Argee » RIT http://www.argee.org Personal Blog, Design, Development and Programming Tue, 18 May 2010 21:16:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Classes Are Finally Over http://www.argee.org/old-blog/classes-are-finally-over/ http://www.argee.org/old-blog/classes-are-finally-over/#comments Fri, 15 May 2009 20:56:18 +0000 RG http://www.argee.org/?p=287 It’s the end of spring quarter’s week 10, the last week of classes for the year. At least for those who aren’t going to be taking any classes over the summer. I happen to be one of these people, fortunately. I really need a break from this madness.

Somehow, I was able to finish all my assignments and projects on time. All that’s left for me to do now is to study for the finals and hope for the best. Actually, I also need to pack up my stuff and move it into a storage unit since I’m going home for the summer.

The only interesting thing going on right now is the Tiger Fest I can watch from my window. Looks like a really lame event, so I’m not going to go there. The weather’s really nice, so I have my window open – which also means I have to put up with the awful music playing at the fest.

There seem to be a lot of people at the fest, and they must be really bored, too. I can tell because they’re all standing in a crowd and watching the most boring game of volleyball ever, while others are playing catch with lacrosse raquets. Then there are the people who find both of those activities boring and are just walking around in random directions. Maybe they’re looking for a way to escape the horrible music.

In any case, that’s all the time I have for today. I decided to write despite not really having anything to say because I’m trying to post once weekly, at least.

]]> http://www.argee.org/old-blog/classes-are-finally-over/feed/ 6 RIT Career Fair, Spring 2009 http://www.argee.org/old-blog/rit-career-fair-spring-2009/ http://www.argee.org/old-blog/rit-career-fair-spring-2009/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:27:32 +0000 RG http://www.argee.org/?p=226 Yesterday, the second career fair of this academic year was held at RIT. It’s always pretty crowded, and was even more so this year due to the state of the economy. There weren’t any really big companies there – with the exception of Microsoft, which I didn’t bother applying to since their deadline for summer internships was already over.

I was quite well prepared for this one, and had researched most of the companies I was interested in. Unfortunately, hardly anyone is willing to hire international students, so my choices were limited to about ten companies. My conversations with most of the recruiters went well, though I was told to apply online on more than one occasion – which I understand is easier to manage, but the recruiter should at least talk to me! It makes me feel like I took the time to wear formal clothing and come over to meet you just so that I could send you an e-mail later.

To be honest, I wasn’t expecting to get a co-op just by being at the fair. I’ll probably follow up for some companies that I liked. Otherwise, I’ll have to find a co-op on my own, via other means. I’m probably going to hop on some job search sites and see what they’ve got, perhaps something that suits me will show up. In any case, I’m going home for the summer if I don’t get a job, which would be nice.

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