Let me start off by apologizing… This blog, the story of my life out here on the west coast, for all of you awesome people back home, has been a work in progress for the last couple weeks. I’m sorry it couldn’t come sooner, but I think you understand my world has been a little crazy for about 5 weeks now!
So where should I start? I’ll go from the most recent happenings then work my way back some how… Well, right now the biggest thing on my mind has been the 4 interviews I had on Wednesday 2.5 hours of talking with one of my managers and 3 of my co-workers so they could get a better feel for who I am and what I aim to do in my time at facebook. The way I see it, the best kind of interview is where you come out on the other side feeling like not only did your interviewers learn a lot about you, but perhaps you learned more about yourself too. On Wednesday that’s how I felt. Through the questions asked I felt like I learned more about why I wanted to be part of facebook, how I wanted to begin and grow my career, and what about me makes it all make so much sense. Some time next week (right in time for Thanksgiving) I’ll know know whether or not my passion for and knowledge of this field was enough to earn my place in such an amazing company and luckily I feel confident in what I presented the interviewers with (plus a few warm smiles are never a bad sign).
Prior to this week’s excitement life has been quite the chase. My aim in coming out here to start a new life never consisted of a plan to ease into everything but rather to hit the ground running. Thus my life has been filled with meeting new people around every corner, learning about different ways of life, different backgrounds, ideas, and outlooks on the world. I’ve pretty much spent at least 1 day each weekend I’ve been here in San Francisco, usually either exploring by myself or with my friend Sam who I’ve know digitally through the Campus Rep program for quite some time now and recently met in person. He’s been great in showing me around the city and just being down to hang out, grab drinks, and check out new spots in the city.
Life at work has definitely been incredible. We have a team of top notch chefs on staff creating some of the most amazing food ever for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, plus what’s even better is that it’s all free! The best 4-letter word out there! Free! Everywhere I go at work there’s an awesome kitchen filled with snacks of all kinds and every kind of bottled drink you could ever want! All free! But it’s not all about the food. When I sit at my desk, it’s like working in an art gallery. Everywhere you go the walls are decorated with some radical images by a famous graffiti artist named David Choe. It’s incredible because all the art is original and just about every wall from floor to ceiling is a testament to this guy’s skill. All that aside, I think the most incredible part about working at facebook is the fact that I get to work with so many amazing people. Not because most of them graduated from Ivy League schools, but because they’re good at what they do and they love it. Everybody is genuinely passionate about making amazing things happen at facebook and in turn for our 100 million+ users. That level of passion and dedication isn’t something you find many places and it feels incredible to finally be in that sort of environment. It feels like I am exactly where I’m supposed to be, especially because now, having great, meaningful ideas never felt so amazing. It’s almost as if the buildings were living breathing creatures and inspiration was pumping through its veins.
The next step at this point after hopefully hearing some great news this coming week is to find a new place to live. Don’t get me wrong, where I’ve been since I arrived in California has been fantastic. Fantastic in the way of being a clean, safe place where I could feel comfortable and at peace when coming home, but I would really like something else with somebody or some people closer to my age. A place I could move into and bring furniture, create my space and establish a place I can call “home.” But that’ll come in time, hopefully sooner than later.
In the meantime, keep your fingers crossed for me and say a couple prayers because I definitely want to be at facebook as long as possible! I’ll be doing a better job from posting from now on so feel free to use the RSS link below to subscribe to my blog, click on the blue button labeled ‘Connect’ below to login to my blog with your facebook account and post a comment and then you’ll see it post to your facebook news feed! Also, make sure to check out edisoncruz.com/lifestream to check out what I’m posting throughout the day.
Much love to you for your support and reading this. I can’t wait to come home for the holidays and see everybody!
Cheers!
Edison Cruz
