Time flies when you're really frigging busy, doesn't it? Short summary: I'm cured! Finally! And without having to do the hospital visit, which I really, really wasn't looking forward to... for the rest, I have only occupied myself with my preparations for my first real grown-up job interview!
These preparations consisted of getting some serious grips on the current financial crisis and a thorough knowledge of macroeconomics. I must say that all of this has been quite interesting from an economist's perspective. Things are really happening so fast and unexpectedly, it really was quite interesting to be forced to spend two weeks just reading about this entire crisis. Anyways, this all concluded into my doing this interview today with the IMF recruitment team. It didn't go very well, but I still think it was a very useful experience, so I am quite satisfied.
Now I can focus on sending out more and more applications. And preparing myself for my oral exam next Wednesday!
Last weekend, we spent the weekend in the lovely town of Morbegno with a couple of friends. There was a wine-tasting weekend, and we went around to lots of wine cellars tasting different wines (obviously, they all tasted the same after the first 5 or so.....). And it was so much fun! We were very lucky with the weather, and we enjoyed a sunny day and quiet night in Morbegno. On Sunday, we drove to Lago di Como and lunch by the lakeside: it was rather beautiful, I must say!!!
I still haven't worked out the pictures uploading thing to work so smoothly, so once again, I will refer you to Facebook$, to see them...
Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Gerwin and Marjolein on all their great news. As for Gerwins comment on the last post, I am willing to tell you that my applications go to a large variety of institutions, varying from the sort-of training programmes at IMF, World Bank and OECD to junior research positions at research outfits like OECD, UN, etc, as well as academic positions (Uni of Hong Kong, Boston College, Washington State Tacoma, Toronto, Montreal, Georgetown, etc). You'll probably hear more about all of these by the time I start getting interviews (IF I'll get any!!!). I did book my trip to San Francisco for the job market interviews during the American Economic Association meeting there in early January...
Anyways, enjoy your week! I will do the same, particularly with my friends Stephie and Marie coming over this weekend....
Ciao,
OJ
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
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