A Conversation with Elizabeth
1998
Jobs and Interview

From:          Elizabeth  
To:            LMixson@PEC.com
Sent:          Monday, April 6, 1998 12:45 PM
Subject:       JI
By the way, how did the interview go?  It seems in some ways that you haven't been overly excited about your present position.  I know that's based on little real evidence, but I didn't pick up a "wow" much, except for the corner office.  Plus, you wrote about the social isolation factor.  Let me know--just make certain they get your name right.  EJ

 

From:          LMixson LMixson@PEC.cam>
To:            Elizabeth 
Date:          Mon, 6 Apr 1998 13:26:57 -0400
Subject:       Jobs and Interview
 
The interview seemed to go OK but it was hard to really tell. The did not have a copy of my resume which was strange. It seems the recruiter got my name and pre-screened me on the phone but never got my resume. I thus had to spend time telling them about my previous experience and they told me about what they were looking for generally but not specific jobs. They seemed interested, I was interested in their company but came away not knowing what I could do for them or where I could fit. I emailed them my resume of the weekend so I'll give it a few days and if I don't hear from them then I'll call.

You are right in that I am not really excited about the new job. The people are friendly, the work (image systems) is OK and it is Federal vs DOD work. It is also feels good to be the "expert" and have them depend on me for the technical solutions. On the other hand I've done imaging before and it was interesting the first time around the second time it is more of the same. Federal (ATF) is better then DOD (Navy, Army, etc) but still has much of the red tape of federal contracts, yuck. I much prefer commercial work.
They are looking for additional persons here at my current job (Performance Engineering Corp. or PEC) so I talked to one of the guys I worked with at Dyncorp and he is coming in for an interview on Wednesday. I get $3,000 if they hire him which would be nice but I would feel a little bad if they hire him to work with me on image systems then I left to go to the other job. Oh well, I have to do what I have to do.

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I too have had some repetitive dreams but can't recall them at the moment. I can remember waking up from dreaming and going "I've had that dream before", but I can't seem to recall the dream a few hours later. I probably need to write them down when I wake up.

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Cherry trees have blossoms that are very puffy and the tree is so completely covered in them you can't see the branches.
Larry

I am not sure what job interview I had gone to, I had had the job at PEC only a few weeks at this point so I’m not sure why I would have been interviewing. It possible it might have been from jobs I applied to when I applied at PEC.

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