So anyone with positions open at their company, let me know.  I know at my last company any referral made by an employee was worth $1k so it is win-win for both of us.

Blah, so I got laidoff with about 75% of the other researchers at my company.

Hmm, now I kinda realize how much uncertainty there really is in the workforce and how unstable the biomedical industry really IS.  Well I can't say that I am bummed out about it or even frustrated.  My company was a fortune 500 so it really took care of its employees and I actually made out quite alright I have to say.  The severance packages were much better than I expected and I am enjoying life without pressure once again.  Also my previous supervisor quickly found a job and endorsed me to his new VP and I should be getting an interview in the upcoming weeks.  I also have a few other advanced job leads up my sleeves from a few other acquaintances.  The good thing about this is that if I find a job soon, I will be receiving my severance pay on top of my actual salary; essentially making it a double pay.  Not too shabby for having worked half-year.  I also got many other little quirks that I am not yet ready to announce publically to the world.

A few things to consider though:  the new Job is with a start-up company in La Jolla, So. CA so I will have to move down there and probably have to work around 60 hours/week min. for a really crappy base salary.  I am definitely thinking about finding something closer to the Bay Area due to most of my friends and families beings around here.

Also I am in the process of closing escrow on a foreclosed condominium in the Bay Area so logically the best next step for me would be to find work around here.   Despite my stay in SD being short, I have learned many lessons regarding life after college and also in terms of relationships.  Finally I got to look back at my new relationships with my co-wokers and also the many different people I met at church.  Honestly it was a great experience but it was also short.  Following are some thoughts that I have about a particular person but I don't really want the world to read so it goes into my private msgs, hehe.

So I realize that I have not been updating my xanga at all and the reason is because working life is really nothing like school.  So I have been working since the end of June in a midsize pharmaceutical company in San Diego.  I barely have any freetime anymore and am constantly exhausted from work.  I have worked 17 hours and it just requires all of my attention because any little mistakes can mean weeks of wasted time and efforts.

I might be taking a class or two at UCSD to enrich my knowledge in the field of pharmacology and neuroscience.  I am also extremely interested in their bioengineering program there but I doubt I will be accepted if I apply.  Anyways, that is as far as I am willing to go in terms of updates since I got church tomorrow and I still need to read a couple of chapters in Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, borrowed from my boss.  It really is a wonderful book and explains very clearly the process from which my work is derived of.

Can you believe it I am graduating.  Now what is surprising is that Biomedical Engineering is the worst engineering you can ever pick, EVER.  You work twice as hard as the other engineering majors, you compete with insanely smart people who are sick out of their minds and you can't find a job because you don't know as much science as the scientists, nor do you know as much pure engineering as the engineers.  BMEs are stuck in the crevaces and lost in space neglected by the world.  Yea this is why I am getting paid 40k with a stupid ENG degree that is right 40k when the regional average for an engineer in the bay area is around 70k.  Life sucks man.  Had I known this, I might as well have studied physics because they are making 50 damn k a year.  Biologist and chemists who focussed on research are getting like 45k.  I am getting 40k.  I feel like killing myself.  I feel like cursing out loud.  Does God really have a plan for me?  It doesn't feel like it.  Sucks to be me, but you know what?  At least God has provided for me.  33% of my peers cannot find a job for themselves, another 33% are going to med school, the last 33% are going to grad school.  Yup the verdict is that BME sucks balls, ass, and whatever you want it to suck but it may be my worst choice in life.  Blah, and now I gotta go give a presentation on my freaking senior design project that I pulled 3 almost consecutive all-nighters to finish writting up, hmm my eyes are burning, I am delirious and yet I need to talk to 2 writters for our yearly newsletter.   Will someone, pray for me?