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Job May 30, 2004

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I forgot to mention!! I just got a real job! I’m a run time environment engineer for a large IT consulting agency working on the set of a major movie studio. I’m excited about the new job, except that it starts in Los Angeles on the 9th. This means I have almost no time to look for a place to live. We went up to studio city yesterday to look for apartments, but didn’t have much luck. It’s not easy finding a nice place. But at least I have a job. :)

ACM Career Expo February 5, 2004

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Well another event down. I think this one went better than the one yesterday. A lot of high tech companies were there–Unisys, Conexent (soon to be merged with another company), Raytheon Interns, HP. Most weren’t accepting resumes, but I think I did OK with the ones that were.

I met a employee at one company that had worked under the same person I did my 125 project under. This is a nice connection–hopefully something will come of it. :) I also did some mock-interviews and got some good tips on how to improve my interview style and resume. Did you know that one shouldn’t put an objective on a resume? It belonds in the cover letter.

There was this one guy working for Raytheon (an Intern, since that’s all they sent) who completely remembered me very well. When I walked up he said, “hey Owen, I like the beard!” Embarassingly enough, I don’t remember who he is–I recognize his face but can’t remember anything else. But he sure remembers me. I later found out he was Paul’s old roommate, but I can’t remember the connection between us. I think maybe we took ICS22/3 together. Man, my memory sucks.

Anyway, I looked good in my new suit, so that’s something positive. And I added four new pens to my collection.

Panda Express anyone? February 4, 2004

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Alternate title: “You know it’s going to be a good job fair when the best company there is Panda Express.”

Today I went to the UCI Career Fair 2004. After deciding not to talk to Mervyns or the Navy, I went to talk to the two technical companies there (excepting Boeing, but last time they told me they don’t want CS majors). I first talked to Linksys (now part of Cisco). They told me they were looking for someone to work in their networking support department (do they even have any other departments?). They wanted extensive networking knowledge and will test it if you get an interview. Sort-of a problem since I’m taking the class now, so I won’t have a complete knowledge of networking. But we’ll see… I don’t think they’ll call me since my resume doesn’t mention that I’ve taken a networking class or that I have any experience. I’ll remedy the situation for the next interview. I wouldn’t particularly mind a job with them–it’s in Irvine, I can get some experience working with customers, and learn about networking. It would be an interesting job, though I don’t know if I could stand it for too long.

Next, I waited in line to talk to Western Digital, but they told the person in front of me that they aren’t interested in CS majors so I gave up.

So all I got out of this job fair was a ruler, pen, and a “maybe, but probably not” offer from Linksys. Come back tomorrow for the ACM Career Expo. A inside source told me “It’s the smallest it’s ever been.” Yay!