Chris Smith
Growing Up Will Lead to Changes Here
The market and inability to find a job has slapped me and many others in the face. Some have already adjusted, others are resisting the inevitable, and I truly believe that I’ve been sitting in the middle of either end of the spectrum since the beginning of my final semester. On one end, I knew [...]
A Frustrating Process and Revelations of the Work Force
Lately the job hunting process has become far more frustrating, disheartening and depressing. On Friday I received an automated email from the first company (agency) I interviewed with saying I had been disqualified for not having the requirements necessary (specifically my GPA). It represents a fundamental flaw in the governmental hiring process though. The application [...]
iPads Make Me Slack
I’m on a bit of a mini vacation so I went back into not posting for a little bit. The first part involved going to Raleigh, NC for about 4 days to see the town, decide if I want to move there, and also attend WordCamp Raleigh on Saturday and Sunday. Sunday I did not [...]
Phone Interview Number 2
I had phone interview number two today. It went pretty well but I still feel as if I’m only marginally better at the phone interview style. I prefer face to face and there’s some amount of disconnect if I’m trying to sell myself based on voice, cadence and what I can actually say in a [...]
Finally Found a Direction?
NO LONGER LOOKING FOR WORK. I DIDN’T FIND A JOB BUT FOUND A NEW DIRECTION WHICH INVOLVES MORE SCHOOLING AND INTERNSHIPS. As I walked across the stage on Saturday, May 16th, during the graduation for History majors at Virginia Tech, I couldn’t have been happier. I was receiving a bachelors degree from one of the [...]
First Interview
Just had my first job interview….period…of my life. Well for jobs that don’t involve asking if that’ll be all and then hitting a button on a cash register. I felt as if it went well but could’ve been much better. Overall I can at least take from it a set of things to expect in future [...]
Still Getting into a Groove
I still can’t seem to get into the whole blogging thing but I really am trying. Seeing that this is public it’s a bit hard for me to talk about personal stuff and since all I really do is go to class, go to work, and then come back here to sit around, I don’t [...]
April 16, 2010
It’s hard to believe that it’s been three years already. I’m currently typing this in my basement at home in Atlanta, 425+ miles from the room of Vawter Hall where I sat up in my bunk bed to a phone call at around 10:20 am. The call was from my mom and she was, surprisingly, [...]
Updating more
I want to start updating this thing more. Nothing long, just a snippit about what I did during the day, something I see that interests me, etc.
Chad Ochocinco is Awesome
If you’re a twitter user and not following @OGOchoCinco then you’re really missing out. He’s become one of my favorite NFL players over the past few months and I’m not even a Bengals fan. The dude just simply loves his fans and you can’t get angry at him for that. Over the past week or [...]