I\u2019ve had so much free time because I\u2019ve forced myself to only leave my dorm room once or twice a week if I\u2019m spending money. Other times I\u2019ll leave (about 4 \u2013 5 times a week) is strictly for studying and exercising at the Anytime Fitness nearby.<\/p>\n
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I have to make money last. It\u2019s tough. I\u2019m used to having two jobs on average and getting paid weekly since both jobs are bi-weekly and on alternating schedules. It is because I have no actual income that I\u2019ve been focusing very much on my studies and more so in particular, my next move. 4 Rivers Smokehouse was my home for 5 years and I left in December with the intention of finding work in the US on an internship basis or full-time work in Orlando. At 4 Rivers I went from line cook to Technology Intern and finally landed a promotion as an IT Support Specialist. It was a role that I really enjoyed because it allowed me to affect several areas of the company and help everyone on a day-to-day basis. The experience I earned here was invaluable and it\u2019s that energy that has made me relentless in applying to over 50 positions in Orlando and in other parts of the country for a June start date. This doesn\u2019t include the LinkedIn \u201cEasy Apply\u201d roles that I\u2019ve submitted interest for where the job poster will view your profile if they feel you are a good match.<\/p>\n
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IT involves much more than just fixing computers and making sure your internet is working. It\u2019s the reason I\u2019m finishing my degree at Rollins as a Computer Science major so I can eventually be a Software Engineer. I want to find work with a company I can be interested in and have similar views with. I think this is happening slowly but surely. I\u2019ve become a hound in my email inbox \u2013 just like the IT days at 4 Rivers. I\u2019m getting better at gaining exposure and following up with recruiters on LinkedIn. I am even using Lynda.com as a resource to fine tune important skills like Java, C and databases.<\/p>\n
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Amazon is a company that noticed me and sent me a request to complete an assessment for their Software Development Engineer summer internship role in Seattle. To my excitement I prepared by going over notes and fine-tuning my Java skills. I took the assessment and was impressed with how I did even if I wasn\u2019t chosen to continue with the process. I\u2019m a strong believer in succeeding or learning \u2013 failure is an ugly word. I learned that I need to grab a copy of Cracking the Coding Interview <\/em>and I know a lot more code than I originally did. My tenacity and refusal to quit will get me there eventually. I know it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I\u2019ve had so much free time because I\u2019ve forced myself to only leave my dorm room once or twice a week if I\u2019m spending money. Other times I\u2019ll leave (about 4 \u2013 5 times a week) is strictly for studying and exercising at the Anytime Fitness nearby. I have to make money last. It\u2019s…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":340,"featured_media":10921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-qmul"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/340"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10920"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13970,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10920\/revisions\/13970"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}