When things go badly for a university, they really just pour it on. Michigan's lost a legendary coach, a legendary football game, and a shot at the national championship. Just when it seemed time for some positive Wolverine press, the New York Times ran an article today with a 4 column, above-the-fold color photo of a prostitute...wearing a maize and blue jacket with "Wolverines" written on the sleeves. Teeeerific.
I spent a good chunk of today behaving like a normal MBA student - making a financial model, doing sensitivity analysis on it, writing up conclusions, sharing with the group. It feels natural now to do this stuff, which I think is testament to the rigor of the course. I think it could also be that business is easier, in technical terms, than engineering. Here the analysis is easy and the conclusions/recommendations are hard, with engineering the analysis is the tough part but often leads to easy conclusions. Tomorrow I'll be behaving like an MBA student working towards finals. It is nice to be back at school, around that electric buzz that Ross has, rather than toiling away in the wood shop. I think I missed it.
Tuesday, December 05, 2006