10-months ago.
August 12th, 2006 | by john |10-months ago, almost every Sunday night, I would sit down in front of my dorm PC or a PC in a lab and work on VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration) lab assignment which was due by the next day at 4:30pm. I also worked 8-hour shifts Saturday and Sunday for an Internet company to make ends meet for myself financially. So in general, I’d be able to get started on these labs at around 10pm. The labs took approximately 8-12 hours to do; take away all my being distracted (and having episodes of Scrubs on my laptop) and it would probably have saved me an extra hour or two for each lab. From what I can remember, I remember absolutely hating every single minute of those hours and dreading it all weeklong. It was almost to a point where… my entire week was ruined because of that one assignment that I either 1) didn’t have time to do during the week or 2) procrastination got the better of me. I hated the lab so badly that I was wondering why I chose my major; this was my graduating semester. What scary thought that was…
Get back to current time. I am part of one of the most profitable companies on Earth. I am temporarily in NYC and my company is helping me get a good start on my career by arranging a training session (the training is pretty new to me since I have a strong technology background). I am networking and befriending people that simply amaze me beyond belief. I like my job.
What a turn of events in such a short period of time. I consider myself extremely blessed.
