Author: Joy Das

MBA life is full of opportunities and you will have to take your time to plan those opportunities which align with your life. This fall, I found one such opportunity.From day one, we are reminded that an MBA internship is one of the most important parts of the program. The skills that you build on the job are far more useful than what can be taught in a textbook or a classroom. Real-world challenges force you to come with out of the box solutions in real time, and internships provide that opportunity.

I had always wondered what the first class of a B School would feel like and, boy-oh-boy,  was I surprised. Coming back to class after working for more than a decade was both daunting and exciting at the same time. I was pretty sure and half-joked to myself  that I was going to be the “Senior Citizen” of my entire cohort, being surrounded with people almost half my age.