Pete's Log: Industry Day 2001
Entry #1123, (School)(posted when I was 23 years old.)
So I made my token appearance at this year's industry day. I even updated my resume a little and dressed up in a blue camouflage shirt. There were very few companies there this year. The numbers I heard were that last year they had 130 companies and this year they only had 60. There were no free tshirts and very few free toys. But I picked up a couple Scitor bouncy balls, an IBM pencil and light and a CIA pin (and, most likely, listening/tracking device). The companies who were there seemed like they were doing less hiring, with the exception of government and government contractors. Several armed forces seemed to be recruiting strongly, as well as the CIA. And Scitor seemed like they were ready to do a lot of hiring. I got to see a few ND alums I knew, Walt Tuholski was at the Scitor booth, Paul Krasicky was at the Lutron booth, and Kevin Brennan was at the IBM booth. So all in all, I guess I can say I'm glad I'm not looking for a job right now. But industry day was still kinda fun.