EPTA little back story~
A little over two years ago I started working for Best Buy. Getting this job, although it was a simple cashier position was significant. After I graduated high school in 2006 I had failed next to every single attempted course in community college. I would go to the college and play Magic the gathering, WoW and Smash brothers all day everyday instead of going to class. My gaming habits have always gotten the best of me ^^. I eventually stopped going to college all together, one because I was suspended and two I really didn't give two shits about going, it was never my idea in the first place.
I had left my Wal Mart job in 2006 and between 2006 and 2009 I had worked at Target for three days, Lowes for three weeks and Weis Markets (grocery store) for one month. So there was a ton of time where I was just bumming off of my mother and scraping together money to be able to afford to eat and play games. Getting this job at Best Buy was something I wanted to really be serious about because at this point in my life I was twenty years old with no college degree and nothing planned. I felt like a piece of shit, sometimes these feelings resurface because I feel rather unacomplished, but I've gotten a lot better.
Of course when I first started at Best Buy I was such an enthusiast. I was excited to be in a new work environment. The two managers who interviewed me at first were awesome. The one was a huge blizzard fan, played mainly wc3, but also d2 sc and wow. That guy also enjoyed a lot of the same music that I did. So off the bat I was like this will be a sweet job.
With that said work does take it's toll on any mans spirit. I know I've worked my ass off at this place in the two years I've been there. I've had my fair amount of work drama. In the beginning I even had a plan to work my way to a supervisor position so I can set myself up for some long term goals, but those ideas left me somewhere along the line.
In the fall of 2010 I actually switched over to Geek Squad, which was probably the best decision I could have possibly had made. I was working Customer Service prior to this switch and that whole experience wore on me, big time. Ever since I moved to GS overall I have been much happier with my job. Although in the beginning of 2011 I had a bit of depression after the break up with my ex girlfriend which put me in an extremely shitty mind set, I managed to pull myself out of it.
I even went back to school in the beginning of this year. I was taking three classes at community college and working as much as I could. It felt great being able to manage both a job and school, when just a few years prior I considered myself a worthless piece of shit. I even passed all of those classes with decent grades as well.
Now to present day~
All good things come to an end =(
The one thing that I hold cherished about my job is that in all the time that I have worked for this company I have had pretty solid supervisors and bosses, they're not perfect, but I always respected them and they've treated me fairly well. My current supervisor who is just awesome in most every way is unfortunately leaving for other opportunities.
If anybody would have asked me a month ago would I be applying for my bosses position, my answer would have been something like "No" or "yeah, fuck that." Now the time has come though, the opportunity has presented itself.
Taking this position would be a massive lifestyle change for me. I would be back to only working no school, it's a significant pay increase and it's a full time job. I have never put much thought into working full time, but now that this time has come I feel like there is just a ton of potential for me to man up in my life and go for it. Admittedly I am absolutely terrified of the responsibility that the job entails, but I have told myself over and over I will not back down from this, I cannot be scared.
My interview is next week so I'm hoping everything goes well. I am 100% confident in my ability to take on this job.
I just wanted to put this story out there for people to read because I have nobody else to talk to.
Thanks for reading~
VLOG UPDATE!!!!
vlogged about my pre interview emotions! I've never done video before so check it out please :D
