Synchronicity
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Sorry that there's not been any detailed post about getting the Google job. The short version is that they didn't hire me back in August, but then in early June a different Google recruiter said, "I found you in our database; would you be interested in this other job?" And this time, after another phone screen and on-site interview (this time in NYC), they offered me the job.
The long version is that, plus lots of reflection and angsting about "why am I doing this?" and "how am I going to tell my boss?" and "how is
jmartin2 going to handle me being in New York five days a week?" Maybe I'll post some of that later.
Anyway, that's not what prompted me to get off my virtual duff and post. What prompted that was finishing Flowers for Algernon this morning, and then sitting down this afternoon to watch one of the weekly syndication Simpsons episodes and having it be the episode Lisa the Simpson.
The long version is that, plus lots of reflection and angsting about "why am I doing this?" and "how am I going to tell my boss?" and "how is
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Anyway, that's not what prompted me to get off my virtual duff and post. What prompted that was finishing Flowers for Algernon this morning, and then sitting down this afternoon to watch one of the weekly syndication Simpsons episodes and having it be the episode Lisa the Simpson.