Come on Heartache
Dec. 7th, 2023 09:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tracker7I am trying to keep my hopes managed, but yesterday's dual-position interview felt good. I feel like I pitched myself well. I think that the panel liked me - I was told that if I passed the first round of interviewing, they would ask for references on Monday ... and the email asking for them hit my inbox this morning, with a follow-up request late this afternoon.
So, I threw out a request for reference on my socials, to use the parlance of our time, and got so many offers. An embarrassment of riches. Narrowed it down to a grad school friend who's now at the NIH, a good friend from my time at the paper, and my practicum mentor. Sent those in a couple of hours ago. Let's see what happens.
I'm feeling better about tomorrow's interview - also interviewing for two positions at the same time. I sure wouldn't turn down what I sat for yesterday, but if I'm being honest, tomorrow is what I really want. Better money, more inline with my education and interests.
I'm getting hopeful about this, no matter how much I'm trying not to. I'm telling myself that some of this is clearing books at the end of the calendar year. But then I think about the call asking if I was interested in a job that I hadn't actually applied for, and then there was the impromptu phone interview leading to an in-person appointment next week and ... well, here's hoping.
What else is going on. Started reading Lash-Up, a technothriller by Larry Bond. So far, it's heavy on the tech and slowly building up the thrills. Finished watching Hunters on Prime, and started Citadel. I'm dropping Prime after the last Thursday night NFL game of the season - not even watching tonight's Patriots-Steelers game - so, trying to get in as much of that service's viewing as I can before reupping Apple+.
So, I threw out a request for reference on my socials, to use the parlance of our time, and got so many offers. An embarrassment of riches. Narrowed it down to a grad school friend who's now at the NIH, a good friend from my time at the paper, and my practicum mentor. Sent those in a couple of hours ago. Let's see what happens.
I'm feeling better about tomorrow's interview - also interviewing for two positions at the same time. I sure wouldn't turn down what I sat for yesterday, but if I'm being honest, tomorrow is what I really want. Better money, more inline with my education and interests.
I'm getting hopeful about this, no matter how much I'm trying not to. I'm telling myself that some of this is clearing books at the end of the calendar year. But then I think about the call asking if I was interested in a job that I hadn't actually applied for, and then there was the impromptu phone interview leading to an in-person appointment next week and ... well, here's hoping.
What else is going on. Started reading Lash-Up, a technothriller by Larry Bond. So far, it's heavy on the tech and slowly building up the thrills. Finished watching Hunters on Prime, and started Citadel. I'm dropping Prime after the last Thursday night NFL game of the season - not even watching tonight's Patriots-Steelers game - so, trying to get in as much of that service's viewing as I can before reupping Apple+.