So last week (Thurs through Sun) Jake and I went to Binghamton, New York for an interview with Lockheed Martin. We're thinking cool - New York! This is going to be awesome! Well our first indication that this wasn't going to be the big apple was our third connection - the airplane was tiny! They had to take our carry-ons and store them below the plane.
The area is green, hilly and wet. It's on the boarder of the Susquehanna River. We drove through the area to get an idea of the local lifestyle... it felt like Oregon. At least we got to drive around in a brand new Pontiac G6.
The interviews went well. Jake's group works with integrating electrical components onto airplanes (not really what he wants to do). My group is designing and testing the new Humvees for the military.
They are new in the ground vehicle market and wanted a new engineer with automotive experience - like me! They seemed enthusiastic - I guess we'll have to see if they send us an offer this week!
While we were out on the town we decided to eat a fancy meal on the $40/day each that Lockheed gave us. We went to this little place called "The Cellar." It was a little home converted to a restaurant. Jake got lobster for the first time and I got Beef Wellington. It was all fancy and tasted really good - the dessert was the best! We ended up spending $105 on dinner!!! That's awesome!
The North East was hit with terrible snow storms this weekend, so getting home was all drama - first we were stuck in the Binghamton airport (it has 3 terminals). The pilots couldn't land because of fog, but we finally got in the air. Then in Detroit we sat on the runway for an extra hour de-icing the wings. But when we got it the air we had a long conversation with the pilot sitting next to us. He was so drunk! But he said a lot of nice things about Jake and I (about how he respects our kindness and such) we even discussed religion and I got his address to send him a Book of Mormon!!! We finally got to the St. Paul, Minneapolis airport where we had to spend the night (at least they had ghetto mats for us despite the bright lights and loud speaker announcements). I was frustrated with the system, but Jake reminded me that it's just a glorified bus network.
After hours upon hours of traveling we made it back to Utah. We were so excited to get back here - I wonder if that means the west is a better fit for us... maybe NY just isn't our style?
Recap: Great interviews, terrible traveling, and we still have jet lag!
3 comments:
Oh, my. You don't want to fly through Detroit or Minneapolis (ESPECIALLY Minneapolis). That is just a killer combo. Glad the interviews went well!
What an adventure! Glad that the interviews were good to compensate for the yucky flights!
Thats so sad. I hate airports, but love flying! Testing Humvees sounds very cool and if you ever need an "expert opinon" or "expert driver" you can call any time.
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