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Offline Eric

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Re: I finally got a job!
« Reply #15 on: May 20, 2010, 09:06:03 PM »
After a year of trying and six interviews, I finally was accepted to be a meteorologist at the Blacksburg, VA NWS office! :dance:  I'll be starting around the first week of July, which means I'll be moving over the next several weeks and may not be around here as much during that time.  Thank you for all your moral support as it's been a long journey for me.

Congratulations!  :biggrin:

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Re: I finally got a job!
« Reply #16 on: May 20, 2010, 10:09:21 PM »
After a year of trying and six interviews, I finally was accepted to be a meteorologist at the Blacksburg, VA NWS office! :dance:  I'll be starting around the first week of July, which means I'll be moving over the next several weeks and may not be around here as much during that time.  Thank you for all your moral support as it's been a long journey for me.

Wow! Congratulations Patrick!!  B)

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Re: I finally got a job!
« Reply #17 on: May 20, 2010, 10:09:28 PM »
A HUGE congratulations to you, Patrick!!! :clap: :clap: :clap: I am so very happy for you, and wish you the best of luck! :thrilled: Hope you can still find a little time to hang out here because we will miss you! :biggrin:

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Re: I finally got a job!
« Reply #18 on: May 21, 2010, 12:47:10 AM »
Thanks, everyone! :)  I can't even begin to tell you how much of a relief this news is for me after such a frustrating time in my life.  I'll be heading to Blacksburg for a few days next week to rent my new apartment.  Later in June, I'll actually move with my stuff from WV to there.

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Re: I finally got a job!
« Reply #19 on: May 23, 2010, 06:48:40 PM »
Yes sorry for the delay!!!! Truly, congrats Patrick!!! See patience grasshopper and you will get the job!!! Good luck there and comeback to give us updates on how your job is and who knows maybe I will work with you in the same office, how awesome would that be???
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Re: I finally got a job!
« Reply #20 on: May 25, 2010, 12:45:21 PM »
Am I too late to congratulate you Patrick? :P

And no, the dancing has only begun :P
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Re: I finally got a job!
« Reply #21 on: May 26, 2010, 05:27:45 PM »
I was approved and cleared from all background security checks today.  My first day of work is officially set for July 6.

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Re: I finally got a job!
« Reply #22 on: May 26, 2010, 05:28:53 PM »
awesome :)

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Re: I finally got a job!
« Reply #23 on: May 27, 2010, 06:20:31 PM »
The best part about NWS? You make good money from the very beginning. I think you'll probably get a G5 level 3 roughly when you start...almost twice as much money as a starting level TV job pays (and quite a bit more than AccuWeather....) but congrats!

Probably will be working somewhere near Silver Spring in the coming years, although with my major, I could end up in Ethiopia, or someplace where Flowmaster exhausts aren't illegal like they are in Virginia  B)