Feeling good in the neighborhood
Yeah, this has nothing to do with Applebees... I'm over my agitation from yesterday and figure that if someone doesn't recognize when he's got good people who care about him, it just becomes his loss.
So, I've moved on to more important things. I'm feeling oddly good about myself today. This morning, I was talking to our Vice-Provost (my boss's boss, and the person to whom I'd be reporting in the new job for which I interviewed last week) and she commented on how she had heard how well my meeting went and how happy they were that I was interested. I felt pretty good about that, but also felt like I should be honest. So I was. I told her that I wasn't sure that the position was a good match for me, as it would take me from being a generalist to a specialist in the one part of my job for which I have the least passion. It was at this point that she told me not to write it off yet, as they might be rethinking the position anyway. She then proceeded to tell me about how she invisioned the position -- and it was in a way that focused on all of my strengths. So, we may be able to get the better position, salary and commute WITHOUT having to sacrifice the job I like!!!
Second, I got the news today that I got an interview for the doctoral program for which I applied. For all I know, everyone got an interview. But what matters is that I did. And I'm hoping that interview goes as well as the one last week did!
So, I've moved on to more important things. I'm feeling oddly good about myself today. This morning, I was talking to our Vice-Provost (my boss's boss, and the person to whom I'd be reporting in the new job for which I interviewed last week) and she commented on how she had heard how well my meeting went and how happy they were that I was interested. I felt pretty good about that, but also felt like I should be honest. So I was. I told her that I wasn't sure that the position was a good match for me, as it would take me from being a generalist to a specialist in the one part of my job for which I have the least passion. It was at this point that she told me not to write it off yet, as they might be rethinking the position anyway. She then proceeded to tell me about how she invisioned the position -- and it was in a way that focused on all of my strengths. So, we may be able to get the better position, salary and commute WITHOUT having to sacrifice the job I like!!!
Second, I got the news today that I got an interview for the doctoral program for which I applied. For all I know, everyone got an interview. But what matters is that I did. And I'm hoping that interview goes as well as the one last week did!
