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Once you go King Crab Do You Ever Go Back?

I’ve never had Alaskan King crab before today, I’ve never interviewed seriously with a large corporation I could potentially be working at for several years before today. Today I caught a glimpse of a potential future for myself and I was quite shaken.

Yesterday I caught a flight out of Hartford, a layover in Chicago and my final destination being Seattle. I didn’t pay for the flight, in fact I didn’t have to book the flight it was all taken care of for my on behalf of a large computer software company. This experience was unique to me, not because I haven’t flown to Seattle before (I have, check previous blog post) but rather it was the first time I was courted by the money, experience, and life of corporate culture. Recently I had planned a trip to the Florida Everglades, and myself and classmates spent hours scouring the Internet for the very best flight and car rental details we could find, our objective was to minimize cost. Now this software company believed It was a good investment for them to spend a certain amount of money to fly and arrange for all my travel and housing accommodations while they interviewed me. The contrast between the two scenarios was unbelievable, and the simplicity of the latter was very enticing. I find myself wondering if it was worth my time to find the cheapest flight to Florida, or should I have a bit more and thrown a wad of cash at the problem?

After completing my obligation and interview with this company I was given several taxi vouchers to go explore the Seattle areaa. Now I have been there before, but I was given a certain allowance for food, I might as well experience what the city has to offer.After paying a 30 plus dollar cab ride with a coporate voucher I eventually found myself at Fisherman’s Restaurant where I inteded to purchase a fine dinner for myself. Being seated outside I had a clear view of the sun setting behind the Cascade mountain range, the commericial docks of Seattle and from behind the restaurant rose the sky scrapers of Seattle. The Cascades are a given, but the latter were a result of someone choosing to create them, and working very hard to build them.