Andrew Mueller:
CLASS OF 1998
Hylton High SchoolClass of 1998
Woodbridge, VA
George Mason University - ManagementClass of 2003
Fairfax, VA
Saunders Middle SchoolClass of 1994
Manassas, VA
Gable Elementary SchoolClass of 1992
Red lion, PA
Pleasant View Elementary SchoolClass of 1992
Red lion, PA
Andrew's Story
Life
i moved to the nation's capital when i was 12. that sucked. i had to make a whole new group of friends out of nothing. so i did what any weirdo in a weird place would do. i found all the other weirdos and outcasts and unified our clan. i went from living in White-Ville, PA to having friends from 30 different countries (Pakistan, Japan, Sierra-Leone, Argentina, Peru, Italy, Nebraska....every where!!). you gotta love the washington DC metropolitan area. did a lot of partying in high school but still managed a 3.62 GPA and scholarships/acceptance to all the best schools in VA. for some reason, i chose GMU (which has doubled in prestige since i first enrolled in '98). did more partying hard in college. met more strange people and did the most random things imaginable for years on end. started going to the gym regularly and shed my baby fat. i'm finally getting a little cut up. graduated in 2003 with a BS in Finance and a Minor in IT. I didnt pursue either as an occupation but i do all my own investing (IRA, 401k and short term/current savings programs...all self-designed and self-maintained). met my ex-fiance in '99 just before Y2K. We're WERE still together and we WERE going to get married when we could afford a proper wedding BUT IN 2007 SHE DECIDED THAT SHE WAS GOING TO GO TO HER PARENTS FOR A WHILE...IT'S 2008 AND I HAVEN'T SEEN HER SINCE. i've traveled from Montreal to the Strait of Magellan in the southern most tip of Argentina which is the southernmost point of any continent other than Antarctica. I've been as far west as Monterey, Mexico, Vegas, and from San Francisco to Santa Cruz. The coolest place I've gone is Japan (from Osaka to Tokyo, though Kyoto was by far the prettiest). there is still plenty of world to see. plenty of fat animals to poke. plenty of sights, sounds, tastes, smells, and feelings to experience. i love food, liquor, beer, and wine. i'm all about the good stuff in life (when it's affordable). my passions are tricking out my '93 Mustang GT and it's 2000W sound system, going to concerts and watching movies. i've seen every great band out there multiple times...Tool, Metallica, NIN, The Who, Cypress Hill, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Radiohead, Roger Waters, Deftones...everyone except Eric Clapton and BB King. Live music is great. My family is alive and well and i HAD a beautiful girlfriend (she's 1/2 argentinian/chilean and 1/2 portugese so she's firey at times but i love her).
School
College
party time. education opened my mind and took me places i knew existed but never thought i'd care about experiencing. TIME OF MY LIFE. very sad that it's over, ...Expand for more
hope i don't have a midlife crisis because of reduction in daily stimulus. i absolutely LOVED college. honors program taught me to think critically at all times. it also showed me the depth and breadth of positions you can have on any issue. if i think too hard on it, my head will explode. college is the most exciting time of your life...trying to find ways to extend that exhilaration past the five years i spent learning and meeting new people. still havent found a cure for the withdrawal symptons. i'll let you know when i've found it, i'll probably put it on the market and become rich.
Workplace
work is work. it helps to get paid well for what you do. but in all, work is work, if it was all screwing around and eating pie, then why would anyone pay you to do it?
I started interning at this residential contracting company (Creative Energy of VA) in 2001 (a month after driving up to NY to help with ground zero, which subsequently led to me acquiring asthma from all the particulates in the air) as telemarketer. then i became telemarketing manager and oversaw a room full of college chicks (it was pretty cool). we dissolved that unit and now i head the marketing department (setting all lead appointments for the company) and also take care of HR/Benefits/Payroll, some A/P and A/R, a bit of accounting, and all financial forecasting. i work 8-hour days and topped out at $60k+ in 2006. pretty sweet gig. working for a small company (6 office personnel and 25 installers completing $2.2M+ worth of contracts per year) is awesome because of the impact you have on the corporate identity. i handle our website and all of the correspondence with potential customers so my personality sets the tone for the entire company (we are extremely informal and laid-back but still highly professional). also, i get to implement my environmentally-friendly priorities into day-to-day business activities and practices, for instance the implementation of an extensive office-wide recycling program. i started off hating this job (or any kind of work) but as i've become more of a mainstay here, i'm beginning to realize that i have true executive powers and that everything i do has a direct impact on both our bottom line and my paycheck (commissions, bonuses, profit sharing). its like owning your own company minus the majority of the risk (and a bit of the rewards).
i also hustle in my free time. i have sold tons of stuff on ebay, including a side project re-retailing pro-audio gear i get from a buddy who runs a couple Guitar Centers, and many other things i've acquired or no longer need. i'm a friggin power seller.
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