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Joined: 15 Aug 2010
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Posts: 134
Location: United States (CA)
Concentration: Strategy, Technology
GPA: 3.82
WE:Engineering (Computer Software)
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Updated on: 10 Aug 2011, 18:48
I recently came across this forum and was amazed by the wealth of information here. you guys are awesome!
WE: 4 yrs (come Oct) in a software product development company, promoted once. I was asked to take leadership of some critical components immediately after I joined and over the years I've become the goto person for it within the company. I've also mentored two engineers in the process. I lead new projects in the area I own and have performed significant performance enhancements to it over the years. The problem however is being in the software product industry its very hard to interact directly with customers. Also being part of a large company and product, its very hard to show tangible improvements in revenue for the improvements/projects.
Hobby/EC: In college I was involved in my department's tech club and organized tech fest. I was also involved with the blood donors club, where we match donors with recipients. I didn't do much in grad school, but after graduating I've volunteered developing software for a UNHCR project that deployed the kits we built in Darfur. I personally didn't travel to Sudan, but was involved in the software development part of the kit. I didn't work on it on a sustained basis, it was more sporadic. Whenever we needed to deploy a kit, we would work 20 hr/wk for 2-3 months.I was also involved in kick starting and building up the alumni chapter for our college. The regional alumni chapter didn't exist before and I was involved in building it from ground up. I plan to continue this effort. As for hobbies, I love the outdoors and have lead and participated in hiking and backpacking trips. I recently climbed some 14000+ peaks and plan to move into mountaineering. I've also run half marathons.
Goals: I'm not planning to goto b school to switch careers. I want to remain in the high tech industry but understand the business aspects of technology and move into technology management/entrepreneurship.
I didn't do any of this with a goal of getting into b-school, but looking at other profiles here it looks like I don't have enough and need to build my profile more. Also from reading the forums, it looks like I'm from a very competitive pool (Indian, Software Industry). What are my realistic chances of getting into a top 10 school? Are there things I can do to improve my profile? Some things I can think of from the top of my head are - move to a startup where I will have a chance to make a greater impact, get involved with a non-profit on a regular basis, or look for mentoring opportunities. Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance for your comments.
Originally posted by
bschool2014 on 17 Aug 2010, 17:37.
Last edited by
bschool2014 on 10 Aug 2011, 18:48, edited 1 time in total.