I feel like a student. But not really… Being here in Siebel at 3 in the morning… I feel like a CS student.

I guess another set of congratulations is in order. I found my second “job”… actually, it’s more like I’m working part time (“half time” is the phrase they keep using, but man, it’s still part time) for two different departments under the college of Education. Pay is what I expected, but what’s more is that I feel like I’ll be doing something I enjoy… a LOT more than had I been forced to do something. I feel like for this job I’ll have some degree of freedom… to learn and to explore more and more… What’s funny is that this means… I’ll be here for at least one more semester.

Which brings me to question… why? Why am I still here on campus after I graduated? For some of my friends, they are confused when they find this out. One part of me says… this is the place to be. I made the active choice to come back, and to seek out job positions here. For some reason, the job market is better than Cincinnati… not only because they like to hire student programmers, but I’m talking post-graduation or graduate school programming positions. Of course, Cincinnati has some great opportunities, but it’s just not the type of working atmosphere for me.

Another positive is if I really do decide to get an MBA here… tuition waver is a possibility, if not, then in-state tuition is a definite.

Something about being on campus… it makes me feel alive. Let’s not going in the fact that I feel younger, too… but it’s something about this place. It’s not just the people, nor is it just about the church… or the familiar faces and buildings… It’s something in the air.

However, I still await to hear from Apple. It almost seems like that ship has sailed. I think the Valley is out of reach until after a couple years or so… meh.

I guess the choice was made to stay when I got that WIMPE/CRCE membership here on campus (the rec center). Or… maybe it happened even earlier. Now to… find a place to stay for at least the next half year.

Then what? I don’t know.

Even now, I’m only about 75% sure about coming back here… I should since my job’s going to require me to be actually in town… but man, so many uncertainties.

And so… my schedule… for next week is going to be interesting. I’m going to have to go in to work early in the day, finish up the freelance job in the afternoon, and do some coding for myself at night. It’s going to be a busy rest of 2006.