Happy Friday...

So MIT is pretty good about giving students days off. In the LFM program, you find that days off just mean you don't have class. Most projects are in full swing now, so even "days off" are taken up with meetings and other assignments. In fact, I'm only blogging right now because I'm procrastinating working on my OP paper. Uh....I mean, you guys always come first......

We had an exercise in negotiation this week. Basically, it was a mock compensation negotiation with another Sloan student (in my case, another LFM student). You get scored based on what you're able to negotiate in terms of dollars per hour, stock options, etc. It was pretty interesting.....and good practice. There's even a class on it, which I would like to take next Spring. If I get good enough at it, I can prepare myself for my future negotiations. It's not all about the money, either. I figure, if I can't work out a higher salary, maybe I can get them to name a kid after me. If it's a girl, I'm thinking "Jarelda". I'd be willing to go with just a middle name though if they threw in a nice office chair or something...