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Wishful thoughts and Wish lists

Today I met with a recruiter with an opportunity that would require an hour and a half commute everyday. On paper it looks amazing and seemingly a perfect opportunity for me except for that commute! I decided to take the weekend to think over putting my name into the ring. As the day progressed, I kept leaning towards "no".

Then I chatted with a dear friend and I decided that based on what I know about the position I would be crazy not to try for it. Let the company tell me I'm not a good fit or that they can't appropriately compensate for the commute. Why should I close a door on myself before taking a look at what's behind it? It wouldn't be a terrible bother to interview for so I'm going to give it a shot. Then at least it wasn't me that didn't try, or me that stopped something amazing from happening. I shouldn't be the shadow in my own sunshine. As for the commute, there are certainly compensation solutions to make it worthwhile--in my mind they seem steep, but the important thing is that I'm going to find out if that's the case (if they like me at all) and not assume that my asks are automatically unreachable.