When I left LA three weeks ago, my life was filled with uncertainties. I didn’t know if I would get that job I was going to interview for, and I didn’t know when I was going to see my friends in LA, if I ever see them again. I didn’t know what my future had in store for me.
I’ve been trying to put together what the past months meant to me. Since I’ve been home, I’ve had a lot of alone time, I’ve been thinking a lot about what all it meant. Post-graduation unemployment, a chance to do whatever you want. The freedom to wake up, work out, read about sports, and watch TV all day. Being with your friends whenever you want to see them. That was the last vestiges of childhood. A childhood I didn’t really have, a childhood I was clinging on to, knowing that it was ending soon, and reality is coming.
Let’s be frank, I knew I was getting that job. It was the perfect job for me, I was the perfect candidate for the job, and only I could screw it up. Thankfully, I didn’t, so tomorrow I’ll start what I’ve been looking for for the past 6+ months. A job. And with that, I end my extended childhood, UCLA, and the few months I had to do whatever I wanted. Now I’m locked into this career path, stuck back home in Morgan Hill, but my future is still uncertain, albeit less so. Will I stay here forever, with same company, never to explore the world? Well, we’ll see.
If I were to do it again, I would try to get it all out of me while in college, as a student. As a student you get somewhat of a free pass, a kind of expectation to explore what you really want to do. Once you cross that line, it’s different, your expectations change, whatever they may be. You have to find a job. Family responsibilities set in. So if you’re still in school, don’t have any regrets. Have fun while you can. Because the real world will come, whether you like it or not. And it’ll all comes to an end.
Because of the effectiveness of those Verizon commercials, my dad has been saying that AT&T has bad coverage. That and the fact that my mom’s AT&T phone has spotty coverage means I probably won’t be switching to AT&T in January.
But if I were to switch to AT&T, this is the phone I would want:
(Don’t forget to cite your sources:) http://www.cameraphonesplaza.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/samsung-a657-rugged-cell-phone-01.jpg
So Santa, what I want for Christmas, besides the things money can’t buy, is for AT&T service so I can get this phone.
P.S. Do you know why I want this phone? Look closely at the pictures.
It’s got a flashlight.
Back when I didn’t know what to do for my tumblr, Mike said I could use it to update people on the job hunt. I was like “I guess.” A sample would have gone like this:
“I looked for jobs today. I applied to them. I didn’t get a response/They told me I didn’t fit what they were looking for.”
Well now, let me update you on my job search: it’s over.
Yay, 7+ months of worrying about this is finally done with. If you want to know, it’s at TenCate Advanced Composites, 5 minutes from my house in Morgan Hill, CA. I’ll be supporting the R&D Department with resin and pre-preg development by learning how to run all the experiments. In 3-6 months they’ll see if they want to promote me to a real engineer. One step at a time.
You always say “I guess” haha, I can totally hear your voice in response to Mike
I guess. haha
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Back when I didn’t know what to do for my tumblr, Mike said I could use it to update people on the job hunt. I was like “I guess.” A sample would have gone like this:
“I looked for jobs today. I applied to them. I didn’t get a response/They told me I didn’t fit what they were looking for.”
Well now, let me update you on my job search: it’s over.
Yay, 7+ months of worrying about this is finally done with. If you want to know, it’s at TenCate Advanced Composites, 5 minutes from my house in Morgan Hill, CA. I’ll be supporting the R&D Department with resin and pre-preg development by learning how to run all the experiments. In 3-6 months they’ll see if they want to promote me to a real engineer. One step at a time.
To my currently 7 followers, thank you for thinking I was going to actually post something. Your dedication is rewarded. As the title of this entry implies, I had a difficult time creating a name and choosing a background. That’s what prevented me from doing anything on tumblr. As of now, these things are still indeterminate, so it’s still Untitled with the basic Facebook-looking colors and design. Any suggestions are welcomed. And please excuse my writing style. It is, shall we say, not good, but I’m an engineer dammit, and if I get a chance to use indeterminate in a way that probably doesn’t make sense to anybody else, I’ll do it. So I apologize in advance.
Why am I doing this? Well, because I’m bored, unemployed, and I feel like I should write down my thoughts for you all to see. And because I need to practice writing since I’m losing my academic sharpness sleeping late, waking up late, reading up on sports, watching TV, and being on the Internet all day long.
Well now that we got that out of the way, I guess I’ll start posting more. Stay tuned.
P.S. It’s finals week for some of you, and if you’re reading this post, you really should get off tumblr and study.
