UVA Master’s in Management of Information Technology - Retrospective (Part 1 of 6)
I graduated from the University of Virginia (UVA) Master’s in Management of Information Technology (MS MIT) program in May 2010. I worked full-time at Booz Allen Hamilton while going through the full-time 12-month program in Charlottesville, Virginia.
It’s been over 10 months since my group finished our program requirements by defending our capstone project to our professors.
A theme throughout the MS MIT program was performing retrospectives for iterative improvement. This six part series of blog posts are my retrospective for the entire Master’s program.
Here is a summary of what my posts explain:
- I slept much less than normal during the program’s 12 months. The lack of sleep was balanced by a tremendous amount of valuable learning.
- I went in as a developer with four years of experience. I graduated with an appreciation and working knowledge of all areas related to IT including managerial finance, project management, corporate strategy, marketing, and behavioral event interviewing.
- I previously had a small network of contacts who were mostly in development roles. Now I have a much larger network of established professionals on all corporate levels.
- I took out $40,000 in student loans. I got my money’s worth.
Part 2 is an overview of the MS MIT curriculum
