RSS Internship Updates
06 Dec 2005 @20:47I got a letter from the CIA two days ago, a thin one:
Thank you for expressing interest in serving your country though a career with the Central Intelligence Agency.
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Unfortunately, after careful review, we have been unable to identify an available position commensurate with your background and experience.
Commensurate? WTF? Based on context, I knew what it meant. But I had to look it up to get the actual definition:
Main Entry: com·men·su·rate
Pronunciation: k&-’men(t)s-r&t, -’men(t)sh-; -’men(t)-s&-, -sh&-
Function: adjective
Etymology: Late Latin commensuratus, from Latin com- + Late Latin mensuratus, past participle of mensurare to measure, from Latin mensura measure — more at MEASURE
1 : equal in measure or extent : COEXTENSIVE2 : corresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree : PROPORTIONATE
3 : COMMENSURABLE 1
- com·men·su·rate·ly adverb
- com·men·su·ra·tion /-”men(t)-s&-’rA-sh&n, -sh&-/ noun
From Merriam-Webster
Okay then. Guess I’m just too good for the CIA. But wait! There’s more!
I received an email from Boeing yesterday:
Dear Andrew Ferguson,
Congratulations! You are currently under consideration for one or more positions at The Boeing Company.
I filled out the remaining information for that internship and now it’s back to the waiting game. As a note, this is the same internship that I was working on apply to last summer.
Other things that are still in the loop, Nordstrom and a Europe Trip.
Well, thank god you weren’t “too” good for the CIA.
*wink*
lol. Yes.
I think one of my New Years Resolutions is to become a better writer.
I’m also going to try and write 1000 posts in a year. But more on that later.
I think it means you’re not good enough for any of their positions, not the other way around. It just means that your skill set and experience didn’t fit any of their job openings. Don’t flatter yourself.
Well, you think what you want and I’ll think what I want.:-)
Ferg-
You’re joking, right?
Yes, Quinn. Thanks for ruining the fun.