Insanity
2007-12-05 20:11 -
The past three days have been quite a blur.
My interviews on Monday with $MEDIUM_SIZED_INTERNET_COMPANY went fairly well – I had four interviews and think that I did especially well on two of the four interviews, and did reasonably well on the other two. I’m cautiously optimistic (I will find out whether or not I’m getting an offer by early next week, more likely Friday-ish). I’m now pretty excited about them, and think that I’d fit in really well there; they have very good growth potential and wonderful benefits.
Yesterday was the prelims for Interhouse swimming. I swam the 50 breaststroke and the 100 IM. I ended up at 4th in the IM going into finals, and 1st in the breaststroke. I’m a bit conflicted about having broken the Interhouse record for the women’s 50 breaststroke, as the IOC rules require that one be two years postop prior to being able to compete; I’m only 6 months postop, and have been on hormones for only 15 months. To be fair, I did take 3 years off from swimming, so it’s not as if I inherited or continued to build up muscle mass under the influence of testosterone. I really doubt it’ll be an issue for anyone at Tech, but it’s more of a conscience issue.
Today was my phone interview with $LARGE_SIZED_INTERNET_COMPANY. I think I rocked out and gave a really good impression of the depth of my knowledge. Because of the possibility of an impending offer from the other company, I was invited to come on-site and interview on Monday. I’m really excited about this opportunity, and looking forward to having my thought processes picked apart in new and challenging ways.
Unfortunately, I didn’t get my Ph2a homework in on time because I’m still trying to understand the material. Bleh. Also, finals for Interhouse swimming tomorrow! Yay!
I need to formally break the news that I’m leaving at some point in the next few days during the last few house dinners. :(
Wow. I don’t read your blog for a week and you manage to accomplish so much in the meantime! Please keep us posted about the job interviews. Sounds like things are really looking up.
— Nikki Dec 7, 11:21 AM #