Saturday, February 28, 2004
Interviews
After having 3 interviews in less than 48 hours, and one of them required flying to NYC, the interview craze is finally over. It's not a good thing for me though, because I still have 0 offer! ARGH! These are the companies I'm still waiting to get back to me.
Bridgewater Associates
Location: Westport, CT
Duration: 0.5 hr, got the interview b/c recruiter is my friend =)
Confidence level about second round (1-5): 1
Comments: My friend's partner doesn't seem to like me very much because I might have insulted him saying that programmers from community college sux compared to programmers from CMU)
Cisco Systems
Location: San Jose
Duration: 0.75 hr
Confidence level about second round: 3
Comments: Inteviewed over a week ago and still haven't heard from them...
Lehman Brothers
Location: NYC
Total duration of interviews: 3.5 hours
Confidence level about getting an offer: 0.5
Comments: Couldn't answer programming questions. Couldn't answer math questions. Couldn't answer finance questions. Oh, and they're too cheap to offer us a hotel stay. -.-"
McMaster-Carr
Location: Cleveland
Duration: 0.5 hr
Confidence level about second round: 4
Comments: Applied for a business management position. Wait, I thought I majored in Computer Engineering?
Microstrategy
Location: McLean, VA
Duration: 3.5 hr
Confidence level about an offer: 4
Comments: QA Engineer position. Not sure if position is "fun" but location is excellent.
Thursday, February 19, 2004
Good news and bad news.
Bad news
1) My legs are so sore (from 15min of excersise) that I can barely stand up from sitting position, especially getting up from the toilet seat. I'm not kidding. My legs cannot support my weight anymore. I'm a huge fatass.
Good news
1) Snowboarding this weekend!!! WOOHOO!!
2) Gave my beloved Jetta a belated V-day present. hehe...
3) More interviews!!! Yay!!
Bad news
1) My legs are so sore (from 15min of excersise) that I can barely stand up from sitting position, especially getting up from the toilet seat. I'm not kidding. My legs cannot support my weight anymore. I'm a huge fatass.
Good news
1) Snowboarding this weekend!!! WOOHOO!!
2) Gave my beloved Jetta a belated V-day present. hehe...
3) More interviews!!! Yay!!
Friday, February 13, 2004
Time for a new entry ;-)
Past: Laundry, browse web, chat online, chat on phone, next mod for my crappy Jetta, Italy, missing class, snowboard, BOUGHT a snowboard, hurting myself, work, more work, research, interviews, screwing up interviews, sell roses, visit Albert+Cyn at Ann Arbor, lack of excercise, getting fat and lazy, etc etc.
Present: Try not to screw up on interviews, stop hurting myself, excercise, miss more classes.
Future: Get a job, be able to do half pipes with snowboard, Paris, graduate, get a kickass car, start a company, retire early, buy an island at Carribean, enjoy LIFE.
Now I don't have to update my blog for the rest of my life =)
Past: Laundry, browse web, chat online, chat on phone, next mod for my crappy Jetta, Italy, missing class, snowboard, BOUGHT a snowboard, hurting myself, work, more work, research, interviews, screwing up interviews, sell roses, visit Albert+Cyn at Ann Arbor, lack of excercise, getting fat and lazy, etc etc.
Present: Try not to screw up on interviews, stop hurting myself, excercise, miss more classes.
Future: Get a job, be able to do half pipes with snowboard, Paris, graduate, get a kickass car, start a company, retire early, buy an island at Carribean, enjoy LIFE.
Now I don't have to update my blog for the rest of my life =)
