Freaking out
So, one of my best girlfriends e-mailed me about a job that's opening up at our sister company. She thinks I'd be great at it (I believe "I think you would be a rocking {insert job title here}" were her exact words) and really thinks I should go for it. According to the job postings I'm extremely UNqualified. They want a degree and 5 years telecommunications experience. I have no degree (despite $20K in student loan debt) and almost 18 months of telecommunications experience.
One of my coworkers used to be a big-wig at said sister company though and I asked him about it. He told me to go for it. After all, what do I have to lose? He reminded me that this company loves to promote from within, and told me that they'd probably love to have me - who they'd have to train - than some person coming in from a different company who thinks they know everything about everything. He also told me, unsolicited, to use him as a reference. Having his name as a reference on my resume certainly can't hurt. That was his area when he was over there, and he knows everyone.
It's a significant amount more than I make now, about which I'm completely intimidated. I'd still be making quite a bit less than some of my friends have made in the past and are capable of making, but it's a little over 30% higher than I currently make, and freaking double what I made at my last job. I just can't imagine that kind of money, and it's completely irrational considering if I said what it was, you'd all laugh at me for being intimidated.
Posted by beenie at May 12, 2003 03:44 PM