Applied for a job, kind of

I got an email from my department head the other day talking about a Sun Ambassadorship Job. With only a few details I decided to send in my resume and they guy from Sun called me back today. We're currently playing phone tag.

http://www.sun.com/corp_emp/search.cgi?funcs=D&loc=40&keyword=national&x=0&y=0

The Sun Academic Developer Program is all about sharing and participation. That's why Sun is recruiting for a student intern to ensure that Academic Developers at National University are able to take advantage of the latest innovative and Open technologies such as Java, Open Solaris, Open SPARC and NetBeans. We invite you to join the global community of Sun Campus Ambassadors.The Sun Campus Ambassador will build communities around Sun's free and open source platforms (OpenSolaris, Open SPARC and Java) and developer tools among Academic Developers (students, faculty and researchers) at National University.The Sun Campus Ambassador is expected to become proficient on Sun's open technologies, including OpenSolaris, Java, Netbeans, and Sun Studio. Sun will provide extensive training on each of these technologies. Sun is looking for graduate or senior level students with a strong background in software development/programming to work part time to:

* Lead the Sun open source developer community on your campus
* Run Sun Technology demo sessions on your campus
* Promote Sun training events on your campus
* Promote Sun's platforms and development tools to professors and researchers


It pays well, I make my own hours and they teach me to learn their stuff. I also get to make contacts at Sun which is beyond useful when it comes time to get a 'real' job. It looks like I just make presentations on their stuff to people at the University, which isn't a big deal, and they keep talking about training. It would be cool to get certifications from them for discounted or even FREE!!

Not sure I want to be a 'Java person' but I can't pass up an opportunity like this. If they pay as much as they claim and I can put in 10 to 20 hours a week I can forgo the expensive student loan and only get the government ones. That would save a TON of money in the long run.

I still need to actually interview and see if I want the job, but it seems tailored to students which makes things much more possible. We'll see.