Don't go to law school.

Have had the opportunity to attend another career presentation, this time by a top consulting firm. In fact, it's not the first presentation I've attended by this company and short of their bias (perceived or otherwise) towards recruitment processes,

First things first, the cream puffs were once again, excellent. The amount of chocolate was fantastic, and the cream just sufficient. This is on top of their fresh strawberries and a set of killer hazelnut/walnut brownies. Good God.

In terms of actual presentation, the lead presenter was very smooth, which was different from the presentation by the Financial Institution a week ago. It's so smooth that even I want to consider applying for it, despite my cynicism towards their recruitment of SMU graduates and my preference for an industry driven by finance.

Actually there really isn't much but I suppose there's hope yet when you see presenters like that coming down. Makes you almost want to work there just so you can be that smooth in future.

Finally, what really stood out for this company was how the presenter chose to end his presentation. In a nutshell, it went a lil' like this:


"If you had to summarise my presentation into 5 words, these would be my 5 words. Don't. Go. To. Law. School. That's right, don't go to law school when you graduate just because your parents and your friends thought it was a good idea and you didn't know what else to do. You may think that you're widening your options but in reality you're going down a path that's one of the most narrow in terms of career opportunities.

"Don't go to law school unless you know this is what you want. Don't go to investment banking unless you like finance, because that's what it's all about. If you don't like finance, don't join an investment bank. If you aren't sure about what you want out of life and want to take the opportunity to learn a bit about everything, than do go to consulting. That's my advice to you - join consulting if you're really keen on learning new things and doing different kinds of work everyday. So remember, 5 words - don't go to law school."