Onwards and Upwards
Some days I think INSEAD is like a video game. There's a kind of tempo to every week. After this long into the program, you become used to it. But every now and again, just like a video game, you progress up a level and all of a sudden the tune starts going that little bit quicker. The end of level boss draws nearer and nearer.
For me, things stepped up a notch on Friday, with the commencement of real interviews. Completely failing to realise the wonderful advice of "do some interviews you don't care about for practice", I somehow seem to have managed with the ones I want the most being the first in my schedule. The first one was with a UK VC fund that invests in high-tech early stage companies. It certainly sounds very exciting, and definitely something I'm interested in. Pity I only had about 18 hours notice to prepare for it. It went OK though nothing more. In reality I think that likely means failure - the fund itself has 15 investment partners (read: tiny) and they're interviewing about 30 people for positions. So I think anything less than "That was absolutely stellar" is probably not good enough. Never mind. Tomorrow is Google day.
I have done a lot of retrospection last week, and come to a certain conclusions. One of the major ones is that I've been giving myself an inordinately hard time over the past year. About not being sure I know what I want to do. About not really meeting the ridiculous expectations I had set myself for this year. About just how badly I cope with uncertainty in reality. It's almost like there's a part of me I've left out in the cold for the past year. So I opened the door last week and brought in the almost gangrening part of my personality in from the cold. It felt nice and warm, and I think I'm getting that tingling sensation when blood flows to bits that have been too cold for too long.
So for now, I shall float on the sea of possibilities that opens up and not stress about where it all ends. I am giving things the best shot I can, and at some point the dice will land with certain numbers on them. I hope tomorrow they land with sixes, but as we all know, anything can happen in the Career Casino, and that's why people come to play here!
CQW: You're looking sharp in your suit. Who is it for?
For me, things stepped up a notch on Friday, with the commencement of real interviews. Completely failing to realise the wonderful advice of "do some interviews you don't care about for practice", I somehow seem to have managed with the ones I want the most being the first in my schedule. The first one was with a UK VC fund that invests in high-tech early stage companies. It certainly sounds very exciting, and definitely something I'm interested in. Pity I only had about 18 hours notice to prepare for it. It went OK though nothing more. In reality I think that likely means failure - the fund itself has 15 investment partners (read: tiny) and they're interviewing about 30 people for positions. So I think anything less than "That was absolutely stellar" is probably not good enough. Never mind. Tomorrow is Google day.
I have done a lot of retrospection last week, and come to a certain conclusions. One of the major ones is that I've been giving myself an inordinately hard time over the past year. About not being sure I know what I want to do. About not really meeting the ridiculous expectations I had set myself for this year. About just how badly I cope with uncertainty in reality. It's almost like there's a part of me I've left out in the cold for the past year. So I opened the door last week and brought in the almost gangrening part of my personality in from the cold. It felt nice and warm, and I think I'm getting that tingling sensation when blood flows to bits that have been too cold for too long.
So for now, I shall float on the sea of possibilities that opens up and not stress about where it all ends. I am giving things the best shot I can, and at some point the dice will land with certain numbers on them. I hope tomorrow they land with sixes, but as we all know, anything can happen in the Career Casino, and that's why people come to play here!
CQW: You're looking sharp in your suit. Who is it for?
posted by The Apprentice at 7:49 PM
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