“YOU CAN NEVER KNOW EVERYTHING BECAUSE THEN THERE WOULD BE NOTHING TO LEARN,” – WELL KNOW THAT I AM FINISHED AT TECH I FINALLY FEEL THAT I HAVE MORE TIME IN MY HANDS TO PURSUE THINGS THAT I ENJOY. I CAN SIT DOWN AND WATCH TV WITHOUT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT A BMED PROJECT DUE OR PROCRASTINATE ONLINE NOT HAVING TO DWELL UPON MY COMPLETING MY BORING RANDOM SIGNALS HOMEWORK. I AM RELIEVED FROM THE STRESS BUT I STILL DON’T FEEL A COMPLETE DEPARTURE FROM TECH. I DON’T FEEL THAT I HAVE LEFT TECH BUT JUST TAKEN A SEMESTER OFF (MAYBE SINCE IT HAS ONLY BEEN 5 DAYS). I DIDN’T REALLY FEEL LIKE I SAID “GOOD BYE” TO MY FRIENDS AT TECH EITHER BECAUSE I KIND OF KNEW THAT I WOULD BE SEEING THEM SOONER OR LATER. GRADUATING FROM TECH WAS A GREAT FEELING BUT NOT THE SAME AS GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL (MILTON HIGH SCHOOL). HIGH SCHOOL WAS DIFFERENT BECAUSE I KNEW THAT THE PROBABILITY OF SEEING MOST PEOPLE FROM YOUR GRADUATING CLASS WAS VERY SLIM ESPECIALLY SINCE SOME WENT OUT OF STATE, SOME TO UGA, EXCEPT FOR THE FEW WHO WENT TO TECH (JEN, CAROL, TINA, MICHELLE). WELL I GUESS I WILL WRITE MORE WHEN I START TO MISS TECH BUT AS OF NOW I THINK I AM JUST GLAD THAT I AM DONE WITH TECH – FINALLY AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER.
I STARTED MY INTERNSHIP ON MONDAY, AT SIEMENS (SEA), IN NORCROSS. SO FAR IT HAS BEEN PRETTY INTERESTING AND I ACTUALLY AM NOT AS LOST AS I THOUGHT I WOULD BE. YESTERDAY, I ATTENDED A FEW CONFERENCES HERE MADE FOR THE GERMAN TEAM WHO HAD TO COME WITNESS THE PRODUCT LINES HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. MY GROUP IS LAID BACK AND AT THE SAME TIME WELL INFORMED AND MOTIVATING SO THAT IS GREAT NEWS. I HAVE WORKED WITH SOME OF THE WORST PEOPLE AT TECH WHO WOULD LITERALLY NOT DO ANYTHING WHEN IT CAME TO GROUP PROJECTS BUT WOULD STILL GET THE CREDIT FOR BEING IN MY GROUP (MAYBE I AM JUST BEING OVERLY CRITICAL). I WILL BE INTERNING HERE OVER THE SUMMER AND HOPEFULLY GET IN FOR A FULL TIME POSITION IN THE FALL. AS FOR GRAD SCHOOL, I AM PLANNING ON PURSUING A MASTERS DEGREE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING SPECIALIZING IN SYSTEMS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING. ON A RANDOM NOTE, I MANAGED TO SOMEHOW GET AN “A” IN MY RANDOM SIGNALS (ECE 3075) COURSE WITH VERRIEST – ONLY GOD KNOWS HOW BECAUSE THAT WAS A KILLER FINAL. I AM THINKING I WILL DO A PART TIME MASTERS SO THAT I CAN WORK AT SIEMENS DURING THE DAY AND TAKE MAYBE A CLASS OR TWO DURING THE EVENING – EVEN THOUGH IT WILL BE QUITE HECTIC. BUT I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO LEAVE MY JOB AT THE COST OF EDUCATION, ESPECIALLY WHEN I LIKE THE PEOPLE I AM WORKING WITH AND THE ATMOSPHERE HERE.
THIS PAST WEEKEND WAS NICE – WELL IT WAS COMMENCEMENT. I AM RAMBLING ABOUT THE SAME ISSUES – GRADUATING FROM GEORGIA TECH AND MY PLANS AFTER THAT.
SPEAKING ABOUT MILTON, I WENT THERE A FEW WEEKS BACK FOR AN AP CHEMISTRY REVIEW SESSION. NO I AM NOT WRITING THE EXAM OVER AGAIN BUT I WENT THERE WITH THE STUDENT I AM TUTORING IN FOR AP CHEMISTRY. WAS NICE RECOLLECTING THE OLD DAYS J