Friday was a stormy day so poor Alison was stuck in the hotel all day. I spent the day interviewing (5 total) with the company. I also had to give a technical presentation. That night we were treated to dinner at The County Line (all-you-can-eat Texas Bar-B-Que). It was fantastic. We had most of Saturday all to ourselves and we used it to get to know Austin a little better. We went down to the Lyndon B. Johnson Library and Museum on the University of Texas campus. Lucky for us, it's the only one of the 13 Presidential Libraries that is free for visitors. It was very interesting. After the library, Alison and I made our way to downtown Austin. We stopped by the capital building and walked down Congress Street to 6th Street where we ate lunch at a sports bar. That night we were once again treated to dinner by the company. This one was at Abuelos.
The best part of the trip was that we actually came home with more money than when we left. With them picking up our tabs on both dinners (at least $100 total), breakfast buffets at the hotel and the per diem we were given things went very nicely. The biggest problem was that almost all of our meals were all-you-can-eat. I gained 6 pounds in 1 week because of this trip. If Alison knew she would kill me...
I think that the interviews went pretty well. They made it a very non-threatening place to interview. I was actually with a group of 20 candidates from across the country. I expected most of them to be electrical engineers but, there was actually a huge variety. There were CS majors, computer engineers, mechanical engineers, mechatronic engineers and chemical engineers among others. I know that I would enjoy working there. We should know if they are going to give us an offer one way or another by Christmas.On another note, I have an interview for a Park City Field Engineering Position with my current employer on Wednesday. Wish me luck!
4 comments:
good luck, tyler! looks like you had fun.
Good luck on the Park City Interview. I'm not gonna lie, I am sending you bad vibes for the Austin Job. J/K.
Wow ty! I think Kevin picked the wrong career. I don't think we will ever know what it is like to be schmoozed by a company. We have never been to Texas. It sounds like a very fun trip. Good luck with your interviews, it is very exciting.
If you get an offer and take it, let me know. UT-Austin is a good contender on the list of law schools (although they haven't let me in yet). And let's face it, your family is cool enough to shift my law school preferences by the gravitas of your presence in any given town.
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