How did I get here?
You wait ages for a placement and then two come along at once. Nothing was coming up and I was hearing nothing from the companies I had sent applications to over the last 2/3 months. I had managed to secure a Uni placement in the Bugatti building working on the projects in there. It was interesting but it was not anything to be too excited about.
Then SAIC came along and wanted 2 people. I was confident, my work was looking good and I had done some good sketches for a car I thought they would like. I spoke well and articulated in a good manner...and then they chose 4 people who werent me! Ouch.
I was feeling fairly dispondant, then an e-mail from someone from TATA caught me by surprise. I had been given a contact through the International Officer in GS Building to a chap who was high up in TATA. I thought why not and sent a cover letter and a portfolio in hope rather than expectation. A Mr Kevin Fisher wanted to speak to me in person and look at my work. Meanwhile Design Q were coming in and I had had contact with them before. The review was on the same day as the meeting with TATA.
The meeting went better than I could ever have hoped for. He said they would take me on a couple of conditions and alluded to places I might go. But nothing was confirmed. Design Q called me back and I went to the interview the following Tuesday and it went well. When I got in there was an email waiting offically giving me the spot at TATA. Great! I had to turn down Design Q, who eventually offered me the spot, and upset one of the other lads in the process. And the rest is the future.
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