Jobs and Life

Goodness it's midnight already. Why can't I just sit down and concentrate for more than 20 minutes at a time. At this rate, I should try that theory that says you work very efficiently if you sleep for 20 minutes and work for 20 minutes, then sleep for 20 minutes and work for 20 minutes. I don't really believe it, but someone out there says it works. I think what would happen is that I'd fall asleep and not wake up until tomorrow morning. Ahhh, my final is in less than 9 hours!

I spent most of my day in my room...and it was nice. It's like the world stopped moving for once lol. Well...other than lunch on campus for interviewing a new faculty candidate. I also got to know another student better at lunch named Reed. He's got a lot of potential I think. So hopefully he'll be able to get more involved in ACM. I feel like that's my new job now...talent recruiter...for everything from jobs to clubs to friends haha.

I talked to Mum a little earlier this evening. I'm not sure what to do about this summer. I don't have much to complain about really. I've turned down "next steps" with companies like Agilent, St. Jude, Raytheon, IBM and others. They're great companies, but offered me projects that I'm not gung ho about. I've got four active (or passively active) relations with Boeing, Rockwell Collins, CNet.com, and Disneyland. I kind of want to do them all! But they all have issues it seems like. Boeing is just really slow to respond to anything, but I'd love to go to Seattle for the summer. Rockwell is also really slow, and I'm not even sure about Iowa, but the people out there are amazing. CNet.com is something that really interests me, and they want me to accept or reject their offer by this upcoming Monday latest (oh my!), but it's in San Francisco (not to hot on the big big city), and the pay is significantly lower than the other jobs and has no benefits or housing allowances or anything (grrr). Disneyland wants me to visit them onsite for an interview, and it sounds really cool, but not as cool as CNet.com, despite the fact that it would be great to be back in SoCal for the summer with my family and friends. Of course, the biggest issue with them is that they just interviewed me for the first time today and want to take a few more steps, while CNet.com was quick and want me to accept an offer by Monday. But how cool would that be to get into Disneyland for free? Ha I guess not that cool since I've lived 20 minutes away from it since I can remember...it really is just another big corporation.

So after some major thinking, I'm going to contact all the pending companies one last time and give them a chance to get their act together or speed things up. Otherwise, I'm accepting CNet's offer despite the lower pay and no benefits in a location that I'm not stoked about (don't get me wrong, I like SF, I just wouldn't want to live there)...just because I want to learn more about the job field. I hope I love it because if I don't then everything will seem rather regrettable. But hey, mom says that once I make a decision, there's no looking back. And I say...it's all what you make of it anyways. :) I think a lot of people I know will be in the bay area too...again, so that should be fun...even though meeting new people sometimes is the best part of going somewhere new.

Remember this night Michelle. You'll look back ten years from now and only remember that this summer you worked at CNet.com (probably), and tonight was the night you made that decision. Hey, it's a pretty big decision. I think it would be pretty life changing to go somewhere new like Seattle, Iowa, or even back home since I haven't been home in such a long time. I've already been to the bay area. It's so-so, but always has potential for quite another adventure. :)