All the excitement for the first 3 periods at INSEAD kind of tones down in P4. After spending a superb P3 in Fonty I came to good old Singi and it hit me. It was about time, in just 4 more months we would be INSEAD Alums. This is super news but that also mean that this world is coming to an end. In a couple of months we would get back to the big boy world, be change agents, be great leaders, drive large corporations out of the red, find blue oceans and do all this with super-duper ethics. No matter how much you want to get transposed to that world straight away you know you have to start somewhere. Finding a job is a good place to start unless you are Jonathan Levi, the only serial entrepreneur I know who is going to kick ass in the coming years.
Now If you are at INSEAD chances are you would be a future consultants, at least you would try to be one, thankfully for me I realised I was too old for the consulting gig and would rather work for a super iconic brand which I could wear on my chest. So consulting went out of the door for me and I started my industry search. P4 was all stressed out especially for those who were pulled in by the consulting gig. The case interviews took away the animals out of the party. The only dates being fixed were case practise dates and to get a call from the holy trinity aka MBB was like a call from god himself.
Now in all this chaos, lesser mortals like us who would want to go back to the industry with a vengeance were feeling out of place or even a little bored. The fact that the world transferred to Fonty didn’t help either. Daniel , Alma , Doina , Ivan ,Vincent, Bada , Joris , Rodolfo , Javi ^2 ,Sid , Einar , Gabi , Tahir , Jonathan all the cool cats and the top dogs left me behind. And it seemed all gloomy here.
Anyways P4 has passed without much action accept for some cool electives which boasted my GPA and P5 has started. I am still trying to find the right brand for me and the right brand is trying to find the right person for itself , it’s pretty mutual, a very balanced relationship I would say . But I would say I am close to start a superb new career and kick some ass. Priyanka and I are booked for the grad trip in Greece and our graduation in Fonty which is going to be the biggest high in this one year to say the least. 2 months to start a new life yet again.
