Final project/thesis submitted and bound? Yep. CapStone week behind us? Done. This is really it. Less than 2 weeks separate us from graduation (and that famous handshake from the Dean, as already mentioned by Elitsa) and being able to put a check mark next to “getting my MBA”. I always ask people how they feel when they have closed a big chapter in their lives. Perhaps it really has not hit me yet, as the memories of the CapStone lecture is still fresh in my mind (to be frank, it was pretty painful to have handed in your final work, and then sit in class from 9am until 8pm. New FT class of 2013 – have no fear; program management is changing this for next year).
So now what? That is actually what I asked myself on Saturday after the last exam of my MBA career. I am still interviewing for full-time work (3 interviews this week alone) and enjoying the last 2 weeks of officially still being a student. I have finally taken up the advice of some of my esteemed (and soon fellow) alumni, who told me to just enjoy this time, and especially graduation. I am looking forward to our graduation speech, to be given by Barbara Kellerman of Harvard. From time to time (and again today), I also re-read this graduation speech that late Steve Jobs gave at Stanford University’s MBA class of 2005 ceremony. Many of you have probably already read it, but if you have not, you must.
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html
To the incoming class: Good luck and have fun!
To my fellow MBAs graduating on August 25th: Congratulations and all the best in your future endeavours. As Mr. Jobs put it so well in four words at the end of his speech: Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.
