Snapshots from Hell: The Making of an MBA

Snapshots from Hell: The Making of an MBA
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Snapshots from Hell: The Making of an MBA
Peter Robinson
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In the irreverent and entertaining tradition of Liar's Poker, Peter Robinson's Snapshots from Hell is a hilarious and enlightening insider's answer to the paramount question every prospective student asks: what is business school really like?During his first frenetic year at Stanford Business School, Peter Robinson began keeping a journal of his day-to-day impressions which evolved into this book, the writing of which he came to see as a "simple act of decency, like going back to the last calm bend in the river and nailing up a sign that reads Waterfall Ahead'."From his first harrowing days at "maths camp" through the dizzying phalanx of core courses, the frenzy of exam week, the pitfalls and triumphs of the interview process (including a surreal interview with Robert Maxwell!) to being wind and dined by some of the most prestigious companies in the world, Robinson's story is witty, candid and peopled with a remarkable cast of characters. A must read for all aspirational "Masters of the Universe" as well as MBAers, Snapshots from Hell is a fast-paced, first-hand account of the nightmare world of getting a top business school MBA, one of the glittering prizes of the 90s.

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Required and Suggested.......2007-06-28

If you are considering an MBA, read this to know what to expect. If you have an MBA, read this for nostalgia and laughs.

This book was spot on.......2007-05-05

This book was great. With the exception of having prior business experience, Snapshots was 99% accurate to what my MBA experience has been like. I'm finishing up my first year at Top-20 B-School on the East Coast and Snapshots was like a play-by-play of what I've been through. I've read some of the other reviews trashing the book (the Med School guy for instance) and I think they're taking it a little too seriously. The author uses "poets" so he doesn't have to keep repeating "those of us without prior business experience". And in real life, you do notice differences between those who HAD prior business experience and those who didn't. I didn't pick up any strong political overtones in the book so again, the Med School guy needs to relax. I also didn't think Snapshots was written to be overly dramatic and engage the Med and Law school types in a pissing contest over whos gradschool program is the toughest. This book gives an honest account for what your first-year of business school will be like and I've recommended it to all my friends considering that path.

A political manifesto.......2007-03-16

I couldn't finish this book. There were several issues that led me to toss it by the middle of the book:

1) The author must use the word "Poet" at least three or four time PER PAGE. Ok. We get it. You were considered a Poet. Get over it. Stop using that as an excuse as to why you didn't seem to understand one lousy math concept.

2) The book is highly over-dramatized. Either this guy has the IQ of a Rhesus monkey, or he tried to make it sound a lot harder than it was. I'm a physician - and I'm pretty sure that medical school is harder than business school - and I didn't have near the "harrowing experience" this guy did.

3) I was looking for a book about what an MBA program is like - not a thinly disguised political ad. Being that this guy was a speech writer for Reagan and Bush #1, I should have known to expect some conservative drivel. What I didn't expect was several passages referring to "leftists", "liberals", "hippies", and the like. The passages are spread out throughout the book (as much as I read of it), but there is NO POINT to them. They add absolutely nothing to the story, and appear to be thrown in there just to make sure that we know the author disapproves of non-conservatives.

In the end, it was the political bias that drove me to stop reading. The book was mediocre, at best, to begin with, and the neo-conservative ravings put the nail in the coffin.

If you are a proud Republican, you may find this book to be alright. If you are an independent or Democrat, though, I would recommend you skip this one unless you enjoy being insulted.

alternative view.......2006-04-19

The book is nice in that it provides a nice alternative view to the MBA experience. The names and experiences in this book have been changed (to protect the guilty?) and it seems to lose something in the translation however.

I would recommend this book to people who are still on the fence about an MBA or are soon to begin an MBA program. It provides a nice breakdown of the characters, personalities and egos you are likely to encounter at a top MBA program.

A Poet's View.......2006-04-11

Peter Robinson's Stanford GSB stories describe his first year experience as a graduate business student. His personal enjoyable and educational accounts, "snapshots" if you will, about why he went to business school and the challenges a non-businessman type faces are well written. The book refers to students who are not from business-geek backgrounds, people with literary or artisit tilts, as "poets." Inspired by a 1L, a novel on a student's first year at law school, Snapshots from Hell is a quick read and covers both his personal and professional experiences at Stanford. The emphasis on mathematics, a field Peter did not study in college or use in his professional work, made his educational experience challenging and "hellish." His speechwriter turned businessman view is easy to see, though many of the observations about what professors and employers expect of students feel outdated and stuck in the 80's. The personal stories regarding his experience and interaction with others, however, are compelling enough to interest and entertain a reader.

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Hedge funds are complex, risky investment vehicles. Other funds, such as most equity mutual funds, have straightforward investment strategies. By contrast, equity-oriented hedge funds may engage in various trading practices and investment strategies. They may be short funds, long-short funds or market neutral funds. And equity-oriented hedge funds are only a small sliver of the hedge fund universe. Thus, assessing the risk of hedge funds is a challenge. In language intelligible to most lay readers, author Richard Horwitz lays out the issues to consider when evaluating hedge fund risks. He has accomplished a great deal merely by writing this in readable prose, instead of in equations. He also explains his company's hedge fund risk measurement system. We believe every hedge fund manager and anyone who even thinks of investing in a hedge fund should read this book.

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Cute Story.......2007-03-20

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