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Peter · Oct 25, 2006, 02:04 PM

So at the end of last academic year I decided I wanted a more career suited job than retail

I looked around and by luck an irc friend of mine put my name forward as a Mac Admin/Researcher/Etc and I got the internship.
Worked there for about 6 weeks and loved it, the next year of term was looming and I was expecting work to ask when i was leaving - instead they asked if I could work a few more months.
Today they tell me they want me to work indefinatley, and possibly a career after my degree.
Woot!
Getting-a-good-paying-job-with-career-prospects++

Beer on me.

starman · Oct 25, 2006, 02:06 PM

Yup. I kept my intern/part-time job for many years after I started.

nonhuman · Oct 25, 2006, 02:07 PM

Beer on you? I'm so there!

...Are plane tickets on you too?

And congrats!

Dakar² · Oct 25, 2006, 02:13 PM

My internship taught me that web design was not for me. Too boring and limited.

Railroader · Oct 25, 2006, 07:53 PM

Originally Posted by Peter

Beer on me.

I'm there!

dcmacdaddy · Oct 25, 2006, 08:21 PM

Good for you!

My senior-year intenrship in college turned into a summer contract position and then a full-time government gig.
After 11 years it is the only adult job I have had. (For those of you who know the Federal government pay scale,
I went from a GS-5 to a GS-12 in five years. Pretty freakin' sweet.)

Sky Captain · Oct 25, 2006, 08:30 PM

I have an "intern".
Fresh out of one of the big flight acadamies.

As a rookie, we call him Sparky.

olePigeon · Oct 25, 2006, 08:31 PM

Free beer!

(everyone rushes in ala Hotshots)

funkboy · Oct 25, 2006, 10:47 PM

Congratulations sir! Cheers to that.

DO finish your degree, though - without a degree, advancement opportunity will be very limited.

G4ME · Oct 26, 2006, 11:09 AM

ha the brewery i "interned" in offered me a full time job even when i was in my sophomore year, alas i will take the EE degree though.

Monique · Oct 26, 2006, 02:18 PM

Congratulations and it is proof to those who are lazy, hard work and dedication work always in your favor. Have fun for now on, enjoy every moment.

real · Oct 27, 2006, 01:31 PM

Congrats it always feels good to have a job you like

Peter · Oct 27, 2006, 01:38 PM

It really does.
Having gone from god awful retail jobs to this is amazing.

Peter · Nov 15, 2006, 01:53 PM

and they just bought me a spec'd out Mac Pro

<3

finboy · Nov 15, 2006, 03:14 PM

Originally Posted by Sky Captain

I have an "intern".
Fresh out of one of the big flight acadamies.

As a rookie, we call him Sparky.

You guys have the right idea. Interns should NEVER be called by their own names. At least you don't call him "Slick" or "Shaky".

Dakar² · Nov 15, 2006, 03:15 PM

Originally Posted by finboy

Interns should NEVER be called by their own names.

Because...?

DeathToWindows · Nov 15, 2006, 03:39 PM

I haven't gone from internship to full time (I'm still a student) but I'm now rather more central to my lab than I was... as the guy who fixes the custom electronics...

nonhuman · 05:28 PM

Originally Posted by Dakar�

Because...?

It's like feeding a dog from the table. Once they think they're people, they're impossible to keep in line.

Sky Captain · Nov 15, 2006, 05:27 PM

It's a hazing ritual.
One earns their name(call sign) in the military.
Sparky got his by leaving the com panel for the ADF identifier switched to monitor.
So we got morse code. Continuous morse code. Early Marconi radio operators were called Sparky because of the spark used to generate the transmitter signal.

I got called Puker.
Betcha' can't guess why.

finboy · 10:20 PM

Originally Posted by Dakar²

Because...?

Because if you use THEIR name, it's harder on everyone when they eventually (as so many do) leave.

It's a hazing ritual, really. With pilots I hear it's real important to have ironic nicknames.

APOLLO 12 ASTRONAUT Pete Conrad's nickname for APOLLO 13 ASTRONAUT Jim Lovell (who was a new guy under him years before at Pax River, as a test pilot) was "Shakey."

hyteckit · Nov 15, 2006, 10:25 PM

Having a internship rocks.

Having a hot female intern work for you rocks even more.

Dakar² · Nov 16, 2006, 07:14 AM

Originally Posted by Sky Captain

It's a hazing ritual.
One earns their name(call sign) in the military.
Sparky got his by leaving the com panel for the ADF identifier switched to monitor.
So we got morse code. Continuous morse code. Early Marconi radio operators were called Sparky because of the spark used to generate the transmitter signal.

I got called Puker.
Betcha' can't guess why.

Originally Posted by finboy

Because if you use THEIR name, it's harder on everyone when they eventually (as so many do) leave.

It's a hazing ritual, really. With pilots I hear it's real important to have ironic nicknames.

APOLLO 12 ASTRONAUT Pete Conrad's nickname for APOLLO 13 ASTRONAUT Jim Lovell (who was a new guy under him years before at Pax River, as a test pilot) was "Shakey."

Yeah, I wasn't thinking from the POV that this was a military thing (I thought skycaptain was a civilian now or something).

I was trying to imagine this in an office environment (my old internship). Might make for a sitcom episode.

Sky Captain · Nov 16, 2006, 07:38 AM

The Sky Captain is a civillian now.
But we still give names to our interns/subordinates.

When I was sent to train in the CRJ, my instructors called me Georgia.

Dakar² · Nov 16, 2006, 07:41 AM

Well, that only makes sense if your name is George.

Sky Captain · Nov 16, 2006, 07:51 AM

Naw, I'm from Atlanta.
So they called me Georgia.
They couldn't remember my name but I was easy to recognize where I was from.(from my accent)

Dakar² · Nov 16, 2006, 07:52 AM

Also, it made you sound girly.

Sky Captain · Nov 16, 2006, 08:19 AM

No kidding.

Oh well I tookk my razing. Like a girly-man.

Dakar² · Nov 16, 2006, 08:21 AM

For some reason A Boy Named Sue started going through my head...