So I am up very late because I can't sleep due to eating waaaay to much Chun Po's, damn that is good food, and I haven't had it in so long, so tasty!
Anyway, today has somewhat been a big event for me, I got a call today and was offered a grad position over the phone, the contract is supposedly getting here Tuesday so I can look over it. Quite frankly I was flabagasted, I really thought I hadn't been up to scratch in my final interviews and over the last 2 weeks I had started to really get down on the whole process. When I woke up this morning I was feeling very "meh" about going to another interview, but I got up and prepared and went, this interview turned out to be really excellent in the end, I felt really on the ball, the conversation I was having was a two way street and very easy, and the questions I was asked seemed easily answered and relevant. I was even lucky enough to not only be told I was going to the final interview day for this company, but also to be told that she was going to forward my resume/her notes to a dude for a role in a certain development/product team that needs an I.T consulting grad type person in the very near future. And considering whole these guys were, I was very excited/nervous about that!
So I left that interview with a renewed faith in myself, I was feeling quite positive about what I had ahead of me and a new found vigor, then I turned my mobile, had a stack of messages, one was from the place that gave me an offer, I called them back thinking I was actually going to get rejected and they gave me the good news and the rest is history. This offer I got is considered pretty good for a graduate role so that made it even sweeter, the position is located in Sydney, so I will have to relocate but they will pay my expenses for all that jazz, which is great because it will cost a bomb! I'm not sure if astro is too keen about moving, she is going to miss her family (and tiger) so very very much, I guess I am lucky because I've lead a fairly nomadic life and have no real deep roots laid anywhere family wise.
Another good thing about this job is that it starts Feb 2007, (well so I think!) which could leave me open to the greatest thing of all which is FREE TIME FOR MYSELF WHICH IS GUILT FREE! Oh man, I'm looking forward to that biznitch.
So now I wait for the contract, sorta want to see it in my hands before I consider it 'real', and then I play the 'leverage' game, where I call up all the other places I am still in the running for and let them know I have an offer and if they are interested in me to please let me know soon, i'm sure most of them will tell me to gagf, but here is hoping some of these other places in Melbourne that I would like to work for get back to me with a 'we are interested in you' message.
The best thing about all this is now I don't feel like such a loser, I have terrible marks at uni, I thought I had no hope, I thought I had cheated my way (somehow) into these interviews and didn't feel like I belonged there. I had to fight every ounce of disbelief I had in myself to keep going, just so maybe I could pull something out, I have always been one of those people who when he really applied himself he always came second or third, always up there but never first. Today to beat out 5000 other applicants for a position made me feel like I had won first prize, I feel like I am worth a damn and that maybe I am not destined for mediocity and that when I work hard at something I can achieve my goals and come out on top.
Today is a new beginning for serp.
Anyway, today has somewhat been a big event for me, I got a call today and was offered a grad position over the phone, the contract is supposedly getting here Tuesday so I can look over it. Quite frankly I was flabagasted, I really thought I hadn't been up to scratch in my final interviews and over the last 2 weeks I had started to really get down on the whole process. When I woke up this morning I was feeling very "meh" about going to another interview, but I got up and prepared and went, this interview turned out to be really excellent in the end, I felt really on the ball, the conversation I was having was a two way street and very easy, and the questions I was asked seemed easily answered and relevant. I was even lucky enough to not only be told I was going to the final interview day for this company, but also to be told that she was going to forward my resume/her notes to a dude for a role in a certain development/product team that needs an I.T consulting grad type person in the very near future. And considering whole these guys were, I was very excited/nervous about that!
So I left that interview with a renewed faith in myself, I was feeling quite positive about what I had ahead of me and a new found vigor, then I turned my mobile, had a stack of messages, one was from the place that gave me an offer, I called them back thinking I was actually going to get rejected and they gave me the good news and the rest is history. This offer I got is considered pretty good for a graduate role so that made it even sweeter, the position is located in Sydney, so I will have to relocate but they will pay my expenses for all that jazz, which is great because it will cost a bomb! I'm not sure if astro is too keen about moving, she is going to miss her family (and tiger) so very very much, I guess I am lucky because I've lead a fairly nomadic life and have no real deep roots laid anywhere family wise.
Another good thing about this job is that it starts Feb 2007, (well so I think!) which could leave me open to the greatest thing of all which is FREE TIME FOR MYSELF WHICH IS GUILT FREE! Oh man, I'm looking forward to that biznitch.
So now I wait for the contract, sorta want to see it in my hands before I consider it 'real', and then I play the 'leverage' game, where I call up all the other places I am still in the running for and let them know I have an offer and if they are interested in me to please let me know soon, i'm sure most of them will tell me to gagf, but here is hoping some of these other places in Melbourne that I would like to work for get back to me with a 'we are interested in you' message.
The best thing about all this is now I don't feel like such a loser, I have terrible marks at uni, I thought I had no hope, I thought I had cheated my way (somehow) into these interviews and didn't feel like I belonged there. I had to fight every ounce of disbelief I had in myself to keep going, just so maybe I could pull something out, I have always been one of those people who when he really applied himself he always came second or third, always up there but never first. Today to beat out 5000 other applicants for a position made me feel like I had won first prize, I feel like I am worth a damn and that maybe I am not destined for mediocity and that when I work hard at something I can achieve my goals and come out on top.
Today is a new beginning for serp.
posted by serp at 4:12 AM
7 Comments:
Congrats dude!! Ahh that's great news. Moving to Syd isn't though :( But hey, even if you stay with them for 5 years then move back into a different/better position with a firm in Melbourne, it's worth it!
The whole thing with guilt free, free time - it's awesome. I always had the guilt cloud but it's gone now, and it's like a huge weight off my shoulders. I'm the same with marks at uni, but you gotta remember that it's not always about marks -- most of the people who get H1/HD's can't hold up a good business conversation or negotiate, etc. You have these qualities, and I like to think I do too. So don't be so surprised they picked you :) A good balance is better than one or the other. If I was in Melb, we could catch up for some celebratory drinks! But I'll down a Falcon (Swedish) or a Carlsberg for you here.
Crikey, that'd be full sik. I totally just blew in my grundies.
Wow. I hope it all works out for you *-* It's pretty impressive that you would move to Sydney for the sake of a job.
Man, I stop reading everyone's blogs for like, three days, and your moving to freaking Sydney! Fuck a hat! Even the fact that it's in Sydney isn't all bad. It'll give me a reason to get up off my arse and come visit you, you know, like make an event of it! And maybe now you'll think as highly of yourself as the rest of us do. *hugs*
Yeah, we can occasionally all lob in a car and mosey up to Sydney to see serp for a weekend, that'd be cool. :D
I'm predicting that it would actually be cheaper to fly up. In fact, based on previous excursions to Canberra, by both road and air, I am stating categorically that it would be cheaper to fly. On the other hand, driving is fun, especially when you get to stop at Holbrook, the Submarine Town!
Yeah but if you had like 4 or 5 people in the car all pitching in I think it would be cheaper to drive. Plus you get to do all those road trip things, which is half the fun!
I'm not 100% sure im going yet, I'm sort of holding out for some other positions to see if I can pull off getting any more offers, if I don't well I am going, if I can well it will be a tough decision.
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