Despite the lack of activity on this blog for so long, I was surprised to learn that I still am getting more traffic than before. Apparently, I’m still getting on average of 12 visitors a day or so. I know these can’t be real visitors because I’m almost certain the maximum number of friends that know about this is 10. And there is no way all (or any) of those friends actually visit my blog every day.
I’ve been trying to figure out where all this traffic comes from. I mainly suspected crawlers or other bot-like entities. I would suspect that Google Analytics (the tracker I have setup) would know to ignore those visits. I looked into what Google Analytics said about my traffic sources and a surprising number of them come from searches—the top hits being “facebook sucks” and “I wanna be the guy”.
I started thinking that maybe it’s not that unlikely. There are so many people on the web, some are bound to stumble on my site. I guess for me, 12 visits a day is a lot, but that’s really nothing. To think that each day, 12 random people spend 16 seconds on my site still makes me feel incredibly popular. I hope those internet is ready for my comeback.
This has just been another point of re-calibration in my life. I received my first full-time job offer today and I was so confused as to how to respond. The recruiter spoke to me on the phone, happy to deliver great news. We discussed the usual details of the offer and at the end she said something along the lines of “I hope you’re excited!” I responded, “Oh yeah, that’s great.” I’m not exactly sure about my tone, but I’m sure I just sounded tired.
To be honest, I wasn’t sure what to think. I had to consult my girlfriend and best friend to figure out what it meant. I have no idea about the implications of this or that amount of money per year. It’s not that I don’t get the value of money (I do! A twenty dollar bill is worth twenty one dollar bills!). I think I’ve just been trying to avoid thinking about these things for as long as possible.
Well, with one job offer, I can at least calibrate my expectations if I get any other offers. I’ve applied to probably 10 companies this season. I hope to God they aren’t the ones reading my blog.
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