Whew – It’s been busy! I’ve left my apartment, and got my damage deposit back completely – which is a nice bit of extra cash available for moving to San Diego. The only problem is still to find an apartment out there! Somehow it doesn’t seem as scary the second time you do it, though. I can’t wait to get out there. It will be amazing living near the Pacific Ocean.
Surf’s up dudes!
Ok – here it is -I GOT THE JOB IN SAN DIEGO! I’m moving to California this summer! We went to San Diego on Thursday and I had my interview Friday morning. It was really a formality in some ways, although there were about 10 of us there to be interviewed. It seems that the directors had heard good things about me from Frank (the bastard – he didn’t tell me they had called him). Anyway – they were very interested in my background. I was surprised because they didn’t seem so interested in the technical part. They said that a basic knowledge of network structures was enough to get anyone started for this position – managing network structures as part of a technical team, but they really asked me a lot about how I found the United States and problems I had integrating and adapting. I think they were trying to find out about how flexible and “multi-tasking” I am. Anyway – this interview was more like just talking about myself and not answering technical questions. It was actually a bit fun. There were three interviewers. They took turns asking me about my experience in Madison, but at a level of detail that I didn’t expect.
Anyway – the result is that by the end of July I must move to San Diego. They will begin the process of visa application for a work permit. I have leave the country and re-enter with my new permit in order, but the interviewers said that they have done this with four or five foreign employees and they never have problems. I’m very excited. I will go back to Italy for a couple of weeks in July, then move my stuff from Madison to San Diego. I think I’ll get a car and go through Saint Louis and Route 66 – like in the song. Heh heh! I won’t be making tonnes and tonnes of money out there, but certainly enough for a “single” guy. I’m not going to tell you how much – but it’s “certainly enough”. It will be great to see my home town again, and my house and parents and relatives and everybody. Then it will be very nice to MOVE TO CALIFORNIA!
More on the mechanics of this later – I’m going back to work now. I’ve only got until the end of this month here at work in Madison, then a week or so to pack up, then to Italy, then back here to pick up my things and go to San Diego. I won’t sleep. I haven’t slept properly for a few weeks now. Ugh. Thank God for Janine!
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