My interviews this week paid off. I think I have two office visits planned. One is for EDS. I think I will fly down to their headquarters in Plano, Texas on Oct 28&29 (the day after I get back from Boston). They have a really cool job in Enterprise Solutions. It is a consulting group that helps companies implement new information technology and management changes. This is probably the least accounting-oriented of all of my choices. The job also guarantees a minimum of 100% travel. That means that every monday you fly to a city far away and stay there until thursday or friday. It sounds like it would be fun for a little while. Plus, since you really don't have a home office, you can choose between like a dozen home bases. Chicago, Portland, Denver. It is a pretty crazy job, but it would be fun and it would give me a chance to go overseas some too. I will see how the office visit goes.
The other visit comes from an callback interview that I had this morn at 8am. Deloitte&Touche. They interviewed me for an hour yesterday and 45min today. I talked to four different people who all liked me. The only problem is that I was wishy washy about my location preference. I ended up telling them I like Milwaukee, even though I don't know anything about that office. If I have a visit, it will be up there. I figure I would be close to Michael and to Chicago, but I don't have to live in a huge city.
I walk around campus with a suit on and get bad looks from all of the hard-core people who think I am selling out to the man. Listen punks, there comes a time when we all need to pay our way. A suit is usually the way to a good job. My roommate is also a fifth-year, but he is being pretty laid-back about the job hunt. He thinks that the companies should just come to him. Of course, with his background, they probably will. It is just too easy for him to sit in the hammock all day and think about what hippie business he is going to open up next year...
I am really at a decision point here. I walk around in freak-boy clothes all week and spend my weekends either mountain biking or dancing at the local gay bar. However, when I put that suit on, I am a job-hunting, business-man machine. I think, is it possible to get a good job AND care about the world? Do I want to be just another hippie who turns into a yuppie?
I really don't have much choice. Grad school doesn't really fit into my career paths, and study abroad directors all run away when I come up. My place is in an accounting office, right? I don't know. I really don't know what I want. I have a job visit with Deloitte and Touche in Milwaukee. If all goes well, I will be working at some place like that this time next year. I will just make sure to go on a nice, long European vacation over the summer to tide me over for five years or so.