No Such Thing

Well, it's official, I'm about to enter the "real world".

This past Friday I got my first job offer, and I have decided to take it! The offer is from a company that I respect very much and am excited to work for. Their name is Bruel & Kjaer and they are a Danish company that specializes in sound and vibration solutions. I used some of their products for my research here and was highly impressed.

More info on the company can be found here.

My title will be Senior Support Engineer, which is a fancy name for tech support. But this isn't your run-of-the-mill tech support job where the guy sits around on the phone all day telling soccer moms what Alt+Ctrl+Del means. I will have to take phone calls, but that only accounts for about 25% of my time. The rest of the time is problem solving. That is, customers (namely scientists, though not exclusively) will encounter problems using the equipment we sold them and I will have to figure out why their particular setup isn't working and tell them how to get their desired results. Some of these solutions will take time to obtain, so that's why I won't be on the phone all the time.

Ok, how about a few pictures of some B&K products?
1/4" condenser microphone
Miniature Piezoelectric Charge Acceleromter (for measuring vibrations on a surface)
Sound Level Meter
PULSE Analyzer Hardware

PULSE is actually the name a software program that B&K developed. Its applications are numerous but all revolve around data analysis. This is the product that I will "specialize" in.

Oh, and best of all, my new job is in Atlanta! Starting in July, I'll be moving back to the promised land. A land flowing with Coke and Braves baseball. Not to mention family and friends. It's a little weird going back to Atlanta (I've already done it once) because I realize things won't be like they used to be there. People are growing up and changing. Atlanta has changed a LOT since my days in high school.

But I believe this is where God wants me and I couldn't be more excited. I've had to "replant" myself a few times now, and it's not fun having to start over. It's going to be nice to move somewhere where I already have a group of friends (not to mention family).

BUT, I still have a LOT to do before I go.