Settling In

"Jayhawk Jake" (jayhawkjake) 08/11/2018 at 23:54 • Filed to: None

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In the category of ‘life updates I’ve delayed sharing that no one really cares about’, it’s become apparent I’m staying in Wichita for a while

For those that don’t know, I’ve been part of a rotational development program at work this year. It ends soon, and I have been fortunate enough to receive (and accept) an offer to join our parts team permanently as, essentially, a data analysis specialist. It’s a pretty significant career step: reports directly to a VP, gets involved with high level business decisions, and potentially turns into a supervisor/leadership role pretty quickly. Plus I get a raise. A little one, but every bit helps.

I also had an offer to leave this fair city, still with the same company, but decided this would be more in line with my overall career goals.

So it looks like I’m calling Wichita home for at least a few more years. As such I’ve begun to look for a house for my future wife and I. It’s quite the process.

Hard to believe this is where I’m at right now. When I first came to this city as a young, energetic, ambitious Aerospace Engineer I never would have expected that my career would have taken the winding, sometimes broken path it has. I’ve been lucky enough to try many different hats, unlucky enough to have the ones I liked taken away, but now it looks like I’ll settle in on a great team with abundant opportunity in a growing and ambitious part of our business.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Jayhawk Jake 08/12/2018 at 00:17

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That is the most culty looking flag I’ve ever seen. But congrats!

smobgirl > Jayhawk Jake 08/12/2018 at 00:19

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I learned from my work this year that Wichita is the headquarters of Coleman...and goddamn have they contaminated everything. :) It’s a cute town though, I hope you find it tolerable!

pip bip - choose Corrour > Jayhawk Jake 08/12/2018 at 02:56

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you’re a long way from any decent sized body of water.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > smobgirl 08/12/2018 at 08:55

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I live right next to what was the old Coleman factory. It’s a parking lot now because it’s more or less a superfund site. To be truthful, almost all of downtown Wichita is.

Ash78, voting early and often > smobgirl 08/12/2018 at 09:17

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Also the epicenter of almost all small aircraft production in the US, so a good place to be in that field.

smobgirl > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 08/12/2018 at 09:28

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Yeah, we were working on an adaptive reuse of a building near that parking lot . I know we did soul and groundwater sampling at that site but there are a couple deep aquifer plumes that affect everything downtown. Lovely.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > smobgirl 08/12/2018 at 10:58

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Out of curiosity, which building?

smobgirl > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 08/12/2018 at 11:33

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701 East 2nd. I think it might’ve historically been a grocery warehouse, among other things.

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > Jayhawk Jake 08/12/2018 at 12:50

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Jayhawk Jake > pip bip - choose Corrour 08/12/2018 at 14:58

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I work in aviation. Nothing is that far away

Jayhawk Jake > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 08/12/2018 at 14:59

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The city sure loves it’s flag. I like the design, and it's popularity has grown a bit of hometown pride among the younger generation like myself