Essay 1# How will the Booth MBA help you achieve your immediate and long-term post-MBA career goals? (250-word minimum)
In the fourth example, we look at the profile of a Technologist. His passion for technology began in the early 2000s when social media was non-existent. Passionate to study over 17000 species of butterflies and build a community around the hobby, he sought assistance from the father, who taught him web programming. The applicant experienced the first success in scaling. However, his attempts to convert innovative ideas to scalable product is met with repeated failure. To study the process and develop a deep understanding of commercializing the technology, the applicant joins Google.
With the newly acquired agile development skills and processes that facilitate the conversion of ideas to marketable products, the applicant was eager to apply his Agile Development skills when a friend introduces him to an algorithm that is the precursor to the machine learning algorithm that we know today. As a passionate conservationist, the applicant focuses on the complex problem of saving the rapidly declining Marine Life. With the tools and the acquisition of two vital datasets, the technologist, develops a product that becomes the basis for his start-up.
With Chicago Booth's Strategic Management, and Entrepreneurship Management concentrations, the applicant connects an experience at Google with what could be achieved with Booth MBA. The immediate post-MBA goal to transition into Product Management and the long-term goal of developing a suite of data products are quoted as the motivation for pursuing an MBA now.
Sample Essay #4: Technology (Programming to Product Development) (493 Words)
Growing up in the scenic city of <x>, I was obsessed with butterflies. My father encouraged the hobby by teaching web programming and helped me create a website that became a pioneering resource for documenting 17000 varieties of butterflies.
Although I tasted my first scaling success, the lack of a process to convert ideas to marketable products encouraged me to join Google. As the engineer in the engineer, designer, and product manager trio, I was responsible for evaluating the feasibility of ‘new features’ on the Search and Advertising platform. The rigorous prototyping, iteration, and testing processes gave me the skills to scale an idea to product customers love.
I was yearning to apply my agile development skills when a friend..
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