Microsoft

I got really excited today when talking to my parents close friend Bob Myers... He is the Human Resource manager for ALL of Reebok... former Vice President of The Bank of Boston, and most impressing, former Vice President of the Limited/Victory Seceret and all those stores owned by that company... Needless to say, he has connections... Well, turns out he is pretty close to an important person at EA (Electronic Arts.... they own many different computer gaming companies, including Maxis... The one that makes the Sims and SimCity)... He suggested that I try to get an internship there this summer with his help... he told me, "give me your resume and I can help you edit it and I'll fax it to him, and maybe he can slip it to the top of the pile..." B) just talking about it freaked me out because it was so exciting... The sole cause of my passion for computers came from a little revolutionary program... SimCity Classic... and now I have a chance to get an internship there, or if it is too late to get one for this summer, possibly a job there... My heart was pitter pattering like crazy... I knew he had connections, but he just happened to mention the one company I would want to work for more than any other... even if I didn't get hired forever, if I got an internship there I would be satisfied for life... I don't know... but to me that is exciting...

Anyways, later on in the conversation Microsoft is brought up... turns out he knows the HR Manager there along with a few other VIPs in the company... Microsoft scares me though because it is what made computing what it is today, and I don't know if I have what it takes to contribute to that... REALLY nerve racking to think about working on something that has to do with so many peoples life's... yeah...

All this is really scary to me... I feel like I am so little compared to these HUGE companies that are practically the cause that I am who I am... I have never been so excited... even if I don't get the job, knowing that I have at least a better chance than most people is exciting...

My parents have been friends with Bob's wife since 8th grade... and with him since 11th grade... All I know is that I will owe him so much even if I don't get the job... he doesn't have to do anything for me, but he is... I talked to him for only 20 minutes about this particular subject, but it has thrilled me... It is completely different discussing something that you could always talk about, but when you did you were thinking "yeah right like that will ever happen", when you can stop thinking that, even if it is just for a minute...

Oh well, Isketch time... I hope I can fall asleep...

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