Finally,
I spent some time reading Snapshots from Hell...
Its been a long book .. Though 286 pages only (and i have not reached the end yet) i took long to read it ... I was getting bored by the over-technical and over-MBA_curriculum type chapters... This book introduced me to the subjects that are ( were ?? ) taught in Stanford when the author studied there but some subjects were elastically elongated and I felt like i am already there studying the subjects..
The best dialogue in the book was by a professor. He says " One day I want to hire a batch which is double the current strength. One batch will go thru the standard curriculum and other will spend two years playing basketball, partying and golfing ... and I bet 10 years down the line both batches will have same career path lying ahead and behind of them"
This made me think ( Though my knees hurt )... and I agree to the professor to an extent .. The MBA colleges of repute have such tough admission/selection/rejection procedures that the companies are convinced that the students which are capable of getting thru such process are capable/eligible/intellectual enough to handle the complex and responsible tasks companies expect them to ....
More to write abt the book or may be other books..
sometime later
Friday, November 23, 2007
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