So this has been a long time coming...

Yeah, I made this blog about a year ago now, and I'm finally going to use it. I haven't been using it because I had a bad experience with blogs back in my highschool days... but then again, those are the days when we were all young and stupid(er).

So I remember talking to Dunia about blogs back a few months ago, when I was trying to convince her to start her own. I wanted her to keep one so that everyone could stay posted on what was going on with her while she was on her traineeship. I also remember another time when I told her that what I was about to go through was somewhat similar to a traineeship, but instead of finding a job in the AIESEC network, learning about it, figuring out how to interview, interviewing, and finally getting the job and going, I was going to find a job in the regular business world, learn about it, figure out how to interview, interview, fail, repeat, fail, repeat, fail, repeat..., and finally (hopefully) getting the job. On top of all that, it requires moving, figuring out how to do finances, etc... To wrap all of that blather up, I too should keep a blog as I move through this experience.

Graduation is a bitch, a year ago, I had no idea what I wanted to do, so I kept on saying I'd figure it out later. Well, now is later, and I couldn't put it off anymore. I interviewed for a million jobs it seems, failing on almost all, getting a few on-sites, failing almost all there, and finally, as of yesterday, I received word that I'll be getting a job offer on Thursday. 6 months of interviews before I even got one....hoo boy.

In any case, I somewhat figured out the general idea of what I want to do. Between the last year or so in AIESEC and the last couple months of interviews, I've figured out that I want to do some form of engineering management. I don't want to be the engineer who sits in a cubicle all day staring at equations and draft sketches of designs or research data, but I do want to work with people like that. I want to be the guy that manages the big projects, presents the big ideas at meetings, keeps things clear and running smoothly, etc... The job that I'm about to get is just that, it's a Systems Engineering position, and I'll be going to different worksites (probably weekly at first) and finding out exactly what the company's fuel management needs are and how they're currently set up, then I'll be figuring out and implementing Varec's products/programs in order to meet those needs, basically. It should be interesting, hopefully at least! It will be good experience though, and traveling is always fun, even if it is every week. There is a chance of international travel too, which is exciting!

I have a lot of work to do once I get this job:
- Pass School
- Figure out a financial plan for at least the next year
- Figure out housing for post-school
- Figure out how to do my job
- Figure out how to do my job better
- Figure out what else I need to figure out.

There's a lot to do and I don't feel like thinking about it all right now, so I'm not going to bother. Enjoy! I'm going to try and post somewhat often.