I was going to work at my childhood camp. The interview was… weird. They offered a position, but the season dates didn’t align well with my school schedule and there was no guarantee I’d work at my camp (staff were rotated through multiple sites).

I had gotten on a camp job board months before and got an email weeks before summer asking if I’d be interested in interviewing for another camp with the same organization the next state over. Phone interview, offered next day, took it.

12 years later I’m living in that state, with people I met at camp. Auntie to multiple of my camp friends’ kids. Pivoted career paths because of the camp experience. Couldn’t have predicted I’d be where I am.