I've been a bad journaler.
I've been a bad journaler. (Journalist?)
I had a phone interview two Fridays ago with a small software company. Never did hear back from them.
But I also had a for-real interview for a job in the Registrar's Office at Meredith! The interview was this Monday. They said I should hear something by the end of the week. I really want this job. I like the idea of being able to take free classes more than I like the idea of working for a software company. And I don't want my CS education to go to waste, but the idea of starting all over at a software company is more than a little scary. It seems like every single job ad I see, even for freakin internships, asks for experience in stuff I've never even heard of! I just feel completely unqualified. And I've considered focusing back on getting a Masters, but that's intimidating, too, and I'm just not motivated for it because I feel like I'd fall on my face.
But! If I got this job at Meredith, maybe I could retake some CS classes, just to give myself and refresher and give me some confidence back. And I could take the networking class that they've added since I graduated. (I feel like I'm sorely lacking as a potential employee for techie companies because I honestly know squat about networking.) And maybe Meredith would give...
Okay, so I actually looked at what Meredith has on their website for employees. Oh my bob, oh my bob, oh my bob. You guys, I REALLY want this job at Meredith. I could take up to two classes (well, 6 credit hours) per semester and it looks like there are even programs to help with graduate school. I could get another degree! Or take biology one semester and archaeology the next and throw some yoga in there while I'm at it! And even if I stayed there forever and let Meredith give my daughters free tuition, I wouldn't have to give up programming. I could make games in my own time. Let Jeremy come up with games and I'll program them and we'll make them for the DS and make millions. :P
And maybe I wouldn't stay in the Registrar's Office forever, but I think I could find something I liked for the long term.
I want this job. And I have no idea what kind of chances I got. I made them laugh a few times at the interview. But the interview also seemed pretty short. What does that mean? What can I infer from that?
Oh screw this. They just need to call me tomorrow and offer me a job. None of this "end of the week" nonsense. :\
Athena and I watched The Time Traveler's Wife it was good. If Athena wasn't there, I probably would've cried a few times.
Although... okay, this may make me sound like a horrible person, but here's what happens when I have no need for a filter.
So, in the movie, the chick has a miscarriage. When her husband finally catches up with her, she says, "I lost the baby." To which I immediately add, "I don't know where he went!" Athena cracks up then adds, "Have you seen him around?" And then we say at the same time, "He's floating around in time somewhere!" LOLOLOL. I respond with, "The Time Traveler's Fetus!" So apparently we're going to do a sequel / adaptation called, "The Time Traveler's Fetus", a la "Twilite" and "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies".
I approve.
(Please can haz sweet job?)
I had a phone interview two Fridays ago with a small software company. Never did hear back from them.
But I also had a for-real interview for a job in the Registrar's Office at Meredith! The interview was this Monday. They said I should hear something by the end of the week. I really want this job. I like the idea of being able to take free classes more than I like the idea of working for a software company. And I don't want my CS education to go to waste, but the idea of starting all over at a software company is more than a little scary. It seems like every single job ad I see, even for freakin internships, asks for experience in stuff I've never even heard of! I just feel completely unqualified. And I've considered focusing back on getting a Masters, but that's intimidating, too, and I'm just not motivated for it because I feel like I'd fall on my face.
But! If I got this job at Meredith, maybe I could retake some CS classes, just to give myself and refresher and give me some confidence back. And I could take the networking class that they've added since I graduated. (I feel like I'm sorely lacking as a potential employee for techie companies because I honestly know squat about networking.) And maybe Meredith would give...
Okay, so I actually looked at what Meredith has on their website for employees. Oh my bob, oh my bob, oh my bob. You guys, I REALLY want this job at Meredith. I could take up to two classes (well, 6 credit hours) per semester and it looks like there are even programs to help with graduate school. I could get another degree! Or take biology one semester and archaeology the next and throw some yoga in there while I'm at it! And even if I stayed there forever and let Meredith give my daughters free tuition, I wouldn't have to give up programming. I could make games in my own time. Let Jeremy come up with games and I'll program them and we'll make them for the DS and make millions. :P
And maybe I wouldn't stay in the Registrar's Office forever, but I think I could find something I liked for the long term.
I want this job. And I have no idea what kind of chances I got. I made them laugh a few times at the interview. But the interview also seemed pretty short. What does that mean? What can I infer from that?
Oh screw this. They just need to call me tomorrow and offer me a job. None of this "end of the week" nonsense. :\
Athena and I watched The Time Traveler's Wife it was good. If Athena wasn't there, I probably would've cried a few times.
Although... okay, this may make me sound like a horrible person, but here's what happens when I have no need for a filter.
So, in the movie, the chick has a miscarriage. When her husband finally catches up with her, she says, "I lost the baby." To which I immediately add, "I don't know where he went!" Athena cracks up then adds, "Have you seen him around?" And then we say at the same time, "He's floating around in time somewhere!" LOLOLOL. I respond with, "The Time Traveler's Fetus!" So apparently we're going to do a sequel / adaptation called, "The Time Traveler's Fetus", a la "Twilite" and "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies".
I approve.
(Please can haz sweet job?)