12th Annual CS/CmpE Career Fair Posted February 4, 2005 at 6:54 pm
I attended the 12th Annual CS/CmpE Career Fair at Georgia Tech this past Wednesday. Over 40 companies attended the event, which was hosted in the Student Center Ballroom. I spent several days before the event researching each company and deciding whether or not I was interested in talking to them. I talked to representatives from 14 companies (see list below), asking about their business, who they were looking for, and how I might fit in. I gave my resume to most of the companies I talked to. Most said that I should hear something within a couple weeks.
- Abel Solutions
- Advanced Micro Devices
- Barco
- Broadcom
- CipherTrust
- Cirronet
- Cisco Systems
- EchoStar
- EMC Corporation
- IBM
- Intellisync
- Language Computer
- Lutron Electronics
- Microsoft
One company stood out in particular. Lutron Electronics, which I have already talked about in my blog, describes their business as a very hands-on environment in which every engineer gets to participate in any aspect of the design process they wish to take on. It strikes me as a very different mentality than that of most companies and it’s ultimately what attracted me to Lutron. Within hours of the career fair, an engineer who I had talked to at the fair called me up and invited me to a group dinner that night and an interview the next day.
I accepted, of course, and we (two Lutron engineers and three other potential employees) all met at Uncle Julio’s Casa Grande on Peachtree Road for some delicious Mexican food and banter about life at Lutron. It was a very enjoyable evening and I’m glad that I went. I had my interview the next morning with one of the same engineers (also a fellow Georgia Tech alumnus) from the dinner. I was queried briefly about my interest in Lutron before I presented with a series of problems related to circuits and embedded systems. I handled the problems fairly well, with a little coaxing here and there as necessary from the interviewer. Again, I was informed that I could expect further communication within a couple weeks. I do hope I hear more because it’s quite an interesting company.
