Missed Opportunity

Wednesday last week, as I was working on some rough comps on a school Mac, one of my design instructors from last semester sat next to me and asked me if I spoke spanish. I thought that Bob was approached by someone looking for a student to freelance on a project and asked him if that was the case. He said no, what he actually had for me was an opening for a designer with our local newspaper, the Las Vegas Review-Journal, that Mr. Rodgers, who we met last semester on one of our field trips, was looking for someone to fill the position.

As you can imagine, I was really disappointed because here was an opportunity that presented itself and I could not take advantage of it. I told Bob that I appreciated the heads-up and thanked him for thinking so highly of my skills that he came to me with the information even though I am at least a semester away from graduation.

The upside of the experience, I guess, is that now I at least have someone I could include as a reference in my resume when I do get out there and start looking for a job.