The Job Scenerio

The past couple of days have been pretty crazy for me. Last Friday I accepted a position at Teecom, an architecture engineering consultant firm. This was sort of unexpected, since the position was offered to me within 10 minutes of me leaving the interview! Needless to say, I called my Oakland newfound friend Jeremy and we got ice cream...wait, it was gelato, to celebrate.
The thing about Teecom is that the position isn't quite for a mechanical engineer, it's a junior design engineer. Doesn't sound much different, but it would be a completely different field for me, and sort of a niche. This was both scary and exciting.

Fast forward to Monday. Sparkfactor Design. This is a product development consulting firm. Similar to the days when I co-oped at Fitch and Altitude. Fun company, great people, very creative environment. We interview and THEY offer me a position. This is the type of job I dreamt about in Boston, having a product development company take me under their wings and teach me the ropes. I feel this is the type of company that will make or break me as a mechanical engineer.

So, after a lot of debating back and forth, I realized I need to work for Sparkfactor. If I have any hopes of really becoming a good mechanical engineer, this is where I need to be. Granted it's going to take me twice as long to commute there, but in the end, I think this is going to be the best decision.

Now, I'm going to sit back, enjoy the rest of my week/weekend and set up my new bedroom! Yay!