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If anyone lives in Florida or may have heard of this company, I'd appreciate come feedback. Tomorrow April 28, 2005 I have a telephone interview for a job at SAIC, Science Applications International Corporation. I have checked the internet a little bit, but some unbiased feedback would be great. What does this company do, specifically the Technology department? What should I know about them?

Are you going to an interview for a job and you don't even know what the company does, wow, I think i'll go for the PM's job , i might do better

Its actually a telephone interview, and my job would be a Jr Software Developer working with object oriented simulations. The interview was actually set up by a professor of mine. Since I am in a different state, Missouri, I don't know a whole lot about the company in general other than that they are employee owned, and a fortune 500 company. I've read other minor details, but my bus. communications prof suggested knowing as much as possible about the company.

I wish you luck with it.

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) is the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the United States, providing information technology, systems integration and eSolutions to commercial and government customers. From science to solutions, SAIC engineers and scientists work to solve complex technical problems in national and homeland security, energy, the environment, space, telecommunications, health care, and logistics. With annual revenues of $7.2 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries have more than 42,000 employees at offices in more than 150 cities worldwide.

SAIC-Frederick, Inc., a subsidiary of SAIC, is the Operations and Technical Support (OTS) Contractor for the National Cancer Institute at Frederick (NCI-Frederick) a federally funded research and development center. The mission of SAIC-Frederick, Inc. is to provide scientific, technical, management, administrative, and logistical support to National Institutes of Health (NIH) intramural laboratory research and development related to the causes of and cures for cancer and AIDS. We also conduct basic and applied research in cancer and AIDS; operate and manage the Advanced Biomedical Computing Center (ABCC), the world's only supercomputer devoted exclusively to biomedical research; and conduct large drug and natural product screening programs.

The General Services Administration (GSA) and SAIC have teamed together to provide you the federal customer with Support Services and Solutions under the Federal Technology Service Connections program.
Connections is an 8-Year, $35 billion Multiple Award Indefinite Quantity (MAIQ) program established to support telecommunications projects. Connections services and solutions may be acquired by Federal Government Agencies through the GSA Regions. Services and solutions may be acquired in the United States, its territories and possessions.
What is Connections?
· To Provide federal customers with a broad range of telecommunications support services and turnkey solutions...from the user's desktop to your carrier's interconnection
· Facilitate the convergence of voice, data, and video solutions in the federal workplace
· To support building and campus infrastructure need across the enterprise

Update, I start the job first part of August

Congratulations on the job :yes:

Does this mean that you will be moving to Florida?

Yep, I'll be living somewhere in eastern Orlando, assuming I can find a place. But that lovely task wont start for a month or two.