So I got a job!!! I wasn't exactly looking for the job, it popped out of nowhere and now I start work in a week! God provides!
A year ago Adam's boss (who shall remain nameless) met with me to look over my resume and give me suggestions on where I should look for a job. Adam and I were both surprised when he encouraged me to apply for a software engineering job at Harris. I have 25 hours of undergraduate computer science course work (5 hours short of a major), and yet because I quit the Bioinformatics program my senior year and went on to do graduate work in biology, I felt like I had no business looking for a programming job. I gave Adam's boss my resume to pass around, but like a week later Harris put a hold on hiring new grads. So for the first half of this year I pursued a job in the field of biology with no luck. I think last June or July Harris began hiring new grads again. So in one last ditch effort to find a job before I completely committed to nursing school, I turned in another resume to Adam's boss. In the middle of October HR from Harris contacted me to see if I would be interested in an interview. I let HR know that I was interested. Two weeks went by and I heard nothing back from HR. In early November Adam's group at Harris had a party. Adam and I walked in and began talking to this vaguely familiar looking man (Adam's boss, although I didn't realize it at the time). We were making small talk and he mentioned how Harris needed to hire experienced people with security clearances (it was starting to dawn on me that this guy has to be important, but I still had no idea who he was). I made a side comment to Adam about how that must be the reason HR never got back in contact with me. Then Adam explained to his boss how HR had contacted me a couple of weeks ago. Adam's boss became very interested and asked me the name of my point of contact at HR. I told him the man's name and Adam's boss was like "Maybe I can give him a little nudge and get him to contact you next week." After he walked away, I was like "Who was THAT?" and Adam was like "duh, my boss" (OK so he didn't really say it like that). I was so embarrassed, because I wasn't sure if I seemed too forward about getting the job and also, I was in a TERRIBLE mood. Yet sure enough, the following week I had an interview set up. I had a gut-feeling I was going to get the job and yet I'm surprised that I actually got the job. I'm so excited and determined to do well, although I'm EXTREMELY nervous about programming (rightly so! It's been 5 years since I've written a line of code!). But man, talk about knowing the right person at the right time! I start a week from Monday. I can hardly believe I'll be working and making money like a real grown-up. Wow I'm nervous... but a BIG 'OLE THANK YOU goes out to Adam's boss!!!
