I interview with ARM (the processor designer) today. Wish me luck.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f304/jphinney/sign0111.gif Let us know how you make out?:)

Good luck man, go for it, :thumb:

I think the interview went mostly well. I was happy; they seemed happy also except that I can't start right away. Hopefully they realize that I can't because I don't want to hurt my current employer and take that into account.

But we'll see. Interestingly they are a UK based company and I guess because of this you get 4 weeks of vacation time after 3 months of employment. That is VERY competative in the US...after a year I still have 2.

The interview was 6 hours long...

I think the interview went mostly well. I was happy; they seemed happy also except that I can't start right away. Hopefully they realize that I can't because I don't want to hurt my current employer and take that into account.

But we'll see. Interestingly they are a UK based company and I guess because of this you get 4 weeks of vacation time after 3 months of employment. That is VERY competative in the US...after a year I still have 2.

The interview was 6 hours long...

Damn thats long, i don't think i've had an interview longer then an hour, hope it works out well for you though mate, best of luck :thumb:

Good luck...I once had an interview with the Dixons Group for Warehouse Manager. After 5 hours I told them to go f-ck themselves! The only thing I didn't do in the interview was don a gas mask while people threw chemicals at me! Talk about thorough! :stick:

Sounds promising.:thumb: Especially if they interviewed you for 6 hours! If they were not intersted, the interview would have not lasted as long.

Best of luck buddy:)

sounds good, remember get what you want out of this too....Be prepared to NEGOTIATE..many employers expect that these days otherwise they will screw u over

The first offer is usually a LOW BALL....if you are unhappy with the first offer in any way then do not accept it

I get 10 days vacay here where I work so the 4 weeks is just a fantastic part of the deal.

My quality of life would be improved with more vacay time so that is a great benefit.

Best of luck m8

Well, it looks like it isn't going to happen. Haven't heard from them and neither has my supervisor. I'm not that surprised actually. Two major reasons why I wasn't really expecting a call. First, I couldn't leave my current job right away because of where we are in our product cycle and I'm too crucial to leave them hanging at this current time...leaving after sure, but now no. They seemed to want someone who could start now, which isn't what I was told during the phone part. Second, even though the job description had C and C++ experience desired it seemed they where more interested in Java developers and some of the interview rather seemed like an attempt to convince me that C++ is a bad language and Java is the next best thing to sliced bread. There are plenty that feel that is true, I'm not one of them...but it's really all academic anyway..I'll write in whatever someone pays me to write in and I've never seen a language I couldn't become profficient in in very short order; I usually learn as I code. I tried to convey that idea but it didn't stick I don't think.

So anyway...the feeling is kind of mutual anyway. They had much better benefits and who they are and what the market they are in was what had my interest but I have plenty of fun where I am and make decent enough money doing it.

#include <stdio.h>
void main (void)
{
Printf ("/nI agree Java is a lot more friendly user than C and C++,/n");
Printf ("/nbut I also think it´s better to drive a car first, like C,/n");
Printf ("/nand then go for the truck, Java/n");
}
J/k,:).
BTW, good thing of you for not leaving your current job before ending whatever tasks, that itself speaks very well for you in whatever future jobs you´ll go through.

#include <stdio.h>
void main (void)
{
Printf ("/nI agree Java is a lot more friendly user than C and C++,/n");
Printf ("/nbut I also think it´s better to drive a car first, like C,/n");
Printf ("/nand then go for the truck, Java/n");
}
J/k,:).
BTW, good thing of you for not leaving your current job before ending whatever tasks, that itself speaks very well for you in whatever future jobs you´ll go through.

class WTF
{
static void main(String [] args)
{
System.out.println("\nBecause this is just so much friendlier and easier");
System.out.println("\nthan C++. :P");
}
}

Actually, there are more technical reasons why I like C++ better than Java beyond the extreem verbosity. It does go overboard with the verbosity though.

You're also making fun of C whereas C++ has many major improvements over that language. C++ version:

#include <iostream>

int main()
{
std::cout << "I agree Java is a lot more friendly user than C and C++,/n"
<< "/nbut I also think it´s better to drive a car first, like C,/n"
<< "/nand then go for the truck, Java/n";
}