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

[Elaine Koogler]

Stefan li Rous wrote:

> 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

 Congratulations, Stefan.  I'm so very pleased for you!  Having gone a 
long time without work and then finally landing a job in January, I know 
what it means to finally have something come through!

Good luck to you...

Kiri