whew!

yesterday i had my formal interview. i can’t say that it was what i expected exactly, but i was also happy with the way that it went. it focused around the issues that i thought it would, and i felt confident in my answers. i got confirmation throughout, and most importantly afterward.

i didn’t expect to sleep well, but i was pretty exhausted mentally. i started my day without thinking about it much, and tried to go about my day like any other.

on tuesday mornings, i’m part of a conference call led by ted that all of the engineers are on. my honest hope was that i would get word early in the morning, and that we could bring it up on our conference call.

well, that didn’t happen. ok, no problem-i can deal.

i think about an hour went by, and then i got a call from ted. yay, right? well, not so much. i missed his call :/ luckily, he left a voicemail. unfortuntely, it didn’t give me any details. all i knew is that he wanted to follow up on yesterday’s interview. eh…

i called back and got ted’s voicemail and left him a message, and then i waited…

about an hour went by, so i decided to call again. this time i got voicemail again, but i chose not to leave a message.

a little bit later i was on the phone with an engineer and noticed that my voicemail indicator light was lit up again. ugh! tell me i didn’t miss his call again. well, i did (thanks, dave!). luckily, for me and the sake of my nerves, ted decided to leave me a more detailed message. by this point i went from feeling really good, and thinking that the interview was strong enough to secure the offer to thinking that i wasn’t going to get it. my stomach was absolutely churning. ted started off by telling me that he and steve had a chance to talk last night, and that they were impressed with my interview…

“oh man”…”oh man, i’m not going to get it”…”oh no! ok, calm down”…

and that they would like to move forward and extend the position to me.

“yes! yes! yes!”

“dy-no-mite!”

whew. ok, so what does that mean now? well, without getting into details that no one will care about; there is some typical HR-type of red tape to go through, and once that has been done, an official offer can be made. once that happens, we can iron out the details and i’ll be officially official. i don’t think i’ll be satisfied until we’re living in phoenix and i’m getting paid as an engineer. more details to come!

lowhorn out-