]
so…my 1st project ended…and to much appreciation from the higher ups..! after the final presentation the team (comprising 4) went to Ricks (taj’s pub, in delhi) and had a nice 2 hrs chilling time. bonding…so as to say. thats when you realize a lot of things about consulting that are usually behind gold doors in [...]
Those were R’s last words when we last talked. I wanted to listen to him…I genuinely did…! And its scary that I haven’t kept the word. Anyways…won’t even attempt to go into the whys and the wherefores…! Lets look at life lately… Work has been awesome…! The project is nearing its end…it was a short [...]
the one thing that i realize…work wont really be ISB…and hence…posts wont be that frequent..! nevertheless…this time around…it shall be the quality wins over quantity scenario….so…work started may 01. thats labor day…and in the words of my boss…”we arent laborers…so we dont get a day off!”. alright…accepted…! the office is plush. in one of the [...]
Life post ISB…is quite exciting…!8.00am: Get up to drop sister to college. Stopped the 1st day to ask her what exactly did she used to do when I wasn’t here. The look I received was the same that our president gave when someone asked him who his barber was. I didn’t bother asking again…!8.45am:Come back [...]
It always works for me…and I am so glad I know that it does…!!! Going back to ISB helped…! Now the ‘missing’ is at a different level…! I know that things wont be the same…but then something convinced me that they wont be bad either. The same happened the 1st time I came back to [...]
It always works for me…and I am so glad I know that it does…!!!Going back to ISB helped…! Now the ‘missing’ is at a different level…! I know that things wont be the same…but then something convinced me that they wont be bad either. The same happened the 1st time I came back to India [...]
Term 8 started…and with it the last leg of this year… Had the fortune of catching up with my ex-boss at ISB yesterday (Tuls, Ki, Su…if you are reading this…I am talking about Viji!). It was amazing to go back to the time when she was trying to convince me that I needed another year [...]
So…I finally manage the 1st enter post the initial placement days. The placement period at any campus is truly the most challenging one…at each and every individual level. And it actually goes for even the ones getting placed on the 1st day. ISB wasn’t any different… The big 2 of consulting…(Mc-Donalds and BombayCG) started their [...]
Placement prep on in full swing. There is so much to do…and everyday before I sleep I question myself on my ability to make it. It’s scary at times…exciting most often…but the god damn apprehension doesn’t seem to go away ever. Maybe that is what keeps me going on…!Can’t believe that term 7 is coming [...]
6 months have passed by…and time presents itself as “oh my god…6 months…it was just yesterday” and also as the occasional… “I feel my mom left me here as soon as I was born…!”And the culmination of the core courses was the exams. Management of OrganizationsQuestion 1: People like you if you like them…! True/false [...]
The last few days have been busy with a lot of things…and marked with a lot of learning. U, S and I got shortlisted for the research paper that we were working for. We had to go down to Mumbai for the competition, which was being held at the Taj lands End. Awesome hotel with [...]
Yesterday was all talks and talks and talks. However had a great time with G as well…gone to buy V’s gift. He was evidently pretty happy with the gift…had that sheepish smile with the volcanic excitement contained within…The BCG folks had come down to address the class of 2006 on ‘careers in consulting’. Pretty impressive [...]
i knew it…or did i…? its been like 2 days since i have heard frm R…she is hanging out in some jungle with random people from outlook…and they arent even journalists for god sake…!!! what the…? S…if you read it…dude…you are done…damn..HSBL…(wink wink R)…oh ok…allright everyone…everything above was contextual. so dont mind if you didnt [...]
they call it the bible of consulting…and i guess i was drawn by this more than the cover…! started reading it yesterday and the first few pages are like this…“dude…u know what…i have worked at mckinsey for 3 years….yahhh..you read it right…3 god damn years…thats like a lot of time..! and during this period i [...]
