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It shouldn't even be the same price, the publisher is saving the cost of paper, ink, labor, and shipping, while Amazon's only added cost is the ten cents or so they have to pay Sprint for wireless distribution.When Amazon or the publisher wakes up and prices the Kindle version appropriately, I will buy it and then remove my review. It sounds pretty interesting, but I would only want to buy the Kindle version. However, I'm not going to pay a premium for the ebook, not only does it cost more than the paperback version, it is more expensive than the hardcover.
Additionally, the narrator for the audiobook is pleasant and easy on the ears which makes the book "read" quickly and with a nice flow He brings in all the author's tones and inflections during sarcastic remarks and witty bantor between students. It's a nice personal account. He touches on academic requirements, the student competition, the sheer force of HBS and how it all works in his life.
Amazon's marketing tools "got me" with a last minute "Amazon Recommends" on my way to check out. Having the author be from outside traditional "business" career paths, and coupled with the 10+ years of journalist experience really put a nice spin on this book. This was an unexpected and seredipitious purchase and I have highly recommended it to several people already.
It's clever, humorous, candid and sincere in all his descriptions of his peers, professors and various classes he had to take while earning his Harvard MBA. Again, highly recommended if you're intersted in what to expect from the MBA experience, particularly Harvard. Without reading much on the book, I assumed it was more of a business or textbook-like work that would give a high level overview of what 2-years at HBS was like.
But this is so much more.
Otherwise, I would have enjoyed it more. The story was full of witty humor but somewhat boring in the half-way of the book. The author has different view of business school and business world. He is more of an idealist.
Reading this book fills you in on what you are missing out on, not attending HBS. I think it would be interesting to have a follow up and find out how many of the class of 2006 are still employed on Wall Street.
I would recommend this book to people thinking about going to Bschool, and people already in Bschool. I appreciated his desire to find meaningful work and put family first, and not taking the 100 work weeks at the nearest hedge fund.
During this time of economic upheaval, I have a lot of friends who are restarting their careers by going back to business school, or people who thinking about getting an MBA. At the end of the rigorous 2 years, most people were not happier or necessarily better situated, than they had been before Bschool.
In the end, it helped me realize that Bschool is not for me, but I would be interested in learning the case method, that method of critical thinking and analysis, and reading a few cases myself. Its as if the MBA was a golden ticket that would get you the career and recognition you wanted.
It seems the most valuable lessons he learned in school was not a bunch of nifty formulas, or secrets to success on Wall Street, but rather, critical thinking skills to understand a business as a whole.
This inner conflict made it hard for him to relate to the academic exercises and relentless pursuit to the prevalent definition of success.The book started well and the core theme was evident early on. This author joined Harvard MBA a little late in life compared to his classmates. It should serve as a good guide for future students as well as those that may have missed out on a chance to get this education.Overall, an interesting read. However, somewhere in the middle it started going downhill and it wasn't until the end that the author actually came out with a more cohesive message on the overall experience.I would recommend this to anyone interested in learning more about the famed institution. He had seen significant success and tasted the comforts of a stable job. As a result, he wasn't as driven by naked ambition as some of his peers.
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