Waiting

[cjsmith]

I'm still ninth on the waiting list for chem and sixth for bio. It's not looking particularly hopeful. A few of those will probably flunk fall quarter chem or bio and be pulled off the list, but still I'd better come up with a plan B. Anybody need a mobile phone coder for ten to twelve weeks?

What irks me a bit is knowing that within two weeks of the start of classes, at least that many people will have dropped out of these highly desirable classes. I'm amazed at how many people drop classes here! But by that time it will be far too late for anyone new to join. (Sitting in on lecture is one thing, but seats in lab are precisely numbered; I can't stay and watch.) I wish I could somehow petition to get some kind of better status for any student who will actually take the class.

I've heard that the huge influx of students is, in part, from four-year schools whose budget cuts meant fewer classes. I had wondered how I could possibly have gotten in to all my first-quarter classes -- when I must have had lower priority than I did this time -- if there was this much competition. After all, anyone taking chem 1B had to have needed chem 1A first, right? Answer: yes they did, and a large number of them took it elsewhere.

Comments

[brooksmoses]

We're hiring, and our toolchains work on mobile-phone processors. I know the job description is for a full-time permanant position, but I'm pretty sure we'd be willing to be flexible if there's stuff you could usefully do for us in a shorter timeframe (and I expect there would be).

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Oh interesting! Yes, perhaps I could be useful in a shorter timeframe, and as a short-time employee, I wouldn't be picky about my title or about whether the work was helping me grow my career. If you need stuff done and I can do it, that'd be enough. I'm still hoping to do something useful with school, but this is a good idea to keep in mind. Thanks!

[brooksmoses]

You're welcome. If it comes to this, let me know and I'll let the relevant people know I'm referring you. :)

And "not being picky about titles" is perhaps useful -- I once joked to Mark that we have a stealth org chart, because we all have the official title of "Sourcerer". (Well, okay, he's "Chief Sourcerer", and occasionally we have a student "Apprentice Sourcerer", but other than that, I have the same title as my manager does.)

[eichin.livejournal.com]

Hah, small world - codesourcery wrote QMTest, which is what led to me (and my company) switching whole-heartedly over to python :-) (thanks!)