Big Adulting Day for EngineerBoy
On the day of his dad's funeral, Engineerboy was offered a Summer Internship at a company that sponsors his Baja Racing Team. Three months, full time, more money than I earn.
Also, same day, actually at the funeral, Beest's HR people told him they were interested in offering him a summer internship. And it wasn't a charitable move. Earlier in the year, he told our local summer pool that he couldn't commit to coming back as manager because he was trying to get a summer internship. But their need-to-know deadline came and he hadn't heard anything about the internships he had applied for, and he's a freshman, so he agreed to return as pool manager. Today, he resigned from the pool, and told beest's employer -who is suddenly very interested with an email at 4pm Friday and another at 4pm today requesting a face-to-face interviw this week- that he has taken another position. So proud, but so much stress so young.... (He turned 19 on Friday) |
Fucking wonderful news.
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It is. I'm hoping he's feeling a weight is lifted... but the people at the job he accepted better not fuck with him ...mama bear is not yet totally retired.....
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This sounds amazing! I hope he can let go of the others. I'm guessing this is right at the sweet spot of interest and talent.
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Outstanding! Very good position to be in, turning down offers.
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Nice!
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Good for Engineer Boy.
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Impressive.
As to the timing - maybe a bunch of other complicated shit going on in the background may have helped a little. Give his brain something compelling and immediate to focus on. Either way, the boy done good. Doesn't sound like he'd be very easily messed with either. You know - I do sometimes think this generation coming up now is pretty awesome. They get a lot of stick for the selfie and social media youth culture - but there's a lot about their culture and outlook that is way more impressive than our generation's youth culture (to my recollection anyway) - a work ethic and focused sense of possibility seem to be key characteristics. Probably largely because of parents like you. |
Short article in this morning's paper said teens today are drinking less alcohol than teens in the past, and baby boomers are drinking more alcohol than 65+ folks in the past. The kids aren't the problem.
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Kids are a huge fucking prollum. Yuge.
Just not yours.;) |
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