Madison is one of the most beautiful cities I experienced in US. Though Omaha has its own charm, Madison is something different, guess you have to see it to believe it.
It was funny how I ended up in Madison...
After having a blast for almost 2 months in Omaha after graduation-no-job-yet experience, I finally moved to Milwaukee to stay with my brother and was applying for jobs. In the mean time I was exploring Milwaukee and the third season of HIMYM. Since I already knew that I was moving to Milwaukee I started applying for jobs even before I moved, from Omaha. When I got a call while busily packing for Colorado trip from one of the jobs I applied online, I thought that was the end of the conversation. I was asked if I had a few minutes to talk. I said that it wasnt a good time and asked if I could talk later and was told it'll be just 10 minutes. Their 10 minutes was my 45 minutes. Since I was already getting late I did not put my best foot forward in that call. But I got one more call before the face2face interview. I was applying for jobs on milwaukeejobs.com since I was planning to stay with my brother as my parents always wanted. I assumed that the site had jobs only from Milwaukee. When I was finally ready for the interview I realized the company was in Madison which was 90 minute drive from Milwaukee and thats when I knew the milwaukeejobs site had jobs from all over the state of WISCONSIN. Since it was my first interview I thought I might as well take a shot. So after 2 hours of interviewing I was in a dilemma about the job mostly thinking about what happens if I get it. After a week I got a verbal offer on phone. I took it after a brief negotiation and started preparing for my move. I made a few trips from Milwaukee to Madison in search of a place to live. So, when I was exploring Madison for the first time, it was a bag of big complex routes with one ways every where, especially in the downtown are. One time I came, made a few rounds and got confused and took a U-turn to Milwaukee. My phone's charge was over so I couldnt get anyone to help me out. I put up a classified ad on Madindians site and some one called me to share a studio apartment in downtown. After little over a month in downtown we moved closer to the company and thats where my Madison gang started!
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