‘Did you get it? Did you get it?’ Those were the cries I could hear as I sat amongst my classmates on a cold, wet November morning on a boat down a river in Valencia as 15 pairs of eyes looked down on their phones to find out one of the most important pieces of…
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10 reasons to take a coding bootcamp at IESE
Last winter term I chose to take The Bridge’s Python Bootcamp for Data Analysis because I wanted to relearn a lost skill. I hadn’t coded for ten years since my undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering! Even though the trends of coding experience were rising and I understood how this skill could help me in my…
IESE Impact Fund – Impact Investing at IESE
Founded by the MBA Class of 2017, the IESE Impact Fund (formerly known as IESE For Impact Community Fund or IFIC) is IESE’s own student-led impact investment fund. Its mission is to create the next generation of impact-focused leaders, investors, and businesses poised to deliver tangible and sustainable good. Practically, this means giving students hands-on…
My journey of transversal learning at IESE, Julio Wais MBA 22
“Learning happens in the minds and souls, not in the databases of multiple-choice tests” – Sir Ken Robinson To quote one of the lines from an iconic Spanish song, “What is a girl like you doing in a place like this?”, sometimes I can’t help but think what a person like me is doing in…
Taking the road less travelled: My summer internship in Tanzania
I still remember that the key element that brought me to IESE Business School was its mission to develop future leaders with ethics, social responsibility, and a calling to make a remarkable change. Thanks to the amazing alumni network, this summer I found myself doing my second internship for an NGO, Jobortunity, in Tanzania. Why did…