ta da
The latest on my job hunt: I unofficially (I should probably be careful not to jinx it) got a job offer from a big civil engineering firm in NYC. At the midpoint of a great interview that did not involve testing my knowledge on the equation for the normal distribution, asking about my strengths and weakness, or any of that other nonsense, the VP told me straight out: we would be really interested in having you work for us, now the question is are you interested in us. Now that is the question indeed.
Yet, it is admittingly quite flattering when someone is impressed enough with me to offer me a job pretty much on the spot...And I suppose this is good news. And I'm excited. Sort of. And utterly frightened that I might actually end up working with this firm (or one like it). And I guess I won't have to bother applying to work in Trader Joe's new NYC store...But there are still more interviews to come and more jobs to apply for before signing away 40 hours of my life each week for at least a year...So the saga continues.
Ah, the adventures in the life of someone who has some idea of what she doesn't want to do with her life, very little clue regarding what she should want to do, and who is all too aware that what she ends up doing (whether it's "meaningful" or not) doesn't amount "to a hill of beans in this crazy world" anyway...
posted by Goldie @ 9:56 AM
3 Comments:
Good for you! See, in the end, things do sort themselves out. Wow, amazing to think that next year you'll be in NY with the rest of us, but leading a completely different life. The truth is though, I don't think lives are all that different...At the end of the day, the human experience is pretty univerally identical.
See, in the end, things do sort themselves out.
Umm...I'm not sure whether I'm missing something or you are...Have things sorted themselves out?
At the end of the day, the human experience is pretty universally identical.
I have to disagree. I think that each human experience can be vastly different from every other. And while I think it can be similar for some, I wouldn't say that across the board it's identical: I think there is plenty of variety. I for one would have a hard time equating my experience with that of anyone else. Not to say that I can't relate to people (and vice versa) on some level, but not to the point that I'd say our experiences are identical. And if you were referring to human experiences on the superficial level, all the more room for dissension.
the human experience is pretty univerally identical.
BPS, what the heck are you talking about?
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