It’s not the first time I got this question, but, now that I’m done (at least for now) – what do I really think of management consulting? Great first job: I believe this is one of the best first jobs that you can get coming out of college or business school. It challenges you to [...]
A little over three years ago, I entered the world of management consulting. Yesterday was my last day. In true consultant fashion, I sent the office a slide-as-farewell-email and enjoyed a few glasses of wine and a few bottles of beer with my “war-buddy” colleagues and other well-wishers at a local bar in the early [...]
My younger brother Kevin is not only a great guy with a great sense of humor, but he’s a valued member of the Benchside team. Recently, my new Benchside teammate (and professional coder) Anuraag suggested that I start using the Python programming language’s formal exception handling system to handle errors gracefully rather than rely on [...]
At the start of the year, I made a list of four resolutions for 2010. Given my tendency to formally track things on an ongoing basis I thought I’d do a mid-year check-in on my resolutions seeing how roughly half the year has passed: Finish a Rev 1 of Benchside – Status: on track; My [...]
Happy fourth of July to all my American readers out there. Although this is coming a little late in the day, I hope your day was full of fireworks, barbeques, and reflecting on what makes the US such a great country to live in and be a part of. For those of you who aren’t [...]
In addition to seeing the Grounds for Sculpture museum on my whirlwind vacation to the East Coast, I had the pleasure of finally sitting down and watching Joss Whedon’s short-lived Firefly TV series and the Serenity movie which tied up the series’ loose ends that letters from fans of the canceled series helped make possible. [...]
As anyone who knows me or has read this blog knows, I’m a big fan of the CW’s Smallville. This Fall, it will be going into its 10th and final season. About a week ago, the writers went back to work, and given my love for the show, I can’t help but chip in my [...]
Apologies for the lack of blogging – have been on a week-and-a-half-long vacation! While visiting my college roommate Eric at Princeton last week, his fiancée Jen took me to an amazing local attraction: Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, NJ. “Sculpture garden” doesn’t do the park justice in terms of how beautiful the scenery is, how [...]
My buddy Bill shared an article on Google Reader about the demise of Newsweek which linked to this New York Times article (does anyone else find it ironic that one newspaper experiencing financial problems is calling out another publication’s financial problems?): American newsweeklies were built on original reporting of Large Events, helping readers make sense [...]
This video of Australian comedy group Axis of Awesome has been making the rounds on the internet lately, so I’m probably late to the party, but if you haven’t seen it, watch this hilarious and well-done (annotated!) medley showing how a huge chunk of major pop hits use the same four chords again and again… [...]