[Sca-cooks] OT: Stefan has a job!

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Congrats, I know what it is like, it took my wife a long time to find a job
too. Good Luck in the new Job and I wish you success in it.

Kirk

Meddle not in the Affairs of Dragons for Thou Art Crunch and taste good with
Catsup or BBQ Sauce !!!

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Stefan li Rous" <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com>
To: "SCA-Cooks maillist SCA-Cooks" <SCA-Cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 6:11 PM
Subject: [Sca-cooks] OT: Stefan has a job!


> Greetings Good Gentles.
>
> I just wanted to share my happy news, especially since a number of you
> on this list have been so supportive.
>
> For those who don't know, last December after 22 years at Motorola and
> Freescale Semiconductors as an Electronics Engineer doing board level
> design, I got laid off. I've been searching for a job since then. I
> even interviewed for a test engineering position. That interview did
> convince me that while I don't mind working occasional long hours,
> being tied to a first shift production work schedule (7 am - 3 pm)
> which includes working on the weekend, would not be a good thing for
> me, or ultimately, the company. :-)
>
> Anyway, a job opening I had been working on since back in March, just
> before Gulf Wars, came through on Thursday. It's taken over three
> months to get to this point, and they wanted an answer within 48 hours.
> :-) On Friday, I accepted the offer and got my drug test done.
>
> I will start work on July 5 at Celestica, helping design servers
> (computers) at IBM. I will then be bringing back knowledge of IBM's
> procedures and design processes to Celestica and teaching the folks at
> Celestica about these and working to improve how the two companies work
> together. IBM has outsourced to Celestica the building of some of their
> servers. Both Celestica and IBM are less than 2 miles from my home and
> the pay is an increase from what I last had and the benefits are
> similar. Neither of which I expected. I will however, be back to three
> weeks of vacation. (1 week at Gulf Wars + 2 weeks at Pennsic + ...
> oops. Maybe one week at Pennsic. :-) )
>
> I may or may not be able to keep up with this list for awhile because I
> will be spending a bunch of time coming up to speed with two different
> companies procedures and tools, and perhaps some new technologies. I
> also do not know at this point whether I will make it to Pennsic this
> August. That would be only five weeks after starting my new job and
> politically that might not be the best idea, even if my work schedule
> will permit it. I guess I will see near the end of July.
>
> Although much of my information is Austin-specific, I've also been
> reading several books on job searches, interviewing and networking. If
> anyone else is in the same position of not having a job, I would be
> happy to pass on some of the knowledge I've learned these last seven
> months.
>
> Stefan
> --------
> THLord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
>     Mark S. Harris           Austin, Texas
> StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
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>
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