{"id":3489,"date":"2014-10-20T15:22:30","date_gmt":"2014-10-20T15:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/?p=3489"},"modified":"2014-10-20T15:25:57","modified_gmt":"2014-10-20T15:25:57","slug":"colorado-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/2014\/10\/20\/colorado-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado Trip!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3491\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3491\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/10\/Fall-3.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3491 \" alt=\"This Morning At Wabash\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/10\/Fall-3.jpg\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/10\/Fall-3.jpg 540w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/10\/Fall-3-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3491\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This Morning At Wabash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Spent part of last week with Scott Crawford, Cassie Hagan, and 13 students on the Colorado Professional Immersion Experience (PIE). \u00a0We visited a number of companies in the Denver and Boulder areas.<\/p>\n<p>It was a great trip. \u00a0Made me proud. \u00a0Several young alumni out there are making real differences in their companies and their impact shines right through. \u00a0As I rode around with the students, it was interesting to see their takes on the different organizations as well.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3492\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3492\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/10\/Mike-90-3993.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3492\" alt=\"Michael Sanchez '90 talks with students\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/10\/Mike-90-3993.jpg\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/10\/Mike-90-3993.jpg 540w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/10\/Mike-90-3993-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3492\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Sanchez &#8217;90 talks with students<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rally Software started the trip with a great presentation. \u00a0Rally has been growing at about 30% per year. \u00a0Michael Sanchez &#8217;90 gave the guys a tour but more importantly an insight into Rally and the kinds of people Rally is looking for as employees.<\/p>\n<p>Trips like the Colorado PIE give our guys a huge advantage as they work on networking and also trying to figure out what is next for them. \u00a0Bottom line, though, hasn&#8217;t changed &#8211; identify your passion, take any position that gets a foot in the door, work your tail off, and don&#8217;t say &#8220;No&#8221; to an upward move.<\/p>\n<p>A great trip&#8230;and the area isn&#8217;t bad either!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spent part of last week with Scott Crawford, Cassie Hagan, and 13 students on the Colorado Professional Immersion Experience (PIE). \u00a0We visited a number of companies in the Denver and Boulder areas. 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