The Daily Grind . . .

[pakman]

I have been really lucky with my jobs. During high school I worked at the corporate headquarters of Bank One in Chicago. I worked, literally, in the middle of the city. Mostly I did database management, but I also hung out a lot with a friend I made down there. Working downtown was incredible, there were tons of great restaurants to go to for lunch, shopping on State Street, Michigan Ave, the Taste, etc. However, during the school year, I worked a restaurant owned by a family friend. That was mainly kitchen work and taken orders from customers, it was fun, but I would rather not work in food service again. Last summer I worked at one of the largest civil engineering consulting firms in the country, Consulting Engineers Group. I saw what it was like to be a civil engineer, and how engineers and architects communicated to get projects completed. I worked on a parking garage in Florida, the University of Missouri football stadium, and a prison in Kentucky. That by far was the most interesting job I have had related to my chosen path of study.