Originally Posted by whalesurfer

To those who just interviewed and were hired into the pool, congrats!!! We all hope to see you in training very, very soon!

Word of advice - stay off message boards! It won't do you any good except give you ulcers. You'll simply worry about what you've just gotten into based on the pessimism so freely shared by some of our brothers and sisters.

The vast majority of us enjoy this job - and that's all it is - a job, a fairly well paying job thanks to the IPA.
The message boards however are dominated by some very jaded doomsday'ers and members of the 'end-is-near' cult.

Most of them have legit gripes BUT their complaints won't help you whatsoever at this point.

So keep doing what you've been doing - enjoy your life, your family, your friends and hopefully we'll be buying you all beers and/or drinks of your choice before you know it.

Congrats again!!!