Practically every 20-something has a "five-year plan," an idea of where they want to be by the end of that time and a rough idea of how they are going to get there. And, like all plans, they are never as straightforward or simple as they may initially seem.
Tyler Louie's five-year plan was as straightforward as they come. He graduated from Northwestern University in 2007 with an engineering degree and went to work for Motorola as a software engineer. He figured he'd get the experience he'd need to have a fighting chance at a top business school, keep his contacts in the technology industry, and "go from there."
It took about 20 months for Louie's plan to change.
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