Hey there, It's been a while. I'm sorry it's taken so long to update.
I have spent the last month or so trying to figure out what is going on with my life. I haven't been to work in a while due to the fact that my contract has run out. I am waiting to be recalled to work so that I can start working on the next game that Vicarious Visions works on.
Last weekend I was able to go back to Champlain and witness first weekend for freshmen. I realized it was not the best time to go back because I found out that I was pretty sad being there. I realized I missed being in college more than ever and I wanted to have some sort of standing there in the school. I loved my time there and can't wait till I head back up again.
Since I have been back I have worked on some of my personal projects. I have also worked on getting a new part time job. I have currently landed a part time job at Best Buy which hopefully should tide me over until I can get my job back at Vicarious Visions.
My free time is spent either working on some of my own writing or working on some of my own works that I haven't really shared with anyone yet at this point. I have found a calling in writing my own short stories(which aren't all that short) but I haven't really shared them with anyone yet.
How is the job hunt coming? Have any luck with career advances?
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Reinventing
I really do miss talking to you. I can understand that you are so busy with the time off that you do have. I'm happy that you can enjoy the time. I totally understand you on not being able to see friends much this summer. Being in Albany, it's quite a stretch to get to someone that is familiar or someone that I would call a friend. The last couple weekends I have been able to go out and do things though, and it has been nice. First was Ben's birthday, which allowed me to reconnect with a couple people and just relax for once. I also got to go back to Burlington and be there as just another person, not a student. It was definitely a weird experience. After that I spent a bit of time home. It was nice to see my family after almost 3 months of being away.
I am having a bit of a tough time actually getting out and meeting people here in Albany, but hopefully whenever my job starts back up I can start resocializing with people. I can only hope that it allows for that at least.
You say that your job feels repetitive and annoying now. I really think that you could find a job that fulfills you and allows you to be happy every day(well, at least most days) that you go in. Finding new opportunities may be tough at the start, but if you give it a shot, then you truly have nothing to lose. Being able to move on into a career that you have studied for and are clearly ready to move into is the next thing in life. I believe that you can find a position that is where you want to be. And with a new position is a new opportunity to move out onto your own and truly begin the next...adventure I guess you could call it, in your life. While things can honestly seem overwhelming now, or when you are looking to chances to move on to somewhere else, you just have to remember that all it takes is that first step. Moving forward and into the unknown is terrifying, but damn, it sure is exciting.
I know that you are worried about a job that doesn't allow you take time off or do the things that you want to, but I have just finished 3 months at a company as a temporary employee, and they were basically willing to let me take any time off that I wanted/needed off as long as I gave notice of it before hand. These things you can't really worry about until you actually get into the company and see how they are and who they are.
With school starting up here in a couple weeks, I feel a bit awkward knowing that I will not be going back to it. I no longer have homework to do or classes to go to. I am also missing the fact that I will not be returning to a place that I called home and a place where my friends all came together. I'm guessing that's just how it goes though.
I do miss talking to you. If you get a chance in your busy schedule, and I am online, send me a message. Even if it's only a 5 minute conversation, I would love to hear from you.
I am having a bit of a tough time actually getting out and meeting people here in Albany, but hopefully whenever my job starts back up I can start resocializing with people. I can only hope that it allows for that at least.
You say that your job feels repetitive and annoying now. I really think that you could find a job that fulfills you and allows you to be happy every day(well, at least most days) that you go in. Finding new opportunities may be tough at the start, but if you give it a shot, then you truly have nothing to lose. Being able to move on into a career that you have studied for and are clearly ready to move into is the next thing in life. I believe that you can find a position that is where you want to be. And with a new position is a new opportunity to move out onto your own and truly begin the next...adventure I guess you could call it, in your life. While things can honestly seem overwhelming now, or when you are looking to chances to move on to somewhere else, you just have to remember that all it takes is that first step. Moving forward and into the unknown is terrifying, but damn, it sure is exciting.
I know that you are worried about a job that doesn't allow you take time off or do the things that you want to, but I have just finished 3 months at a company as a temporary employee, and they were basically willing to let me take any time off that I wanted/needed off as long as I gave notice of it before hand. These things you can't really worry about until you actually get into the company and see how they are and who they are.
With school starting up here in a couple weeks, I feel a bit awkward knowing that I will not be going back to it. I no longer have homework to do or classes to go to. I am also missing the fact that I will not be returning to a place that I called home and a place where my friends all came together. I'm guessing that's just how it goes though.
I do miss talking to you. If you get a chance in your busy schedule, and I am online, send me a message. Even if it's only a 5 minute conversation, I would love to hear from you.
Monday, July 19, 2010
Things Are Happening
Well, I'm not really sure how much you're looking to find out, but I'm just gonna lay it all out there. I am currently working for a company in Albany NY called Vicarious Visions. We are ramping down from our current title and my contract will be running out at the end of this week. Our current title is Guitar Hero 6 for the Wii and should be out in a month or two. I am currently only a Quality Assurance tester, which means I get to play the game until I break it, and then help the developers fix the breaks. I love going into my job and I love the atmosphere. I am currently unsure of how things are going to go in the future, but I am staying in Albany and hoping to hear that I have got a new contract in the next month or so.
I graduated with little to my name from Champlain in the way of academics, but I feel that I did everything I could have in my time there. I miss everyone terribly but I am glad that I have found my own path. I truly felt proud with my parents at my graduation, even though looking around me everyone else seemed to have some sort of cord or academic achievement. I am now looking back at those that I graduated with, and straight out of school, only 3 of us got jobs that were relative to our major. Being one of those three has been a struggle. I can still remember the nights that I would spend filling out numerous applications just to hope that I would get a response. I feared that I would not have a job and that I would be slightly lost out on my own. I kept pushing through though, and here I am, in a starting point of the career I am hoping to advance in. This last 2 and a half months I have been working night shift which means that I go in to work at 3:30 p.m. and get out at 12:15 a.m. So, basically it has been hard to really keep up much of a social life with the job that I have taken. I am hoping for a better shift next time around though.
I am incredibly happy for you that you graduated so high in your class. I am not really surprised though, because I've always viewed you as such a smart girl. I truly believe that you can move out into your own career and succeed at it, all you need to do is take the first step. I was terrified to take it, but you can't let fear hold you back. You have to keep pushing forward.
With my job ending here at the end of the week, I am not really sure what I will be doing. The rent on my apartment is paid up for the next two months, so I will probably be hoping for some sort of call back from the company. I will be also working on some side projects in order to try to use them as a moving up in the company.
I can honestly say for once that I kind of miss home. I have yet to spend more than a week home in almost two years now, and I kind of feel like it is something I should be doing soon. At the same time, I feel that I need to accomplish more before I go back. While it is true that I will have my name on a big name game by the end of the year, I still think that I should accomplish more in order to truly make the people at home proud of me and truly take my decision in career serious.
My parents have gotten a new puppy in the last year which is incredibly cute. She is a corgi and is almost a year old now. While she is a small dog, she is incredibly energetic and love playing whenever I get home. It is another reason I miss home as well.
This last week I went to a pig roast in PA with a bunch of kid from school. Sean, Asian Chris, Jordan, Ben, and a handful of others were all in attendance. It was a nice getaway to just relax, let go of some tension, and to catch up with some people that I have barely talked to in the last couple months. The week before that I got a chance to shoot up to Burlington for one night of the 4th. I was able to sit on the lake and watch fireworks with a couple of the guys and forget about anything other than the bursting lights in the sky. While walking around town and going to a bar later on, I had people I barely knew coming up to me and saying hi, which was comforting to know that people hadn't forgotten about me, no matter how well I knew them.
And, well, here's the real kicker. I spent six months in a relationship with a girl I met over thanksgiving break at home. She was a friend of my brother's girlfriend and at the time I really had nothing going for me. I was happy to be with someone but it always felt like there was something missing. We kept things going for a 6 months in a long distance relationship. She came up to Burlington and spent spring break with me and the rest of the guys. It was enjoyable at the time but....ya. During the last week of classes she broke up with me because I wasn't close enough. Seems she felt that I should have given up on my dreams to move back home. I haven't talked to her since even though she swears we will talk some day.
You mention that it seemed that I had moved on. I'm not going to lie, I really wanted it to seem that way since you still seemed so interested in you know who. I didn't want to show you that I was jealous. And now, I don't want to tell you how jealous I am, but I guess that should have already been apparent.
I am choosing to believe that I will see you again, and that it's not a question of if, but only when. I am glad you got the chance to respond. I was starting to feel like you maybe weren't going to. I truly do miss you.
I graduated with little to my name from Champlain in the way of academics, but I feel that I did everything I could have in my time there. I miss everyone terribly but I am glad that I have found my own path. I truly felt proud with my parents at my graduation, even though looking around me everyone else seemed to have some sort of cord or academic achievement. I am now looking back at those that I graduated with, and straight out of school, only 3 of us got jobs that were relative to our major. Being one of those three has been a struggle. I can still remember the nights that I would spend filling out numerous applications just to hope that I would get a response. I feared that I would not have a job and that I would be slightly lost out on my own. I kept pushing through though, and here I am, in a starting point of the career I am hoping to advance in. This last 2 and a half months I have been working night shift which means that I go in to work at 3:30 p.m. and get out at 12:15 a.m. So, basically it has been hard to really keep up much of a social life with the job that I have taken. I am hoping for a better shift next time around though.
I am incredibly happy for you that you graduated so high in your class. I am not really surprised though, because I've always viewed you as such a smart girl. I truly believe that you can move out into your own career and succeed at it, all you need to do is take the first step. I was terrified to take it, but you can't let fear hold you back. You have to keep pushing forward.
With my job ending here at the end of the week, I am not really sure what I will be doing. The rent on my apartment is paid up for the next two months, so I will probably be hoping for some sort of call back from the company. I will be also working on some side projects in order to try to use them as a moving up in the company.
I can honestly say for once that I kind of miss home. I have yet to spend more than a week home in almost two years now, and I kind of feel like it is something I should be doing soon. At the same time, I feel that I need to accomplish more before I go back. While it is true that I will have my name on a big name game by the end of the year, I still think that I should accomplish more in order to truly make the people at home proud of me and truly take my decision in career serious.
My parents have gotten a new puppy in the last year which is incredibly cute. She is a corgi and is almost a year old now. While she is a small dog, she is incredibly energetic and love playing whenever I get home. It is another reason I miss home as well.
This last week I went to a pig roast in PA with a bunch of kid from school. Sean, Asian Chris, Jordan, Ben, and a handful of others were all in attendance. It was a nice getaway to just relax, let go of some tension, and to catch up with some people that I have barely talked to in the last couple months. The week before that I got a chance to shoot up to Burlington for one night of the 4th. I was able to sit on the lake and watch fireworks with a couple of the guys and forget about anything other than the bursting lights in the sky. While walking around town and going to a bar later on, I had people I barely knew coming up to me and saying hi, which was comforting to know that people hadn't forgotten about me, no matter how well I knew them.
And, well, here's the real kicker. I spent six months in a relationship with a girl I met over thanksgiving break at home. She was a friend of my brother's girlfriend and at the time I really had nothing going for me. I was happy to be with someone but it always felt like there was something missing. We kept things going for a 6 months in a long distance relationship. She came up to Burlington and spent spring break with me and the rest of the guys. It was enjoyable at the time but....ya. During the last week of classes she broke up with me because I wasn't close enough. Seems she felt that I should have given up on my dreams to move back home. I haven't talked to her since even though she swears we will talk some day.
You mention that it seemed that I had moved on. I'm not going to lie, I really wanted it to seem that way since you still seemed so interested in you know who. I didn't want to show you that I was jealous. And now, I don't want to tell you how jealous I am, but I guess that should have already been apparent.
I am choosing to believe that I will see you again, and that it's not a question of if, but only when. I am glad you got the chance to respond. I was starting to feel like you maybe weren't going to. I truly do miss you.
Friday, June 18, 2010
I was an idiot.
Clearly stated, I was an idiot.
I was waiting a while to actually complete this post because I have yet to actually fall back into my full writing capabilities that I am used to having. I have clearly made mistakes in the past, mistakes that I regret but live with every day. I look back on these mistakes and wonder what I could have done differently. I believe that the mistakes were inevitable to be made on my account. I now look at them as choices instead of mistakes. These choices I made may have not made sense at the time, but I feel that they were the right ones to make. All except for one. The last time we talked I was angry.
You had visited Burlington for an entire weekend. I was hundreds of feet from you and I never even knew it. When I found out that you were in Burlington, you had already left. I was so angry, so frustrated that you had not even mentioned it to me. I wanted to see you so bad. I still want to see you. I was so frustrated by it that instead of thinking clearly I just impulsively made everything your fault. I never considered that you may have actually been busy the entire time. I just felt that after what we had shared, I might have gotten some time with you. I also have spent the longest time sitting on a piece of information that only I truly know. This is also the reason I was so upset that you didn't see me while you were there.
I have never stopped having feelings for you, and I didn't want to tell you it online, I wanted it to be in person. I was waiting patiently for you to visit so that I could tell you that I have never stopped thinking about you. I have missed you for what seems like forever. I have you letter that you sent me while I was on my trip abroad, and I keep it safe. It is truly one of my more important things in life. I also have the picture that you sent with it, except now it is framed and sits in plain view in my apartment. I look at it and think of the happy times we spent with each other. I can remember the day we took that picture and how happy the two of us were to just be with each other.
So yea, that why I was an idiot, I screwed up any relationship that we had, friendship or otherwise, because I was upset. I have wanted to reconnect with you for a long time, but felt that you probably still hated me for the way that I acted. I was so surprised that you had actually kept up with this blog and when you made it clear that you still did, I was actually happy for the first time in a while. I miss the closeness that we had, I miss the ability to share everything with you. I have yet to actually connect with someone on the same level that I connected with you, and I have yet to trust someone the way I trusted, and still do, trust you. If the opportunity arises in the future for us to see each other, I would hope that it would be possible, because I know that it is top priority on my list.
I was waiting a while to actually complete this post because I have yet to actually fall back into my full writing capabilities that I am used to having. I have clearly made mistakes in the past, mistakes that I regret but live with every day. I look back on these mistakes and wonder what I could have done differently. I believe that the mistakes were inevitable to be made on my account. I now look at them as choices instead of mistakes. These choices I made may have not made sense at the time, but I feel that they were the right ones to make. All except for one. The last time we talked I was angry.
You had visited Burlington for an entire weekend. I was hundreds of feet from you and I never even knew it. When I found out that you were in Burlington, you had already left. I was so angry, so frustrated that you had not even mentioned it to me. I wanted to see you so bad. I still want to see you. I was so frustrated by it that instead of thinking clearly I just impulsively made everything your fault. I never considered that you may have actually been busy the entire time. I just felt that after what we had shared, I might have gotten some time with you. I also have spent the longest time sitting on a piece of information that only I truly know. This is also the reason I was so upset that you didn't see me while you were there.
I have never stopped having feelings for you, and I didn't want to tell you it online, I wanted it to be in person. I was waiting patiently for you to visit so that I could tell you that I have never stopped thinking about you. I have missed you for what seems like forever. I have you letter that you sent me while I was on my trip abroad, and I keep it safe. It is truly one of my more important things in life. I also have the picture that you sent with it, except now it is framed and sits in plain view in my apartment. I look at it and think of the happy times we spent with each other. I can remember the day we took that picture and how happy the two of us were to just be with each other.
So yea, that why I was an idiot, I screwed up any relationship that we had, friendship or otherwise, because I was upset. I have wanted to reconnect with you for a long time, but felt that you probably still hated me for the way that I acted. I was so surprised that you had actually kept up with this blog and when you made it clear that you still did, I was actually happy for the first time in a while. I miss the closeness that we had, I miss the ability to share everything with you. I have yet to actually connect with someone on the same level that I connected with you, and I have yet to trust someone the way I trusted, and still do, trust you. If the opportunity arises in the future for us to see each other, I would hope that it would be possible, because I know that it is top priority on my list.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
A Shipwreck in the Sand
I have a couple posts that are backed up right now waiting to be finalized, but they will be finished here in the next day or two....
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
We fight for tomorrow 'cause that's all we have.
So I have started a new job in Albany working at Vicarious Visions. It has been a dream of mine to be part of the video game industry for years now. I spent the last four years studying the game industry at school in order to finally one day jump on board. And here's a recap since my last post.
My last post really didn't talk about my life at all. I spent my last summer of college in Burlington and I can honestly say that it was the best summer of college that I have ever had. I was able to basically live in Burlington for free for an entire 3 months. My housing was paid by Champlain College since I took the role as RA. I only had to pay for 40 meals on a meal plan for a 3 month summer which was cheap. I had a huge room in the basement all to myself with only a couple residents in the entire house with me. Since I was in the basement, it was nice and cold for me every time I came back to my room. Along with having almost no residents, I had a new, but incredibly close, friend only a couple rooms away. Her name is Simi and she constantly helped me while I constantly helped her throughout the entire summer and continuing on throughout the year. I also spent every single night I had off hanging out with Jordan, Sean, and Chris. Any day that we were all off we would also head down to the beach and just sit and drink. Those were the best days. I was basically paid to watch 5 or 6 kids about twice a week. These kids were so self sufficient that I really didn't even have to do anything at all too.
I found out that I also loved riding my (new) bike around Burlington. Yes, I got to obtain a bike that was left in the basement of Pearl last year and it was amazing. I was able to ride it around everywhere and the bike never really gave out. I spent many nights riding that around Burlington at 3 a.m. when no one else was around. It was a refreshing change from walking around alone in the dark.
I didn't get to spend a lot of time with my family this last summer of my college career. The one week I was home was the week that the rest of my family went to NC for a vacation. I spent the entire week alone at home with my dog and my cat, which I was really actually happy with. I......I spent my last day with my dog during that break too. I love you Hailey. You were always there to keep me company. You were also always there for my dad, who took your passing worse than us all. I still miss you to this day. You were my birthday dog, having the same birthday as my own and being with us since I was like 10.
The summer finished with me moving into my new housing at Whiting Hall. I moved in knowing that this year was going to be exciting and that it was going to be worth the sacrifice of a weekend a night. Meeting my new Co-RA Chris was also great. We got along amazingly and the only problem was that we wanted to hang out with each other outside of the dorm, at night.
I started senior year on two different teams. Team H&H was my team. It was the team that I wanted to be part of more than anything. I had Jeremy and Anciello on a team, making a game, and we loved it. We also had Andrew, who in my opinion was a god damn machine. We did our best without a programmer and came out with an amazing concept in my opinion. Team 2 was TFiL. While I didn't have the initial pull to TFiL as I did at the end, it eventually grew on me. We had an amazing concept, but we just didn't have the follow through. The Floor is Lava is a great idea for a platformer, but with a 3 person + producer team, we had an incredibly hard time. Both teams put out great final alpha's, but in the end, neither were picked. I truly feel that either of our games were better than some of the others that were made, but the school had to take forward certain 2d games in order to keep certain people involved.
So, I spent the first semester on those two projects, but was unable to continue on them. During Christmas break, I was assigned to a new team. I was promptly notified from a member on that team that I wasn't welcome or wanted, so I forwarded that on to the professors. The professors took that and decided I would be more effective on a different team. I then joined different team. This new team, I won't name it on here cause I don't want it linked based on the name, is on my website. Anyways, we continued for 4 months and made and incredible voice-activated first person shooter. A month after finishing the game and I am still damn glad that I was part of it. We created something incredible and I will always look back on it as one of the best projects that I worked on in college.
Other than game design projects, I spent a large portion of my time being an RA, which, looking back on, was an awful experience, but looks great and saved me a large amount of money. I gained a couple friends from the position and we all helped each other get by. I spent my nights off with the greatest people I could ask for, relaxing at a karaoke bar and singing like drunken idiots at least once a week. When I wasn't there, I would spend my nights off with Jordan, Sean, Chris, BT, and whoever else was hanging around. I will miss those nights. They were, are, and always will be, my brothers in arms.
Other than this, I did the usual things. Relaxed when out of class, had fun while in class, and just tried to enjoy the overall experience of my senior year. When Senior week came around I enjoyed spending my free time with the kids that I will miss. I went bowling and acted like an idiot with gamers, I went to graduation practice and tried to make the best of a boring time, and I went on the boat cruise, ending college the exact way that I started it.
Graduation was the first time that my parents had seen me with my friends or in my college element since they dropped me off the first day. I was nervous that I would disappoint, but I made sure that graduation was all about them and them getting to see their son graduate from college.
In the weeks leading up to graduation I was spending a large amount of my time applying to every single company for open positions that I felt that I was qualified for. I got a whole lot of responses that said no. I never let this get me down though. I kept applying and eventually got a position in QA at Vicarious Visions after I aced their interview. While I am only in a contract temporary position, I am happy to be in the position I am in. I test games every day and am in a job where I can truly be happy to go to it every single day.
I am living on my own now, in an apartment in Albany. It is an incredibly small studio apartment, but I am able to enjoy it. I do miss interaction with people though. The only human interaction I really get is at work. I wish I had people near me that I was able to see daily, but I had to give up certain things in order to take the job that I wanted.
So, that is a simplified version of my last year. I am sure that there are some things missing, but I will be able to come back to any of that later.
My last post really didn't talk about my life at all. I spent my last summer of college in Burlington and I can honestly say that it was the best summer of college that I have ever had. I was able to basically live in Burlington for free for an entire 3 months. My housing was paid by Champlain College since I took the role as RA. I only had to pay for 40 meals on a meal plan for a 3 month summer which was cheap. I had a huge room in the basement all to myself with only a couple residents in the entire house with me. Since I was in the basement, it was nice and cold for me every time I came back to my room. Along with having almost no residents, I had a new, but incredibly close, friend only a couple rooms away. Her name is Simi and she constantly helped me while I constantly helped her throughout the entire summer and continuing on throughout the year. I also spent every single night I had off hanging out with Jordan, Sean, and Chris. Any day that we were all off we would also head down to the beach and just sit and drink. Those were the best days. I was basically paid to watch 5 or 6 kids about twice a week. These kids were so self sufficient that I really didn't even have to do anything at all too.
I found out that I also loved riding my (new) bike around Burlington. Yes, I got to obtain a bike that was left in the basement of Pearl last year and it was amazing. I was able to ride it around everywhere and the bike never really gave out. I spent many nights riding that around Burlington at 3 a.m. when no one else was around. It was a refreshing change from walking around alone in the dark.
I didn't get to spend a lot of time with my family this last summer of my college career. The one week I was home was the week that the rest of my family went to NC for a vacation. I spent the entire week alone at home with my dog and my cat, which I was really actually happy with. I......I spent my last day with my dog during that break too. I love you Hailey. You were always there to keep me company. You were also always there for my dad, who took your passing worse than us all. I still miss you to this day. You were my birthday dog, having the same birthday as my own and being with us since I was like 10.
The summer finished with me moving into my new housing at Whiting Hall. I moved in knowing that this year was going to be exciting and that it was going to be worth the sacrifice of a weekend a night. Meeting my new Co-RA Chris was also great. We got along amazingly and the only problem was that we wanted to hang out with each other outside of the dorm, at night.
I started senior year on two different teams. Team H&H was my team. It was the team that I wanted to be part of more than anything. I had Jeremy and Anciello on a team, making a game, and we loved it. We also had Andrew, who in my opinion was a god damn machine. We did our best without a programmer and came out with an amazing concept in my opinion. Team 2 was TFiL. While I didn't have the initial pull to TFiL as I did at the end, it eventually grew on me. We had an amazing concept, but we just didn't have the follow through. The Floor is Lava is a great idea for a platformer, but with a 3 person + producer team, we had an incredibly hard time. Both teams put out great final alpha's, but in the end, neither were picked. I truly feel that either of our games were better than some of the others that were made, but the school had to take forward certain 2d games in order to keep certain people involved.
So, I spent the first semester on those two projects, but was unable to continue on them. During Christmas break, I was assigned to a new team. I was promptly notified from a member on that team that I wasn't welcome or wanted, so I forwarded that on to the professors. The professors took that and decided I would be more effective on a different team. I then joined different team. This new team, I won't name it on here cause I don't want it linked based on the name, is on my website. Anyways, we continued for 4 months and made and incredible voice-activated first person shooter. A month after finishing the game and I am still damn glad that I was part of it. We created something incredible and I will always look back on it as one of the best projects that I worked on in college.
Other than game design projects, I spent a large portion of my time being an RA, which, looking back on, was an awful experience, but looks great and saved me a large amount of money. I gained a couple friends from the position and we all helped each other get by. I spent my nights off with the greatest people I could ask for, relaxing at a karaoke bar and singing like drunken idiots at least once a week. When I wasn't there, I would spend my nights off with Jordan, Sean, Chris, BT, and whoever else was hanging around. I will miss those nights. They were, are, and always will be, my brothers in arms.
Other than this, I did the usual things. Relaxed when out of class, had fun while in class, and just tried to enjoy the overall experience of my senior year. When Senior week came around I enjoyed spending my free time with the kids that I will miss. I went bowling and acted like an idiot with gamers, I went to graduation practice and tried to make the best of a boring time, and I went on the boat cruise, ending college the exact way that I started it.
Graduation was the first time that my parents had seen me with my friends or in my college element since they dropped me off the first day. I was nervous that I would disappoint, but I made sure that graduation was all about them and them getting to see their son graduate from college.
In the weeks leading up to graduation I was spending a large amount of my time applying to every single company for open positions that I felt that I was qualified for. I got a whole lot of responses that said no. I never let this get me down though. I kept applying and eventually got a position in QA at Vicarious Visions after I aced their interview. While I am only in a contract temporary position, I am happy to be in the position I am in. I test games every day and am in a job where I can truly be happy to go to it every single day.
I am living on my own now, in an apartment in Albany. It is an incredibly small studio apartment, but I am able to enjoy it. I do miss interaction with people though. The only human interaction I really get is at work. I wish I had people near me that I was able to see daily, but I had to give up certain things in order to take the job that I wanted.
So, that is a simplified version of my last year. I am sure that there are some things missing, but I will be able to come back to any of that later.
Friday, March 26, 2010
The Future
Spent almost 4 hours last night trying to find more companies for my future. List has grown from 45 to 65 to apply at. Applications go out this/next week and my brain is already starting to panic. Here goes nothing.
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