We have a winner!

I have received an offer to work at Lewtan Technologies this summer. They are a software firm that designs products to help investment banks and other institutions manage their asset backed securities.

While I've worked in financial services before, I do not have a lot of exposure to this part of the business so I'm really looking forward to learning the ins and outs of the job. I've already been given some idea of the projects I will be working on, so I'll take some time this weekend to read up and learn about the business as much as possible so I can jump in right away.

I've enjoyed a month of doing nothing (except look for work) and now I'm ready to dive in and get going. I should be starting some time next week, it is just a matter of getting a workstation set up for me.

I hope to be able to work right up until the time I leave for Asia. It would be great to bank as much money as possible to help pay for the trip. Once we get there we figure we can live very comfortably on $30/day. That includes travel, food, housing, sightseeing, etc. Not too shabby.