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crazy day

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amro
on March 13, 2007
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so my day starts out with the commute from hell to go to a dentist appointment, continues with my employer going belly up and laying everyone off, and ends on a more positive note.  i’ll share that later, when i know it’s alright to — i have a lot to think about.

And so the job hunt begins..

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amro
on March 13, 2007
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Once again, I’m looking for an entry to mid-level software engineering/development position.

Great Graduation Weekend

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amro
on December 17, 2006
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So this past Saturday started out with my phone complaining, letting me know that it was time to wake up — 5:30 AM. I needed to get ready and pick my parents and sister up from their hotel (we avoided the parking nightmare this way). I got dressed in my graduation gear:


It was now time to line up in the tiny, humid, freshman gym attached to the back of Alexander Memorial Coliseum. After that (and an uncalled for Management Major joke by someone ahead of me in line), we walked onto the coliseum floor:

Meanwhile, Mom and Dad met buzz:

and I found a place to sit. I was pretty nervous (not sure why), but mostly excited. I walked up,

shook hands with President Clough and went on my merry way. After the ceremony, it was time for me to open my

, which included a bunch of neat stuff (cards, money [woot!], etc.) and these three fine gems:
 
Woot? I think so. What you see, my friends, is a very expensive diploma frame (thanks mom and dad v2), tickets to the Nickleback concert (thanks Heather) in March and my very own Alumni plate (thanks Ramy). Check, check and check. This, coupled with a home baked cake (thanks Heather!) and dinner at Fogo de Chao (thanks mom and dad) made for a very happy (and sick — way too much fillet min yon, lamb, meat in general) Amro. I need some sleep as it was too much excitement for a single weekend, even for me. This graduating thing is kind of fun (might be worth it to pursue another degree to do it again :D).

EDIT: Pics removed b/c the gallery died, just see the album there.

Happily Employed

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amro
on November 17, 2006
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Well, I accepted an offer with AppForge today.  I’m pretty darned happy even though I can’t work for all of the companies at once. :D

Stress sucks

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amro
on November 16, 2006
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So I got absolutely no sleep last night because of an email from a perspective employer.  I’m really frustrated and stressed by the job search because I tried to plan things so I could lay out all of the cards and compare everything; I wanted to choose the best position for both Heather and my future, looking at the environment, salary…everything.  I don’t know if that’s asking too much, but I suppose I’ll find out in time.

I needed the sleep [I didn't get] last night as I had a quiz this morning in my Animation course.  Thankfully, I woke up in time and had spent plenty of time studying for it (we did not have to derive the Lagrangian equation for a physical scenario, as I thought we would — this made the exam about half as difficult) and things worked out.  I feel like utter hell physically, but I’m not mentally fatigued as I have a lot of opportunities ahead of me and things are going well over all.  I just need to get through one last group meeting today and I’ll be free to sleep or at least lay down.

I’m hoping that at every company I’m not able to work for, I have made friends and contacts who I could speak to in the future as I think that networking is part of the beauty of the search for the elusive career-starting position.  I’d love to work for all of them, really, but that isn’t possible and in the end I have to look at what’s best for my family.