Will blog for Experience: Brandon

Decision Week:

The Monday after the job fair, I had a total of three job offers with the Pacers, Timberwolves, and Suns with other potential offerings on the way. I decided to sit down and write down all the pros and cons of each team. The pro lists for all the teams were very long and the con lists were very short. I couldn’t make a decision just by my interviews alone. I needed to go out to the teams and see where I would be a great fit just like college shopping all over again.
So with a lot of my dad’s frequent flier miles, I went on a week’s journey to Minnesota, Indiana, and then Phoenix. I explored each city for a few hours, then went to the arenas to check out “my future office”, and then stayed to watch the games. I got a real feel for the fans, the employees, and the office culture. After returning from the long journey, there still wasn’t a clear favorite team. I then did some networking with people who work in the industry and had a little more background information on each team and my needs. This made my decision a lot easier since everyone of them told me that Phoenix would be a great place to start my career.
And that was it; I called up Phoenix with great excitement and told them I’m joining the team. I was ecstatic to not only get a job, but to get my dream job and work in the NBA.