Jyot, a second year student from Los Angeles, graduated fromthe University of California, Berkeley with a dual degree in IndustrialEngineering and Political Science/Government. *Upon graduation, he joined one of hisprofessors and a PhD student to start a company that provides operationalconsulting for bio-pharmaceutical firms.*Jyot left that venture to help his father’s aerospace manufacturingcompany.
Avery significant part of Jyot’s life, before entering business school, wasstarting the Los Angeles chapter of a non-profit called New Leaders Council.NLC trains young professionals in civic leadership.
After HBS graduation, Jyot hopes to learn Spanish abroad,and then move to San Francisco in September to join Bain Company.
READING: A few weeks ago, after a late night, three- hourconversation about life with a classmate, I found a box from Amazon in front ofmy door; The Alchemist was inside. Iloved it and highlighted the hell out of it!
EATING: My section mates make fun of me for eatinghardboiled eggs all the time. Other than that, I like the omelets in Spanglermade by Filipe, who knows exactly what everyone wants. The rest of the day ******I dive into Spangler’s huge salad bar.
PLANNING: My favorite planning is around small groupdinners. A few trips are also in the works, but recently, I have been strategizingfor an eventual return to California. Should I buy or rent? What routinesshould I keep from my days at HBS and what new routines should I establish toserve me at Bain?
DREAMING: I had a fantasy about who I was before I got here.HBS has given me timeto build my basics: learn how to learn, figure out what I'm strong and weak in,understand what it feels like when I'm really enjoying my work, but also figureout what in life really gets under my skin. These two years have really helpedme shred the fantasy of what motivated me and who I thought I was beforebusiness school. Now my dreams feel more in line with what I really want - astrong family, a daily routine that allows me to maintain my health, a job inwhich I am aligning people behind a difficult project that fulfills a real needI can connect with, a position in a non-private sector organization thatfocuses on improving an aspect of U.S. economic competitiveness (probablyaround the subject of technical education), and a network of business andpolitical leaders whom I can work on initiatives with to lessen the sufferingof others.
ANYTHING ELSE: Ifound the application process for business school arduous, lonely, andwonderful. It forced me to put into words how everything I had done previouslyfit together. It profoundly impacted my identity. If I hadn’t had theapplication process as the excuse to escape from social invitations and otherdistractions to really consider this, I would never have had that experience. Iwish that for everyone applying.
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