Some people asked me how I found this cool job (at the Monterey Bay Aquarium).
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Some people asked me how I found this cool job (at the Monterey Bay Aquarium). Truth is, I was first drawn to it from a science / engineering perspective. I had visited and loved the fish and animals, but the incredible deep sea achievements of their sister org MBARI was a stunning technical global achievement.
I listened to podcasts, read every article I could about this feat. The new species found, unnamed; the creatures I had never seen that looked like aliens
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So at some point I guess I was primed for spotting a random job ad that floated up on LinkedIn. Not in the jobs section, but in the feed. I don't know anyone who works in tech in this type of org, but I thought 'what's the worst that can happen?'
Well the best thing has happened. What a ridiculously great org and job that will, I think, keep me.. afloat.. through these dark times.
The role and the team was exactly what I was looking for, and vice versa!
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at my on-site interview, i had many interviews all day but in between them i would run to the deep sea exhibit. i don't know where else in the world i can see something like it.
i got to touch a giant isopod
and i think that's when i went, i think i want to do this
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@skinnylatte wow, gross, what was it like??
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@palvaro like a surprisingly large cockroach but kind of gooey.
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@skinnylatte was it hard? or velvety? or slimy
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@palvaro not hard, not slimy.
like.. squishy?
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still obsessed with the deep sea science https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/stories/taking-seawater-extreme-deep-sea-exhibit
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@skinnylatte
Did you move to Monterey? -
@JoeBeam nope i am just there very often
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@skinnylatte Are you going to move to Monterey? From your excited posts it sounds like you would even jump at the opportunity to stay in the aquarium
I'm happy you found a job you so obviously enjoy. Looking forward to lots of interesting photos and tidbits 
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@ram haha I’m spending half my week there
