I'm not gonna lie; it's been rough coming back from my holiday vacation. It was jarring, even though I knew this was the situation, to come back to my apartment to face the fact that I have no job prospects. And it was demoralizing to begin my retail job search and not see much prospect there either.
But, at least jobs are communicating with me again. Yesterday, two head-hunters called me with job opportunities. One of them had something for a postdoc (which is not me), but the other has three openings for software development at a place in Illinois. And today one of the many companies I've contacted through Monster actually got back to me with good news: they want to interview me for a software engineer position in Houston. None of these may lead to a job, but it feels good to know that people can be interested in me.
I am starting to remember that things are going to be ok.
Today, I attended the practice qualifier talk of a Ph.D. student in the lab that I'm technically still a part of. I was a little jealous. He's going to have a Ph.D. someday if he keeps at it (which he will). On my current track, I can't see what I'll end up with if I keep at it.
Career fairs on the 15th, 17th, and 28th. Maybe this time companies that attend won't decide to get rid of the positions I'm applying for!
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