[Note To Self]

Musings of an Unemployed Customer Support Engineer

Writing

  • I Swear I Have the Relevant Experience

    I Swear I Have the Relevant Experience

    Nothing drives me crazier than when a job posting requires a degree for the type of experience THAT I SWEAR I HAVE. I had loose plans to return to school and earn an associate’s degree. I never once thought that the program that I did at the Iron Yard was going to be it. I Continue reading

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  • Advice to 18 Year Old Shireen

    Advice to 18 Year Old Shireen

    Graduation season makes me feel ancient and sentimental. I was happy to get the whole high school thing over with, and I had a loose plan of what was to come next. I was going to start out in community college, then transfer to George Mason University. I was going to be a music education Continue reading

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  • Real Life

    “We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.”– Walt Disney I had a nice break last week. Mom and I had to go to Southern California for a funeral. I was still waiting to hear the results of a couple of Continue reading

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  • Kampante

    [adjective] content • complacent • satisfied One of the first things I did after getting laid off was take a few days for myself. I needed to get my bearings, and I needed to mourn. After that? It was a scramble. Pack up the work laptop, ship it out. Clear my work desk. It would take Continue reading

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  • Allow Me To Reintroduce Myself

    Allow Me To Reintroduce Myself

    Hello! My name is Shireen Garcia, and I am currently an unemployed Customer Support Engineer. I have also worn a few other hats as Head of Support, Customer Support, and Back-End Developer. The last time I wrote here, I was an unemployed aspiring Junior Full Stack Developer who had recently graduated from The Iron Yard. Continue reading

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  • In Memoriam

    In Memoriam

    Taking a short break from poking at my brain. Let’s work backwards, shall we? I can analyze this to… it’s end, but the truth is, I missed one and now I’ll miss one. I missed the passing of friend and I found out about a year and a half after the fact on Facebook. I Continue reading