This post has been a long time coming. I finally made it. I am currently siting at my new desk in Weston, Massachusetts where I now hold the title\u00a0of Associate Release Engineer for Monster Worldwide, Inc. Here’s a quick breakdown of the events that transpired:<\/p>\n
2\/18\/2016<\/strong> – I applied to a Software Engineering Internship position at Monster through their website.<\/p>\n 3\/3\/2016<\/strong> – I received an email back asking me to come in for an interview on the 15th.<\/p>\n 3\/15\/2016\u00a0<\/strong>– I went in for my interview. A number of potential interns were there (over 20 were interviewed in total). We received a brief tour and introduction and then met with the teams. I discussed my abilities and experience and why I would be good for the position. I left feeling good and wrote thank you emails soon after.<\/p>\n 3\/17\/2016<\/strong> – I give BCNC my three\u00a0weeks notice. The workload combined with my schoolwork is too much. I needed to leave\u00a0so I could\u00a0focus on developing myself for a new career.<\/p>\n 3\/28\/2016\u00a0<\/strong>– I receive an email back telling me that I didn’t get the internship, but that there was another manager that might be interested in my skills. Talent\u00a0acquisition\u00a0and I exchange some emails and schedule a phone interview.<\/p>\n 4\/1\/2016<\/strong> – I have my first phone interview with talent acquisition and the manager. More emails are exchanged. I’m asked to come in for an interview.<\/p>\n 4\/7\/2016<\/strong> – I have my last day of work at BCNC. It’s a somber affair. Having spent so many years there, longer than any other job, it really is hard to say goodbye.<\/p>\n 4\/13\/2016<\/strong> – I have my next\u00a0interview with the manager and and some of the devs and engineers. It goes really well!<\/p>\n 4\/15\/2016\u00a0<\/strong>– Talent Acquisition calls me back. They’re offering me a job! With higher pay and better benefits than my previous job! My wife and I promptly freak out.\u00a0The next few days are a blur of paperwork to get the hiring process finalized. Eventually…<\/p>\n 5\/2\/2016\u00a0<\/strong>– I start my new job at Monster.<\/p>\n What a ride. I left my previous job with no anticipation of having a new one. It was by complete luck and the\u00a0stars aligning to give me this opportunity right at the moment I needed it most. It was also incredibly gracious of Monster to give this opportunity. The position was originally earmarked as a senior position. However, one of the senior devs felt it would be more prudent for the company to hire a beginner and train them into the position. I feel like this is something a lot of companies are not willing to do anymore, and as of such, I am incredibly grateful to them. I love my new job and love finally being in the field. I feel like I have forever been on the outside looking in and it seems so surreal that I am finally here.<\/p>\n There’s a lot to learn. Oh my goodness is there much to learn! Monster\u00a0was\u00a0one of the first 1,000 websites ever created and there’s a lot of code that has built up since then! There are many tools I am now working on becoming proficient with, including MSBuild, C#, .NET, CruiseControl.NET, Jenkins, Perforce, Jira, NuGet, Confluence and more. But I’m more than willing to do the work. I’m studying my butt off and learning tons. I really can’t believe I’m here doing what I’m doing. It seems much too… soon? I never thought I could make a career transition this quickly. It just goes to show you that if you want anything bad enough, and you put in the time and effort, you can get it.<\/p>\n In other news, I just finished my finals for my Discrete Structures and Intro to Usability Engineering classes. With all of the changes going on in my life, I really couldn’t devote the time to them that I needed and they deserved. I think I still finished strong though, and I’m looking forward to my Fall semester where I plan on taking Computer Architecture and Assembly Language. Until then, I have the summer to enjoy and my new job to keep me occupied. I really haven’t felt this happy in a long time.<\/p>\n See you around!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This post has been a long time coming. I finally made it. I am currently siting at my new desk in Weston, Massachusetts where I now hold the title\u00a0of Associate Release Engineer for Monster Worldwide, Inc. 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