Harvard Business School: A Veteran in Tech's Reflection

Was the MBA worth it? Am I better for it? Am I now the person I want to be?

what a day I was fortunate enough to gain admission to Harvard Business School with the Class of 2020. I went there (to class, not to like…lurk in the bushes) from July 2018 to May 2020. It was a transformational experience in mostly good ways. Some ways were bad tho. The majority of my personal transformation was made up of macro level perspective shifts, yet a nontrivial portion of the changes were very strange micro-behavioral differences that I’m still discovering. For example, I now say things like “net net” and “what are the action items?” 🗿 I’m not sure how I feel about that…

related reading

• i wish we’d grown up on the same advice - by vincent huangmindslice.substack.com
• Reflecting on Harvard - Harvard Technology Reviewharvardtechnologyreview.com
• What Harvard (almost) stole from mesubstack.com
• The MBA Decision Guide for Product Managers - Diana Kimball Berlindianaberlin.com
• School, Homenotes.ekzhang.com
• choosing - by vincent huang - a slice of my mindmindslice.substack.com
• Why I left Harvard early | benkuhn.netbenkuhn.net
• what harvard feels like from each year - by Zach Chenzachchen.substack.com
• What Harvard (almost) stole from mesubstack.com
• How Harvard Careerism Killed the Classroom | Opinion | The Harvard Crimsonthecrimson.com
• Interview with Ben Kuhn about productivity, his college experience, job choice, the value of an inside view, the EA community - Alexey Guzeyguzey.com
• HBS and ‘Toxic Networking’ | Opinion | The Harvard Crimsonthecrimson.com