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Today I arrived at home after my trip to Seattle, WA. I did my job interview and some sightseeing. The first two days where a bit boring and I felt very alone. So I did some shopping and sightseeing – visited the Space Needle and the Seattle Center, Pike Place Market.

Pike Place Market is a very nice place to hang around because there are so many people and you can easily find someone to talk to, especially about their products. I bought some souvenirs and jam to cook with.

On Tuesday was the interview day. I had – I think, cannot remember – 6 interviews with different developers. The interview process was challenging, but I think I did quite well. Maybe I’ll get an offer to join Amazon – hope dies at last.

In the evening I had lunch with two friends who work in Seattle/Redmond (yes the big company there). After two days of fast food a real dish was awesome. After that we had a beer and then I fell into bed.

On Wednesday I took my flight home and so I am currently sitting at the Frankfurt International Airport.

So stay tuned for more information about my performance at Amazon.com.

Today I finished my master’s program at university and graduated! So now I can call myself Master of Science. The rest of the week is reserved for party!

Currently I am a little bit short on time because I have to prepare for my final exam (Master’s degree) and I am preparing for quite difficult courses. My thesis presentation about my stress analysis software is the easiest thing. The topics about wireless sensor networks and advanced data engineering (data mining, genetic algorithms,…) are a bit tricky, but I’ll be well prepared – hopefully.

This week I got the date for my interview with Amazon.com, it’s on July 13 and I’ll go to the U.S. on July 11. Pictures and a report will follow when I get back until then there will be no post.

So check my blog on the July 16 for my trip report and the result of my final exam!

The title sounds not so nice, but has a nice background. After participating in the Microsoft Innovation Award, my master thesis has been recognized by several newspapers and even TV shows. I have not expected such a response to a quite simple idea.

In addition to the media response I am preparing for my application interview at Amazon and I am finishing my master thesis (mainly correction work and algorithm tuning). If your are frequently visiting my blog, do not wonder if I am not posting so much in the upcoming weeks, it’s very work intense currently.

I am looking forward to June to might relax a bit – hope dies at last – and write some posts.

So stay tuned!

This weekend I was skiing in Zauchensee. We – 2 friends of mine – had great weather and great fun. It was cold, about -5 to -10 degree Celsius, but the sun was shiny all day long. Just look at some pictures. Maybe we can do such a trip again.