Party

Had a good time over the weekend. After a long hiatus met all the bloggers from the Bay Area (and some who dropped in to join the party) at a club in SFO. The club had an interesting concept, art gallery by day and a club by night. Though going by the paintings hung for sale, hitting upon the idea of doubling the gallery as a club was probably the only way they could keep the roof over their heads. It isn't that I am a Philistine, I like art as much as the next guy, but abstract, graffitisque paintings never did anything for me. The music in tune with the paintings was offbeat and noisy, and we ended up spending more time outside the club talking than we did inside.

The more I think about it, the more I feel that it is the people who make up the MBA program and not the education in itself. While learning about accounting and finance is all well and good, I doubt it is something that cannot be learnt at a good community school or out of a well written book. But the interaction that you have with your fellow students is probably the clincher why people should go to business school. I am constantly amazed by the quality of intellect and the accomplishments that everyone associated with business school seems to possess. Case in point the people I met for Destination Johnson and my fellow bloggers. They make otherwise staid evenings lively, the conversation (though predominantly on application processes and future opportunities) interesting and in many cases fascinating.

I am certain the honeymoon period will not last long, but for me, with the people I have met so far, I consider myself ahead of the game.