Comments | norumbegan: the working world

norumbegan

the working world

Jun 06, 2005 12:23

I've been at my summer internship for only a week now, and I have very rapidly come to the realization that I don't belong here. The company designs stormwater filtration systems, and I came into the job thinking it would involve a lot of fluid mechanics, design engineering, and so on. This has not been the case. Instead, the primary focus is on ( Read more... )

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daggclr3 June 6 2005, 17:18:34 UTC

eee...I bet oldies doesn't help the situation for you. I know your number!!! And your address and your middle name. Woah.

roach2600 June 6 2005, 20:12:32 UTC

I tried to get in touch with you when we were both in Maine but you dodged me :'(

roach2600 June 6 2005, 23:24:01 UTC

Oh yeah. I'm at IBM. I hear you on the corporatosity annoyingness.

But there are things IBM'll teach me that Google didn't.

norumbegan June 8 2005, 12:45:20 UTC

Dodged you, eh? Who's the one who left the state for the summer?

Have fun at IBM ... have they given you as many t-shirts as Google did during your first few weeks?

roach2600 June 8 2005, 18:24:40 UTC

after 2 weeks at ibm:
1 awesome laptop bag
1 fake nalgene
1 awesome notebook
0 shirts

after 2 weeks at google:
1 beach towel
3 or 4 shirts
1 nalgene
1 noogler hat
some other stuff

google gives more schwag, but that's not why I'm here

Yeah, I left the state, but I wanted to see you (and I'm unemployable in Maine!)

mellanella June 6 2005, 21:16:59 UTC

Wanna make a date for next week? ;-)

norumbegan June 8 2005, 12:45:35 UTC

totally. I'll call you. :-D