Here begins the start of my journey at JPL.
Last summer I talked with Charles Scott, a EE graduate back in my Freshmen days who did a JPL summer internship, he hooked me up with the right contacts to start applying.
I sent my resume and transcript to the ISGC in January. Mid-February I received a letter in the mail from UofI saying my resume was forwarded to the researchers at JPL, I'm in the door.
On March 19th I was contacted by Rich Rieber about a possible internship with the EPOXI mission. That Friday I get another e-mail saying he hurt his hand in an accident so my phone interview got delayed till Wednesday the 26th.
Interview went great. For some reason I forgot to put Micromouse on my resume so when they asked about extracurricular stuff I mentioned it and they were pretty impressed. Rich said he would get back to me by the end of the week so what do I do? Go snowboarding.
Friday morn and early afternoon I am up on the hill with my buddy Randy having a blast enjoying the sun and sweet powder. On the way down from Bogus I get a voicemail from Rich "Stubby" saying they would like to hire me for the summer. I'M IN!
Later that night was my Spring Break Rock Band party, it was awesome and everyone was celebrating and having a good time.
I'll keep this blog updated as the story unfolds!
