I get to the building in Canton, a 40-minute drive, was 15 minutes early. It's a big square with glass, however you cannot get in through the front door. You must get buzzed in or have an RFID card. I hit the intercom and explained I had a 2pm interview. I was let in and brought up to a conference table with an application that was four pages long. Most of this stuff was on my resume but it said "Must include information even if it's on your resume." I got half-way finished with it before the door opened.

Punctual at 2pm I met with two guys who I didn't know and I forgot their names in a few moments. They explained a bit of their company and how things could work between me and them. They were intrigued with my history in radio and coding experience. I explain I don't have too much experience in coding since I was self-taught. Besides that I made players for my last company. They threw out acronyms faster than I could comprehend but I did my best. In the end of the interview one of the guys asked for my application and I explained it wasn't finished. He told me not to worry about it. I smiled, handed it over and shook their hands and left. They said they'd call me the next day to let me know. I was dejected and sad. I have been fed that line before. The last job I interviewed for I was told that I was very impressive and that they'd call me back the next day. Never did. I expected as much.

The next day I went with Christina to her class she was teaching at Champion Ohio, met the kids and had a blast. Then after we had a meeting at the bank. It was a very busy and hectic day, which left me exhausted. However, I had that cell phone glued to my side watching it to see if it would ring. At 4:30, 4:45... Nothing. When it was 5:00pm I put the phone on the cradle and felt even more dejected, I turned off the TV and the lights in the bedroom and turned to sleep before bowling.

At 5:15pm the phone rang. It was one of the guys from the place I interviewed. I was surprised that I got a phone call after 5pm. His name is Ed and we talked for 30 minutes as he explained that he wanted to make sure I was up to the task of working on his team, either by doing a test or showing him my previous work. The next day I sent him some of my previous work. My tail was wagging for the next few days. We played email tag and because of Thanksgiving there was some delays. However on Thanksgiving day I receive an email that says my code is pretty good. I was elated, someone of that prowess said I was pretty good. He told me that he'd hear back from him on Monday. Monday came and I got an email from Ed stating something happened and that Mike, the President of the company (the 2nd person in the original interview with Ed) was out sick. Tuesday they offered me a job and asked when I would like to come in, I said "Wednesday". I could tell by Ed's expressive voice that he didn't expect me to jump that quickly to the offer. I had a job.