Best Age For Business School | Workaholic Tendencies and Feeling Lonely: EP 2

How old is too old and how young is too young for getting your MBA? This is one of the most common questions we’ve received from listeners and we tackle it head on in episode 2 of the Tiger Sisters video podcast series. We also start off with some candid highlights and lowlights from our week including a free peer therapy session for Jean’s fight against her engrained workaholic tendencies and Cherie’s feelings of "profound loneliness" post-non-stop socializing at business school. We hope you find this episode enjoyable and helpful!

Hi everyone, it's Cherie and Jean. We're giving an inside look into our experiences at GSB (Stanford) and HBS (Harvard) MBA programs, and beyond. Think of us as the internet’s career big sisters!

Let us know in the comments what other questions you have about career, school, or life. We want to share the ups and downs of our experiences so you can learn from our mistakes and choices. We've been there and we are here to help.

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ABOUT US:
~ CHERIE ~
Hello friends, thanks for watching! My name is Cherie and I'm a content creator, recently graduated Stanford MBA, & former LinkedIn senior product manager 👋🏻 I share personal career stories on Cherie's Corner Podcast via YouTube and Instagram, so you can learn from my friends and our successes and failures, all while owning our authentic selves and living happier lives.

~ JEAN ~
Hi guys! I’m Jean and I’m a product exec, investor, and now creator-founder with my sister Cherie. I was previously the Head of Product for Augmented Reality Shopping at Snapchat. I’ve worked in product for 12 years, and I have over 50 AI patents dating back to 2012. In a past life, I was an institutional investor at Goldman Sachs. In addition to building out the Tiger Sisters video podcast series, I’m currently Managing Partner of Sunbird Ventures, an AI-focused seed stage microfund that I founded with another female AI tech exec. I’m sharing my learnings and personal stories in the hopes that I can inspire and elevate other people – especially young women – both in their careers and in pursuit of rich, fun, and joyful lives.

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⌚️Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:38 Jean's highlights and lowlights
7:20 Cherie's highlights and lowlights
13:34 Average age of MBA students
14:48 Why Cherie applied to business school
16:58 Average work experience of MBA students
17:08 Deferred MBA program (2 + 2)
19:35 Downsides of "young" business school students
23:06 Older business school student experience (mid 30s)
25:11 Stanford MSx program for older students
30:29 Outro