Back to school

The first term of the second year officially starts tomorrow... Not that it will be very busy since I only took 2 electives plus Spanish classes but the Milkround (recruiting) season is also starting the same week. Banks, consulting firms and some industry-type companies are coming to campus which is nice but it means you need to wear a suit and try to "network" with the various people and I don't feel ready for this. It would have been great to have 1 week to settle in before the rush...

I am also quite busy with my work as an independent consultant. My client is a telecom company who needs to develop its business so it's quite an interesting job. I'm not actually working directly for the client but for a very small consulting firm who needs some support on that project but since it seems to go on well, they might have other projects for me.

And a final word to recommend an excellent book I'm currently reading: "The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time" by Jeffrey Sachs. You just need a basic understanding of economics to follow Jeffrey's reasoning and he gives some quite powerful ideas on how to meet the UN Millenium Goal of reducing extreme poverty by half its 2000 level by 2015.