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I had a call-back from a company here in Atlanta while on my famed job search. The recruiter basically said it was way to early for them to look at me since I do not graduate until December and said he’d call me in November. I guess I am looking for a firm position prior to graduation so I can be at ease a bit more. It’s frustrating, but I suppose it makes sense from their point of view.

My friends in Alabama didn’t contact me within the two weeks they stated, so I contacted them and will see what happens — I guess I shouldn’t hold my breath, although I really liked the idea of working for them. Outside of telecommuting, I’m limited to companies in the Atlanta area. I don’t care if it’s application or game development — I have experience in both and enjoy both (EA Pogo would be reaaallly cool, for example). I wish the big V hadn’t been sold off — I loved that environment. The current place is cool too, but it’s a bit frustrating as I spend an hour going to and from work and there’s nothing to do when I get there (everyone’s working on some top secret project in groups or something).

I’m talking to yet another company and am waiting on information to schedule an interview — we’ll see how it goes. I suppose there’s a lot of time between now and December to find a company with which I can have a mutually beneficial relationship (e.g. good pay, great atmosphere, a job I enjoy).

Moving on, I think I might write and release either a small CD/DVD burning application or add scheduling to AMBackup. I don’t have a lot of time and already have the basics of the burning application finished, so I might just go with that. Next week, my semester-long projects will be ramping up into their coding phases, which will be exciting but stressful.

Things are going well on the home-front. Ramadan just started and that’s been a little rough, but things are going great otherwise. My old bank screwed up my account, somehow, so I switched to another one (it was not the first time they’ve given me poor customer service).

Edit: I’m not sad or upset, I just want to have a job lined up prior to graduating so I can hit the ground running, so to speak. The job search is frustrating in that companies sometimes do not reply promptly (and yes, I understand they’re probably dealing with tens of others as well).