Original summer plans, see post below. Current summer plans, flip a coin.
Bike Mag's current intern situation is failing them. Their interns have caused problems and wasted time in the office. As a result, I was recently told they'd be stopping the intern program I would be left high and dry for the summer. Not wasting any time, I finished the e-mail and walked across the street to Newsy.com and asked for a job. Marketing jobs are full, damn. How about an office job? I need experience for my finance major too. Newsy is a great place to work, a great place to earn a buck, and an even better place to see what life in a real internet start-up is like.
Enter Monday. Two people from Bike call, explaining their situation and offering the unpaid internship to me on the merits of the school I go to and a personal reputation, with an expectation that I can actually do journalism.
I've never been at such a crossroads before. I'll find out today or tomorrow if Newsy is hiring, if they aren't I think I'll head to California. If Newsy wants me, then I have no idea. It's a hell of a decision; earn roughly 3k with two jobs (Walt's bike shop and Newsy) staying in Missouri with my girlfriend, or spend roughly that living in southern California without my girlfriend, and with an uncertain experience to be had at Bike.
I seriously might have to flip a coin, 50/50 right?