Today I had to make some tough decisions. Actually, it turned out to be pretty easy. But let’s start at the beginning.
In the last few weeks, I’ve interviewed with Cisco for their public relations intern summer internship and Forrester’s technology research analyst intern. Both are fab companies, great positions. As of last week, I had done second round interviews with Cisco and just a phone interview with Forrester. I figured Cisco better suited me as I’ve kind of been looking into communications as a career focus (well like I said in the previous post, something at the intersection of business, technology, and communication). After the second round interview with Forrester on Monday, my outlook changed. Both of these second round interviews didn’t seem so much as interviews, but as great conversation with a lot of brilliant people. Cisco more about PR/communications, Forrester about technology. Now i was at dilemma. I wanted both. A lot.
Rewind 3 years and it’s the exact same predicament. Except with colleges. Between Amherst, a small but very renowned liberal arts college in Massachusetts, and of course, UC Berkeley. Back then, it was a difficult decision because both schools had their merits as well as tradeoffs. Luckily for me, my host when I visited was a douche so that made the decision easy. And I’ve been pretty happy with Berkeley so far.
Looks like history repeated itself this time. I received an offer from Forrester yesterday with a deadline to respond today. This morning I called Cisco and asked about my status. The recruiter said I’d be notified by Monday and asked if I had pending offers. When I said so, she suggested I take the offer. Plain and simple.
Hey, Berkeley worked out great. I’m thrilled to be starting at Forrester, I’m hoping history continues on track. Here’s looking out to an epic summer!
History is much like an endless waltz.
