Getting ready for Vegas
OK updates here will probably be short and sweet. Not sure what kind of internet I'm going to have in Vegas. I'm bringing my cell phone but I don't plan on hanging in the room much so I probably won't pay for wireless service at the hotel.
I had 2 interviews yesterday 1 in Ardmore that the pay sucks but the hours are 12 hours a day 3 days a week with an occasional 4th day but its Mon-Wed which would give me weekends off and would be pretty sweet. But I probably won't take the job but I won't hear back for a couple weeks on it. I got a phone call from Tennessee Stamping yesterday just before I left for my interview in Ardmore for a Quality Control position that looks very interesting but I don't have the programming experience they want. But they had my resume a month ago for a Supervisor position they had open and the plant manager liked my resume enough to hang on to it and called me 1st about this opening. He's going to keep looking for someone with the experience in programming he wants but if he can't find them in a few weeks I think I might have a shot at the opening since we both know I can learn the programming pretty quick. The money here could be very good and it looks like a cool place to work. I was in the interview for an hour with the plant manager and almost 1/2 of it was just us casually talking about similiar experiences in my past jobs and his past jobs. Don't think I've ever had an interview that was so casual and relaxed and it went really well but I'm not holding my breath on it.
I have another interview at 9am this morning with an IT firm in Columbia. It is along the lines of what I'd like to do if I were to work in the computer field. Looks like they are doing IT work for small companies that can't afford to keep a full time computer tech on site. I think I'd have to learn some things to get to where I'd need to be but the e-mail from them sounds like they are looking for people they can train and thats fine with me.
My general plan is I'm flying in to Vegas this afternoon. I've got a party with Cardrunners tonight I've got to attend then I'm going to crash early I'm sure as I haven't slept much in the last 2 days and I'm already drinking energy drinks to get me going this morning. I'll be playing 2 tournaments a day at the Rio on Thurs, Fri and Sat. I think they are like 10am and 4pm. They pay 1 in 20 people a seat to the $10,000 Main Event. So I'm giving myself 6 chance to get in roughly my odds are 1 in 3 of me getting in. I think I've got an advantage over these fields so I'll be optomisitic and say I think I have a 50/50 chance of playing in the Main Event. I need to play good and catch a couple breaks along the way and I'll be in.
If I do make it into the Main Event I will probably be playing on Sunday at noon. The tournament is going to be close to 8,000 people so they have broken the starting days into 4 days to fit everyone in. If I make it past Sunday I think Monday is an off day and I'll play again on Tuesday and probably play until I'm out of the tournament. I don't expect we will get to the money payouts until late Wednesday or early Thursday. Thats just an estimate on my past though.
If I don't make the Main Event I'm just going to hang out on Sunday and Monday and relax and enjoy Vegas. I've got an afternoon flight out of town and a layover in Phoenix so I won't land in Nashville until after midnight Wednesday morning. I've got a couple friends who live there and a couple more friends who are in town this week and know they're way around Vegas. So no matter what happens I think I'll have a blast. Obviously if I make it past Sunday in the Main Event I'll be making a last minute flight change and I have no idea when I'll try to fly back.
Anyway I need to start dragging my suitcase and laptop out to the car and get ready for my interview. Prayers and well wished are greatly appreciated. Hope everyone has a safe and happy 4th of July. Vegas here I come.
I had 2 interviews yesterday 1 in Ardmore that the pay sucks but the hours are 12 hours a day 3 days a week with an occasional 4th day but its Mon-Wed which would give me weekends off and would be pretty sweet. But I probably won't take the job but I won't hear back for a couple weeks on it. I got a phone call from Tennessee Stamping yesterday just before I left for my interview in Ardmore for a Quality Control position that looks very interesting but I don't have the programming experience they want. But they had my resume a month ago for a Supervisor position they had open and the plant manager liked my resume enough to hang on to it and called me 1st about this opening. He's going to keep looking for someone with the experience in programming he wants but if he can't find them in a few weeks I think I might have a shot at the opening since we both know I can learn the programming pretty quick. The money here could be very good and it looks like a cool place to work. I was in the interview for an hour with the plant manager and almost 1/2 of it was just us casually talking about similiar experiences in my past jobs and his past jobs. Don't think I've ever had an interview that was so casual and relaxed and it went really well but I'm not holding my breath on it.
I have another interview at 9am this morning with an IT firm in Columbia. It is along the lines of what I'd like to do if I were to work in the computer field. Looks like they are doing IT work for small companies that can't afford to keep a full time computer tech on site. I think I'd have to learn some things to get to where I'd need to be but the e-mail from them sounds like they are looking for people they can train and thats fine with me.
My general plan is I'm flying in to Vegas this afternoon. I've got a party with Cardrunners tonight I've got to attend then I'm going to crash early I'm sure as I haven't slept much in the last 2 days and I'm already drinking energy drinks to get me going this morning. I'll be playing 2 tournaments a day at the Rio on Thurs, Fri and Sat. I think they are like 10am and 4pm. They pay 1 in 20 people a seat to the $10,000 Main Event. So I'm giving myself 6 chance to get in roughly my odds are 1 in 3 of me getting in. I think I've got an advantage over these fields so I'll be optomisitic and say I think I have a 50/50 chance of playing in the Main Event. I need to play good and catch a couple breaks along the way and I'll be in.
If I do make it into the Main Event I will probably be playing on Sunday at noon. The tournament is going to be close to 8,000 people so they have broken the starting days into 4 days to fit everyone in. If I make it past Sunday I think Monday is an off day and I'll play again on Tuesday and probably play until I'm out of the tournament. I don't expect we will get to the money payouts until late Wednesday or early Thursday. Thats just an estimate on my past though.
If I don't make the Main Event I'm just going to hang out on Sunday and Monday and relax and enjoy Vegas. I've got an afternoon flight out of town and a layover in Phoenix so I won't land in Nashville until after midnight Wednesday morning. I've got a couple friends who live there and a couple more friends who are in town this week and know they're way around Vegas. So no matter what happens I think I'll have a blast. Obviously if I make it past Sunday in the Main Event I'll be making a last minute flight change and I have no idea when I'll try to fly back.
Anyway I need to start dragging my suitcase and laptop out to the car and get ready for my interview. Prayers and well wished are greatly appreciated. Hope everyone has a safe and happy 4th of July. Vegas here I come.
posted by Jack of Heartz at 4:26 AM
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Again Good luck I know you will do well.
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