Washington, Lincoln, and RPCVs
After a couple of fun weeks in our glorious nation’s capital, I returned to Colorado this afternoon. I only got a taste of life in the big city, but I really enjoyed it. It was exciting to ride the metro and people watch. It was encouraging to see people reading articles about Kosovo in The Economist on the bus and hear so many languages just walking down the street.
I had a couple of interviews while in the DC area. One of the interviews was for an interesting position at an NGO, which I’m still waiting to hear back on. The other was at an IT consulting company but I realized an hour into the three hour long interview that I didn’t really want to work there. I thought about leaving after the first hour but decided to stay and have fun with the random questions they asked about the inner workings or MySQL and Java (even though the position posting didn’t mention Java at all).
The best part of the trip was the people I spent time with. I spent more time with my little sister than I had in the past 10 years. I got a guided tour of the National Portrait Gallery from my brother’s girlfriend. I received endless harassment while sleuthing around the city with my new friend Shelley. I caught up with a couple of friends from Peace Corps Azerbaijan.
All in all, it was a great trip and gave me a better vision for the future.