About five years into my professional life (in 2004), I decided that, instead of the MS in computer sciences that I always thought I would do, what I really needed to do was an MBA.

Why? Mainly because I realized that I needed three things: (1) a graduate degree, (2) more and/or advanced general management skills (strategy, analysis, finance, accounting, operations, HR, etc.), and (3) something to accelerate my professional growth.

About a year and half later, I started my MBA at Melbourne Business School (MBS) in Australia.

This section of the site used to contain more stuff but now just has the following two articles:

1. My reasons for doing an MBA, as explained through my application essays
2. A quick overview of how the MBS MBA works

I deleted the rest because I now put all my MBA and career-related thoughts and ideas on my professional blog. Some useful posts from this blog include:

1. And I'm Done! and I Graduated!
2. Online Resources for New MBS Students
3. MBS MBA FAQ: Career Prospects
4. MBA Skills at Work: Part 1
5. Should You Get an MBA?
6. How the MBA has Changed My Life

I also maintain on that blog a list of all the MBS bloggers that I know of.

If you have any comments on anything mentioned here, please e-mail me at ameel [at] insanityworks.org or at a.khan.08 [at] alumni.mbs.edu. Alternatively, go to my blog and write your comment there.

[Last updated: 22 October, 2008]