Duke Daytime MBA Student Blog

Despite challenging circumstances, our graduates have enjoyed well-deserved success—both in traditional compensation and in quality of life measures.

I have always been very curious about the skills I would need for a career in private equity, but I came to Fuqua with very little knowledge of the field.

Our 2022 graduates have once again proven their agility and resilience. After all, they began their Duke MBA journey at the height of the pandemic, when almost everything about the business school experience had to be adapted to keep everyone safe.

It happened every time. Almost intuitively, as I walked into a packed room of investment banking prospects, I immediately knew exactly how many other women were present. You could usually count us on one hand.

I had no idea how to translate my skillset from the military to the corporate world and felt that an MBA would best allow me to bridge that gap.

Here are some of the key takeaways and my thoughts from the 2021 employment report on what’s behind the shifts and trends.  

I was curious but not sure about pursuing investment banking, until arriving at Fuqua.

The Mentored Study program at Duke’s Fuqua School of Business provided the perfect fit for me to further explore my previous experience in venture capital in a real-world work setting while gaining exposure to the tech industry.

I knew that the prospect of landing a career in venture capital (VC) was risky, given the limited job openings but it was a risk I was ready to take.

We co-founded the Duke MBA FinTech Club in the Spring of 2018, with the goal of fostering a community passionate about financial technology at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and to create an ecosystem that supports MBA students in pursuing careers within the industry