congrats!!!!!!
--- tschibasch <tschibasch_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> The subject line says it all. I am tired, after the
> long day today,
> so I will not go into great detail...
>
> (But of course, as you know me so well, I will go
> into more detail
> than you care to know about.)
>
> The company name is First Quadrant, and they are
> located in Pasadena.
> My primary task is involved with "Research". Lisa
> Plaxco works for
> them, and she recommended me to them a few months
> ago.
>
> I had first gotten an email from them in mid-August.
> After some phone
> tag, I interviewed with this company in mid-October.
> It seemed to go
> well. Then not a word for weeks!
>
> Then some email and phone calls again, all of them
> positive.
>
> Then just last Friday night, while checking email at
> an out-of-town
> cafe, I got an email worded like an offer to start
> working with them.
>
> Then a little more phone tag until Tuesday, when
> they asked if I
> could start THE NEXT DAY. Of course I said that I
> could, and got a
> very early start this morning. A long day.
>
> It looks like a great place to work. I will start
> out part-time, so
> there will still be tutoring, but less of it.
>
> I called Santa Monica College this morning to warn
> them that I would
> be late today at the language lab. When I got there,
> I was told that
> people showed up at the usual time looking for me.
> Some even waited
> an hour. But today I was two hours late! It broke my
> heart a
> little. :-( I cannot do anything to help it: It was
> strictly
> volunteer work, and now that I have a real paying
> job, the tutoring
> will have to be scaled back.
>
>
> John
>
>
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Received on 2002-11-28 21:09:43