KRUG

i went in for an interview this past wednesday. i sat down and talked to greg (not sure of his position but apparently he does some hiring and his opinion is a heavy one) and then he walked me around the shop.

i have no doubts that this job was created with me in mind. i would thrive in an environment like that. it turns out that they do all kinds of stuff including, but not limited to, welding, wood working, auto body painting, metal machining, sculpting, programming, 3-D computer design, modeling, engineering, and laser cutting. the best part is, i could learn to do all of those things if i wanted to!

i would be hired for my skills in modeling, computer software, and math long with my creativity and affinity for learning and trying new things but if i were interested, which i definitely am, i could be trained to do any or all of the above jobs mentioned. on top of it, they would pay me to train and after learning the skill and becoming good enough at it to be used for projects in that area, i would be deemed more valuable and therefor, get a raise.

so all in all, i will be in a dynamic environment, learning all kinds of new ways to express myself and getting paid to do all of it.

as you can see i am excited and i haven’t even been hired yet. the good news is that they seemed excited about me as well. greg kept telling me that he always looks for young, aggressive guys to hire. i am young and i was aggressive enough to seek him out for a week solid and push myself into an interview. he also mentioned that he has a hard time finding people who are analytical and creative at the same time and know how to balance the two out. yeah i know, that’s me!

i really feel confident that i’m going to have a position there in the near future. i was told that i will know by the 5th of october. i don’t think that not getting the job right now will set me back at all though. the only thing it will do is give me time to learn some things they could use. i live with people who have a wealth of knowledge about carpentry, welding, CAD software and so on.

the greatest thing about all of this is that i am getting to pursue a dream of mine. it’s not a feeling i get very often. in fact, i have belittled myself for not having any real goals or dreams. college for me has just been 5 years of drifting with no real purpose or final place in mind. i have always had ideas of where i thought i might end up but nothing that really got my blood boiling. i enjoy math and am good at it but i think i have found my true passion.

we’ll see how it all turns out. i’ve got an entire life to live and i am in no hurry to finish it up. this may not be my final position in life but i’m sure going to test the door and see where it takes me.

by the way, if you’re at all curious as to what this company does, check out their site. they have tons of pictures in the galaxy. almost too many but it gives a good idea of some of the things they’ve done in the past. there is also a pretty decent video that summarizes the company that you can download and view.

on a complete side note,…I LOVE MOZILLA FIREFOX (or foxfire as debye so lovingly calls it)!! this last paragraph is being written after my computer crashed (grumbling at windows). there was no way i was going to retype everything previous to this even though i really wanted to say it all. anybody who has used firefox and had it suddenly die knows that is has a “restore session” option when you start it back up. yeah, it saved the entire UNSAVED blog even after a complete system reboot. kudos to mitchell baker, brenden eich and the rest of the mozilla team!

so anybody who really knows me (or knows me even at all) knows that i like creative things.  i usually express that by creating what i call weird art.  this includes my text pictures, ambigrams, warhammer, and styrofoam scenery.  after watching the making of the lord of the rings i realized what my dream job would be.  to make miniature, scale models.  i never pursued it as a career because i didn’t think it was something i could actually do for a living.  i know that there are people who do but i thought they were all from art academies and i knew i couldn’t go that route.

the other day my brother in law mentioned that i should at least look into it.  so i did.  i did a little bit of research and found a company in the local area that builds scale models and training equipment for various clients.  i went to their website and got extremely interested in checking it out.

i wound up calling them on this past monday and played phone tag with a guy named greg until today.  i finally got to talk with him on the phone and told him all about what i do as a hobby and what i am good at already.  he seemed really intrigued and mentioned that the modeling department is a really hard position to fill because you can’t exactly recruit people out of college.

and that was pretty much where the conversation ended.  i sent him my contact information with a brief synopsis of my strengths and i expect to hear from him soon.  i imagine that i’ll at least get to go over to the shop and talk with some people.

i’m really excited about this though.  i’m trying not to get too thrilled in case it doesn’t work out but this would be awesome!