Welcome

Let's skip over the introduction and get right to details, yes? I found myself unemployed for the summer, with no research to do or classes to TA at my university, and no other job lined up. And I had just realized the month before that my bank account was in bad shape—as in, in two months I would be flat broke.

So, I brainstormed with a few friends to come up with some short-term jobs that I could get hired for quickly, in order to pay the bills until something more permanent and substantial came up.

That's when we hit on the idea of being a courier driver. I actually didn't really think couriers were a big operation; all I knew about them came from Neal Stephenson's dystopian future in Snow Crash, where couriers ride high-tech skateboards and use magnetic tow ropes to get free rides down the highway.

Being a courier driver would suit me pretty well, I think. I like cars and driving, and I know my way around the city pretty well. And I hate to sit still or go slowly (my driving record can attest to that). I also have some experience from internships at doing on-site work—deliveries and such—and I know that I like jobs where I don't have to plan more than a day in advance… and I'm quite good at them.

I'm going into this with no real idea of what it will be like, aside from a bit of on-site IT experience, so I thought, what a perfect thing to blog about.