So, I woke up bright and early today with a mission. To go into a staffing company, fill out some paperwork, and be sent home without a job. That's what I was kind of hoping, but I was also hoping that I'd get a job too, so I could start making money.
I got the latter.
I'm now a proud employee of a gasket-making company. I'll be making all sorts of gaskets... apparently. I was only at the place for about 20 minutes, so I didn't really get a great feel for the place, but it seems to be good. The boss knows that this is temporary work for me, but he's cool with that. He told me to refer anyone who's looking for more permanent work (any takers?).
The only problem is that it's on Airport Way, so it's literally the farthest place I could work from my home in Portland, but I'll take it nonetheless. I'm gonna save up some money as quickly as possible and look for apartments in SE Portland. That'll allow me to cut my commute in to little tiny chunks.
It feels good to have a job, although, at the same time, I'll feel bad when I leave the job because I got something better and more suited to what I want to do.
I was gone from 9am to 9pm today. I was out in Portland, I went to Powell's this afternoon and hung out in the Architecture section. I just wanted to read books on the subject so I could at least have some semblance of what I'll be doing. I was reading a book, and there was this guy, dressed in slacks and a button-down shirt. I followed him around the section with my eyes for 10 minutes or so, and then I finally asked him "Excuse me, are you an Architect?"
"No, I'm an environmental engineer, but I'm really interested in the subject. Are you?"
"No, but I'm interested in it too"
So we talk for a while, he shows me his book that is on the shelf, and other books in the Environmental Engineering field. It's really cool, it's all about sustainability. He was telling me that he's involved in the rennovation of the Armory building downtown--they're hoping to get LEED Platinum status, which basically means that it's a super-awesome building for conservation and renewable building supplies. Apparently there's only a dozen or so such buildings in the world.
That's how it happens, you just meet people, and then network. It's not what you know (very little), it's who you know (getting to be a few people).
This has been a really long post.
I'm gonna make it longer.
FUCK YOU INTERNET! WORK GODDAMNIT! Seriously, the internet here sucks ass. That's another reason I want to move out.
I got the latter.
I'm now a proud employee of a gasket-making company. I'll be making all sorts of gaskets... apparently. I was only at the place for about 20 minutes, so I didn't really get a great feel for the place, but it seems to be good. The boss knows that this is temporary work for me, but he's cool with that. He told me to refer anyone who's looking for more permanent work (any takers?).
The only problem is that it's on Airport Way, so it's literally the farthest place I could work from my home in Portland, but I'll take it nonetheless. I'm gonna save up some money as quickly as possible and look for apartments in SE Portland. That'll allow me to cut my commute in to little tiny chunks.
It feels good to have a job, although, at the same time, I'll feel bad when I leave the job because I got something better and more suited to what I want to do.
I was gone from 9am to 9pm today. I was out in Portland, I went to Powell's this afternoon and hung out in the Architecture section. I just wanted to read books on the subject so I could at least have some semblance of what I'll be doing. I was reading a book, and there was this guy, dressed in slacks and a button-down shirt. I followed him around the section with my eyes for 10 minutes or so, and then I finally asked him "Excuse me, are you an Architect?"
"No, I'm an environmental engineer, but I'm really interested in the subject. Are you?"
"No, but I'm interested in it too"
So we talk for a while, he shows me his book that is on the shelf, and other books in the Environmental Engineering field. It's really cool, it's all about sustainability. He was telling me that he's involved in the rennovation of the Armory building downtown--they're hoping to get LEED Platinum status, which basically means that it's a super-awesome building for conservation and renewable building supplies. Apparently there's only a dozen or so such buildings in the world.
That's how it happens, you just meet people, and then network. It's not what you know (very little), it's who you know (getting to be a few people).
This has been a really long post.
I'm gonna make it longer.
FUCK YOU INTERNET! WORK GODDAMNIT! Seriously, the internet here sucks ass. That's another reason I want to move out.
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It was like Elephant, but it didn't make me unhappy. Probably because random people didn't get shot pointlessly. Only one guy died, and it was his own problem. That doesn't bother me so much.
And thanks again for all the advice. I appreciate it.