MIT grads, 10 years later

MIT grads, 10 years later This past weekend was the 10-year reunion for the MIT Class of 2000 my MIT class. It was fun to see so many of my classmates and hear about what theyve been up to after all this time. One frequent question I get as an admissions officer is, what do MIT people do after graduating? Its hard to give a comprehensive answer to that question, but perhaps this will be helpful. In anticipation of our 10-year reunion, I emailed all the members of our class (about 1000 people) and asked for 10-year updates. I got a variety of responses (representing about 5% of our class), which I compiled and sent out to the class. Realizing what a resource I had, though, I condensed the responses into a one-line summary of each responding classmates current job situation. I also listed graduate degrees if they were mentioned (many were not). I did not leave anyone out who responded; I have listed all responses below in the order that the emails show up in my inbox. I think it is very interesting! Check it out In law school Technical staff at Los Alamos (MIT PhD) Technical staff at Los Alamos (MIT PhD) Management consultant at McKinsey (MIT MEng) Cognitive Science Professor at UCSD (University College London PhD) Computer programmer Hosting the Discovery show Time Warp; co-directed the upcoming OK Go music video Medical device company Business Development Manager (MIT MS) Real estate agent and mortgage officer Political Science professor at Pitt (Stanford PhD) Psychology post-doc (UT-Austin PhD) Administrator at Duke VP of technical services company (formerly in the Air Force) Medical doctor surgeon Systems engineer at Linden Labs (Second Life) International development AAAS fellow at USAID (UMass-Amherst PhD) PhD student in chemistry (UFlorida) Lawyer intellectual property Mathematician (Duke PhD) Medical doctor glaucoma specialist (Harvard MD) Chemical engineer for ExxonMobil Computer engineer at Akamai Biotech industry (Stanford PhD) Professional skydiver (former consultant) Professional skydiver (former consultant) Biotech industry (a company that runs oncology clinical trials) Director of Business Development (Columbia PhD) Economics professor at Cornell; former White House lead energy economist (Stanford PhD) Med school student (St Georges, University of London MBBS) Medical doctor physical medicine and rehabilitation (UT-Southwestern MD) Computer science physics teacher and Air Force reservist Medical doctor Technical lead at Twitter (MIT MEng) Google YouTube and TV ads projects Medical doctor anesthesiologist (Vanderbilt MD) Marketing manager VMware Biology postdoc at Harvard (UCSF PhD) Artist, designer, educator, and glassblower (RISD MFA) Biotech industry Medtronic Process engineer at Intel (UCLA PhD) Amazon.co.jp Senior Manager Lawyer derivatives practice at JPMorgan (Columbia JD) Medical doctor gastroenterology (UVA MD) US Environmental Protection Agency PhD student materials science, Rice U (former NASA team lead) Lawyer; former staff to House of Representatives Committee on Science (Georgetown JD) I work on quantitative stock trading out of my living room. Graduate student in Australia (UHawaii MS) Veterinarian (Tufts DVM) A start-up focused on mobile money lending in Africa Cirque du Soleil Artistic Director (will begin Wharton MBA) IT Director gift loyalty card industry Apple Senior Manager (iPhone) (MIT MS) Linguistics Professor at Harvard (MIT PhD) Medical doctor soft tissue pathology (Boston U MD/PhD) Admissions officer MIT