June 26, 2006
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Changing lanes and (direction, eventually).
I decided to revamp and clean up my xanga skin on Saturday and was really disgusted at the ugly coding. I didn't know anything about CSS before, so I copied a skin and did some editing in front page or dreamweaver (i don't remember; it had been so long!). It ended up being a mess of syntactically incorrect ugliness.
So I'm starting the third week of my marketing internship at Potrero Media Corporation, and it's been really good. I'm enjoying what I'm doing and learning all kinds of interesting SEO and SEM stuff. And I'm not going home exhausted everyday. At first it was weird being surrounded by adults and no kids, but in a good way. It's a pretty chill environment (I can wear sneakers to work, woohoo!), and it's good mix of personalities. It's good.
I'm still going back to St. Charles next school year, but I'll still be working part-time at Potrero Media. If I hadn't already signed the contract back in April or May (before I interviewed here), I'd probably be having second thoughts and just want to stay full-time through at least the Fall. But I still do enjoy working with the kids, so one more year is cool.
The teaching credential thing is out. I decided that I didn't want to spend the time or the money to get the credential because teaching burns me out... my personality is just not built for constant interaction. I'm also putting the Child Development stuff on hold because I need to take a break and not spread myself out so much.
I still plan on finishing the Web Site Development Techniques certificate (which I can do mostly online). I'm also thinking of taking some design and some programming classes to try to figure out which direction to go.
We'll see where this marketing thing leads me.
Comments (4)
Oooh this all sounds cool. I've been thinking of changing industries too. Good luck balancing the two. I'm sure that if anyone can balance work, it's you!
all this talk about direction keeps reminding me of the saying that "only in looking back can we move forward" (or something like that). anyway, i was doing a little research and i found out that perhaps being a copywriter or public relations person would be more catering to my interests, so i'm definitely pursuing that. i guess you can say that my direction isn't quite set in stone, but definitely moving towards the kind of person i have always been. it's one thing to know what you love, it takes a while to figure out WHY you love it, right? hey, if there are any openings at your company, holla!!!!
The layout is very nice.
i like your new layout. glad to hear you're not stressin out anymore. i'll call you asap cuz i have souveniers for you and louie.
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