<p>Yeah, during one year at Penn, I got accustomed to having extremely noisy sirens/people chatter/car horns outside my window. After a while, you totally channel it out. </p>
<p>Things are more or less set to go… I leave in a few days for NYC. For some reason I can’t get to bed and so here I am on CC >.> I’ll let you all know how things progress… I am both very excited and very nervous. On paper, everything is absolutely great, but this makes me nervous because I hope nothing gets in the way or goes wrong. I shipped all of my belongings off today, so I’m basically chillaxing until the end of the week.</p>
<p>I am hoping the snowstorm won’t lead to a cancellation of my flight. I don’t expect it to, but it’s in the back of my mind. I’m still debating whether or not I should take the airtrain/LIRR/subways to the apartment or if I should just take a cab. Unlike last time, I have huge luggage rollercases that might make the trains cumbersome to navigate. However, cabs are absurdly expensive and I try to avoid them at all costs – especially if there’s snow afoot. I may just suck it up and take the trains and be that annoying guy on the subway with a crapton of luggage, haha.</p>
<p>cbreeze: I don’t want to reveal too much on a public forum, but I’m going to be helping out with some analysis/metrics/stat and number crunching/reporting/etc. It’s an analyst position with an insurance/risk management firm (as opposed to a bank). The people are great there – everyone I met was really easy to get along with. </p>
<p>After my interview in NY, on the way back to the airport on the LIRR, I actually wound up in a conversation with an investment banker who’d been in the field since the 50’s. The conversation began as a result of his commenting on my Wharton shirt. He attended Columbia for his MBA back in the day. At any rate, we got to talking and exchanging views on the economy/the state of education/jobs, and he had very nice things to say about the firm that I now work for. His views on banking and NY in general though were not as cheery. XD At any rate I am still looking forward to everything.</p>
<p>max, the airtrain is pretty nice and you will definitely not be the only one with “a crapton” of luggage. You could always take it or the LIRR or subway out of JFK, then take a cab when you get into Manhattan. Just keep in mind that it isn’t as easy to flag down a cab outside of Manhattan (unless you’re at the airport), so you will want to take the public transport into Manhattan.</p>
<p>mousegray: Oh, definitely agreed – my main concern is just taking it all on the subways once I reach Manhattan. I generally hate cabs because I find them wildly overpriced – so I’ll probably just try to find a relatively uncrowded train. XD Nothing I really need to worry about (just thinking out loud, is all).</p>
<p>Hey, Max, it isn’t too early to build those business connections on LinkedIn. If that guy on the train gave you a card, look him up right away and add him. Anyone you get to know in your new job, even if you don’t get super close, add them, too. Your next job search will be much easier if you do this! As people move to other companies, then <em>presto</em> you have contact info for someone at a whole new company that might have job openings, AND you still have their contact info.</p>