So I started my PMBA coursework this week, starting with Supply Chains & Global Operations. It sounds horrendously dry, but I find the whole subject fascinating. I think every abstraction of the physical world that allows for cyclical analysis and improvement is worthwhile. Cognitive behavioral therapy, business process analysis, data warehousing, reverse material logistics - all scintillating if you keep the big picture in mind. I really like the lecturer, too - I think he'll be the best I've had in years if the first is an indicator for subsequent classes.
Having some time to think during a break in this class, I got to thinking about a class I took in undergrad, Graph Theory. Now, I know what you're thinking: "Brian! How did you get such interesting course selections?!" Now now, contain yourself. The boiling-down of complex systems to vertices and points - processes and locations, transit types and destinations, asynchronous Web services and data consumers, whatever - is quite possibly the most fun you can have in a cubicle. [Aside from the "shoot staples at pedestrians" game, but you take my point (and vertex), I hope.] I'm hoping to have a lot of this fun for the next 14 weeks. I know, geeked out. But loving it.
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