I’m headed back to work tomorrow. I’ve accepted a job with ThinKom down in Torrance. They make antennas that are small and lightweight and fairly low cost compared to similar performing antennas. The founder of the company invented this antenna while he was working at Hughes in the early 90s. He formed ThinKom in 2000 and they have been growing since then. They finally got some larger contracts and decided they needed a Test Engineer. I interviewed with them on July 23rd and they made me the offer around the beginning of September.
I would have preferred to find something in the valley but I think ThinKom has a potential to be a pretty good thing for us. The fact they are growing at a time when everyone else is shrinking is a really good indicator.
Wow, finding a job in this economy is a pretty good feat.
Congratulations! Hope it works out well for you.
Comment by Daryl — Sunday September 13, 2009 @ 10:44 am
Thanks and yes it wasn’t easy. I applied for a LOT of jobs and this is the only one I actually got an interview for. I was the first person they interviewed. I guess they saw a few more people then decided I was the best fit. It really sounds like a great place to work.
Comment by Don — Sunday September 13, 2009 @ 11:03 am
Are you a direct employee or contract? I seem to remember you were planning to do contract work when you retired from Boeing.
Comment by Donna — Sunday September 13, 2009 @ 11:22 am
I’ll be direct, full time. By the end of June I was ready to do pretty much anything. I was hoping to contract but this is probably better. I get a 401k and they match up to 4% so that’s just like free money(kind of).
Comment by Don — Sunday September 13, 2009 @ 11:35 am
Good deal! Now you aren’t going to have to move back in with Momma, because you don’t have any income. Sounds interesting, and that’s what you need. You weren’t built to put the same screw in the same hole, all day, every day.
Comment by Mom — Sunday September 13, 2009 @ 12:35 pm
I wasn’t really in any danger of having to move back in with mom. 😉
Comment by Don — Sunday September 13, 2009 @ 12:58 pm
Yay Don. Don rocks.
Comment by Betty — Sunday September 13, 2009 @ 9:09 pm
How was it?
Comment by Donna — Monday September 14, 2009 @ 9:55 pm
I think I’ll enjoy it.
Comment by Don — Tuesday September 15, 2009 @ 9:32 pm
Two weeks now. Still good?
Comment by Daryl — Saturday September 26, 2009 @ 1:28 pm
Yep. Learning new stuff every day. Antennas are the other side of the stuff I worked on for 21 years. Rarely did anything with actual antennas.
Comment by Don — Saturday September 26, 2009 @ 10:05 pm