Making the Most of It, Virtually
Pictured: Me on Pixar's campus in November 2020, aka before the pandemic When I heard I would be flown out to San Francisco for a final round of interviews at Facebook, I immediately thought -- maybe I can finally visit Pixar while I'm there! For context, most of my college friends had been able to see the campus in previous years, so I felt a little left out. Of course, I also generally wanted to see the campus for myself, catch up with some good friends, and get some goodies from the merch store! So, after my interviews wrapped up, I took a ~40 minute Uber ride to Emeryville. When I was there, I talked to a recruiter a little bit about future openings, as at the time I was set to graduate soon. While I flew back to Texas, I felt like there wasn't much chance I'd be working at Pixar anytime soon, but I was glad I finally got a tour of the campus and hung out with my friends. Little did I know! Just two months later, I'd be offered ...