Wish me luck - Job@nVidia

[JF_Aidan_Pryde]

Congradulations.
As already mentioned, be yourself during the interview. Express your passion and let them know your external interests. Companies always welcome not just multi-talented but socially active people.

 

[Kristof]

Good luck... those phone interviews are fun ain't they (went through some of those myself though not with NVIDIA)

 

[Humus]

Good luck with the job

But if you get employed, would they ask to to ask ATI to remove your demo link from their site - and tailor your homepage a bit?

I'll try to keep my site clearly separated from my job. It'll probably only mean that I can now afford having both nVidia and ATi cards. I'll continue to try to keep my demos working for as wide audience as possible.

 

[Humus]

Good luck humus, thats really awesome that they contacted you.

Just curious, what level of education are you talking about finishing up?


jack

University level, Master of Science in Computer Science and Engineering.

 

[Dave Baumann]

Good luck Humus - perhaps we'll have another NVIDIA engineer posting here soon!

 

[Humus]

Great work. My guess is that you already have the job, they just want to see you in person and check on your communication skills. Really though, this is just more stress for me, because now we will have another person in the know who can't share!

Too bad my communication skills aren't the best, not even in my native language, even worse in english.
The first phone interview was horrible. The guy was nice and all, but I had some serious trouble understanding him, and even bigger problems talking myself. Explaining math and 3d stuff in english is not the easiest task I found out. I ended up with a headache that night.
The second interview was much easier though, the third wasn't much of a problem at all. I hope that trend continues at least. My a little shy and asocial nature may be a problem though.

 

[Humus]

Very happy for you Humus, yet I will miss your Radeon 8500 support, ATI you let a good one get away

Good luck on your future.

Don't worry about Radeon 8500 support, I'll continue to code my demos for as wide audience as possible.

 

[Nick[FM]]

humus,

Grattis! Hope you'll find what you are looking for!

perhaps we'll have another NVIDIA engineer posting here soon!

There is another? (I have been away for some time, so excuse me if I'm lagging behind.. )

 

[demalion]

Congratulations!

My goodnes, what a pleasant surprise. It must be thrilling to be recognized for your work.

Nevermind all that "darkside" stuff...you're not going into a management or marketing position, after all.

Good luck...the only advice I can offer, as a shy person myself, is that you remember to feel your enthusiasm more than nervousness, and share it. If you should feel as though you have "messed up" or "embarassed yourself" in attempting to communicate, use the enthusiasm to carry you through. For myself, performing with excellence and proficiency in a demanding and onerous task was my source of enthusiasm...however, I suspect the opportunity to make lots of money by doing something you enjoy already could suffice in a pinch.

 

[jb]

Congrads on the potential offer and best of luck. The tough choice is when you have the offer. Well for some its a tough choice. For others its about a microsec

Side note:
Does anyone else find this incredibly ironic that the person who has coded so many demos and other things on ATI products gets an offer from nVidia? Maybe its poetic justice

 

[Ante P]

Best of luck my fellow Swede!

 

[Ante P]

Does anyone else find this incredibly ironic that the person who has coded so many demos and other things on ATI products gets an offer from nVidia? Maybe its poetic justice

Actually I think it's pretty logical, get someone with knowledge from the "other side".

Hey Humus maybe they'll bribe you to leak some NDA info

 

[Kristof]

Side note:
Does anyone else find this incredibly ironic that the person who has coded so many demos and other things on ATI products gets an offer from nVidia? Maybe its poetic justice

Maybe they are just desperate

 

[ben6]

Congrats Humus! All politics aside a job is always nice

 

[Ailuros]

Congratulations Humus.

As for the questions concerning how NVIDIA came to make such an offer I'd rather guestimate that any company can recognize a talent in somebody no matter what his preference is at a certain period of time.

What puzzles me is that how come ATI didn't make a similar offer all this time or have I missed here something?

 

[Galilee]

Congratulations Humus

And in norwegian/swedish:
Gratulerer! Dritfett da, jeg er så sinnsykt misunnelig Driver å studerer til Sivilingeniør i elektro selv i Norge, så den jobben din der kunne jeg tenkt meg selv Lykke til.

 

[Humus]

Re: Congratulations!

however, I suspect the opportunity to make lots of money by doing something you enjoy already could suffice in a pinch.

Yeah, but to be honest, the money isn't pushing me at all. It's nice to get a nice pay (well, he haven't even talked about that, so I don't even know anything about that yet), but money is not the key to happiness. I mean, I'm a student on a budget, but if there's anything missing in my life I'd put things like a loving GF (no, not GeForce ) higher on my wishlist than loads of cash.

 

[Doomtrooper]

Re: Congratulations!

however, I suspect the opportunity to make lots of money by doing something you enjoy already could suffice in a pinch.

Yeah, but to be honest, the money isn't pushing me at all. It's nice to get a nice pay (well, he haven't even talked about that, so I don't even know anything about that yet), but money is not the key to happiness. I mean, I'm a student on a budget, but if there's anything missing in my life I'd put things like a loving GF (no, not GeForce ) higher on my wishlist than loads of cash.

Errrrr money and women don't mix well ...trust me

 

[Humus]

Congrads on the potential offer and best of luck. The tough choice is when you have the offer. Well for some its a tough choice. For others its about a microsec

For me it was a touch choise actually. When I got the first mail asking if I'm interested in a job @ nVidia I first though like "that would be cool", but after 15 minutes of thought I had a lot of concerns about it. I wasn't sure I wanted to work in the US, mostly concerned about the language, but also about how much of a trouble it would be moving over there, plus that I'll be quite far away from everyone I know, my family and friends and so on ...
However, those concerns went away with the time. I also have some friends that have been pushing me, telling me I'm nuts to even be concerned about it and that they should have taken it without a second thought

 

[Humus]

Hey Humus maybe they'll bribe you to leak some NDA info

Well, I don't think I want to take the penalty of a broken NDA ... not that I have any info to leak anyway ..