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kleinbl00  ·  973 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: July 28, 2021

My gut feeling is if they offered it to you, the "unqualified" and "too young" aspects are a lie. Unless they've misjudged you terribly, they've surmised you'll figure it out quickly enough. You've never done the job. They've hired for it (or something similar to it) before. Don't look down your nose at that vote of confidence.

My one word of caution is that university salaries tend to increase more slowly than salaries out in the marketplace and with the economics we're looking at for the next few years, "pay cut" now might be "deep pay cut" a few years from now. If you've got an exit strategy should that pinchpoint squeeze you too tightly I say go for it.





thenewgreen  ·  973 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I’m the CEO of a biotechnology company. I have a degree in business management from an unremarkable university. Still, I’m any mans equal. I’ve learned this. I have natural abilities that are hard to qualify. You do too. My guess is they see this in you. Take it.

kingmudsy  ·  973 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Thanks guys. We're still in the salary negotiating phase, and I know they're desperate to hire before school kicks off in about a month. I'm going to see if I can leverage that for a bit more pay (my current salary isn't far outside of their range), but ultimately I'll plan on accepting the position. I'll keep y'all updated and let you know how it goes!