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18702. iiibbb - 2/27/2006 8:59:08 PM Yikes...
I sent out a job application a couple of weeks ago, and I've heard they've taken the step of having my references to write recommendations for me.
Very mixed feelings about this job.
(1) It's probably one of the best fits for my skill set. It would be an asst. professor position.
(2) It is intimindating that I would be entering the tenure process somewhere. There is a lot of competition for funding out there.
(3) I'm in a very interesting soft-money project here that was extended another year.
(4) I love where I live, and both my fiance and I would like to stay here the rest of our lives. The culture of my department is such that my chances to get something permanent here would require that I leave and come back one day... but that requires leaving.
(5) The job is in her hometown where her parents still live (coincidence)... the prospect of this has both postives and negatives.
Stress. I don't know what I'm going to do if they offer this thing to me. My 5% superstitious nature predicts that because I'm not 100% sure about this job that I will be offered it. 18703. wonkers2 - 2/27/2006 9:22:32 PM Suggestion: don't give them your Mote moniker. They are probably Googling you as we speak. :-) 18704. thoughtful - 2/27/2006 9:23:49 PM Decisions, decisions. Never very easy. Unfortunately, when you decide, if you don't like the outcome, life doesn't allow for a "do over". 18705. thoughtful - 2/27/2006 9:25:36 PM Good news on the hubby front....his PSA has returned to normal. Doc did another exam and another xray and everything looks just fine. He asked what caused this terrible infection in the first place and doc's answer was the equivalent of "search me!"
I'm most pleased and relieved. I'm sure he is too.
18706. judithathome - 2/27/2006 9:31:59 PM Wow...such great news, Thoughful!! You two should celebrate with a nice meal and some really good wine! 18707. wonkers2 - 2/27/2006 9:38:33 PM That's good news, t-ful!
18708. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 2/27/2006 9:58:42 PM Indeed! 18709. Magoseph - 2/27/2006 10:25:48 PM I’m very happy for you and your hubby, thoughtful. Our husbands are tough, it seems. Flexy’s doing fine and starting to walk bouncing his arm about, although he still can’t bend his wrist. We went to Chicago Saturday and he did not complain once about my driving—-he was just happy to get out and see the sights.
18710. arkymalarky - 2/28/2006 12:20:10 AM Wow, that's great Thoughtful. I know that was scary. 18711. thoughtful - 2/28/2006 12:44:01 AM Thanks guys. You're all terrific.
In fact
dare I say it?
You're downright thoughtful!!! 18712. alistairconnor - 2/28/2006 1:57:55 AM Hey Tful
Kidney infections (in women) are often caused by too much poking
...Does hubby have a secret life? 18713. alistairconnor - 2/28/2006 1:59:09 AM iii : interesting situation : for career prospects, sounds like a good option...
for family prospects... you be the judge. If you're planning on children soon, it could be a plus. 18714. alistairconnor - 2/28/2006 4:08:22 PM Ulgine : I circulated that "consulting" riff to the fine group of people that have been assembled for the project that just got killed...
didn't find anyone disagreeing...
We just had a break-up lunch together, about 20 of us.
What a waste. 18715. thoughtful - 2/28/2006 4:18:36 PM Don't know if you recall many moons ago, we started writing poems inspired by enron. I wrote one and have gotten a lot of mileage out of it in various talks I give.
But with skilling in court, I've had to add the last 2 stanzas, but I think it holds up well...usually gets a good round of applause.
It would be thrilling
To make a killing
Thought Jeff Skilling
Working at Enron one day.
No profits, no care he
Make subsidiary
To snow the unwary
Just like his best bud, Ken Lay.
But profits did tumble
And pyramids crumble
So Skilling did mumble
I no see, I no hear, I no say
But worried I'm not
It's a dunk shot
Protection I've got
As Congress is on Enron's pay.
Of this there's no doubt
The money's run out
He's lost all his clout
To court they have dragged him away.
So don't you be burned
By money unearned
A lesson is learned
From the Enron morality play.
18716. iiibbb - 2/28/2006 5:17:27 PM Thanks.
It would be a hard move because my roots run deep here. It won't be quite as awful as times I've pulled up roots before since it's her hometown.
At least this time I wouldn't be alone.
All of this is academic until the offer the job... which is probably a could 2 or 3 cuts away. Personally I hope I make the interview. If they don't offer, I will be quite content to stay in this project and location another year. If they do offer it, well... that's when the real strategy starts.
I could do a lot worse than this location.
When I was a kid I had a propensity to sit in the surf and keep waiting for the perfect wave. My brother would ride anything that came along. Kind-of the same with deer hunting. You pass something up, there's a chance you won't see anything any better for a while. 18717. wonkers2 - 2/28/2006 9:09:59 PM For whatever it's worth, my greatest regrets are over things on which I hesitated and didn't act rather than over regretted acts. 18718. alistairconnor - 2/28/2006 10:32:52 PM The perfect wave would be a standing wave. You could take your time, it would still be there when you were ready. 18719. Jenerator - 3/1/2006 2:25:09 AM iiibbb,
It's bittersweet. Congratulations, though. It IS good news that you are a such a desirable prospect to two important professional groups/organizations. Keep us updated. 18720. Ulgine Barrows - 3/1/2006 6:29:16 AM iiibbb, go for it.
Choose, don't regret.
Twenty years later you will remember....what you chose. 18721. Magoseph - 3/1/2006 11:01:16 AM I agree with Ulgine.
You can always come back, iiibbb, experienced and/or wiser—whatever…it certainly will not hurt, rather may help you manage the rest of your life. I know people who never had the opportunity to choose and could only react to events not of their making. They may be happy and contented today, but ask them what they would do if they could relive the years past.
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