I know there is a question further down about classmates, so I'll save my big paragraph for that. I'm sure the program did help me develop all of these aspects. That definitely did make me more aware of my communication skills and how I needed to improve them. Work habits, I have to admit, did not change much from my college days. Not really something I've ever had a problem with or given much thought to, aside from my general ethic to get things done when they need to be.
Technical abilities is obviously the big one here.
As you will see in the later questions, this mental shift has drastically changed my life. Oh, where to start. Not to overdo this one, but I think MA98 had the most extraordinary luck in the group that came together for our year. The group was smart, motivated, and quickly became dedicated to the idea of the program. We all wanted to learn as much as we could, and we figured out that we could learn from each other amazingly well.