Confusion
First some obligatory fiber content: I'm just shy of the heel shaping on the second of the Tulip socks as of now. I should have it started during the commute home tonight. I did manage to finish the first clue of the MS3 last night. YAY! So now I'm ready for clue 2 which is to be posted tomorrow.
....and now the real reason for a post, the second in the same week as the last. Oh my. I've gotten a few phone calls today from my recruiter. The same guy who is handling the law firm thing and he asked me if I would be interested in continuing to interview while waiting for the firm. While he's pretty confident that an offer is indeed coming from the law firm, he'd be remiss in not advising me to be aggressive though if I told him I wanted to wait, he'd support me. Well that's fine. I appreciate it. So while I could do that job at the law firm and the other open prospect that is still somewhat on the table is at the other end of the spectrum, I'm not 100% enamored with the whole law firm thing. It sounds, still, a little too touchy-feely hand-holding user support to make me happy for very long. I may be wrong about the position, but my gut says that it is wrong for me. So I said, yes. If something better is out there, then by all means, I'll continue to interview (as much as I hate it). Sigh. Well he can set something up for tomorrow: 12:30 (Nancy, I have to reschedule our lunch till after your vacation ).
He called back about a half hour later, would I entertain the idea of going back to BN? But this time, it wouldn't be .com, but the bookstore. Oh hell yeah. He's working on that now. I just heard from him, the BN guy is on vacation and back in the office next week so he'll proceed then.
And then, I got a call out of the blue from a recruiter I worked with briefly last year that wanted to know my Oracle skills. Having gotten burned recently at the last two companies with having only passable Oracle skills, I may have downgraded them a tad. Though he did proceed to see if I was looking anyway. Turns out he has a position for a C#/Sql Server (My preferred database) in the Montvale area (read drive to work) that he'll pitch me on tomorrow. I sent him an updated resume.
I'm seriously thinking that all these events, taken as a whole, are some message from the big guy that I shouldn't be taking any offer from the law firm. Sure it is a decent job, but is it really the right job. There's a bit of it that is making me nervous, like that they haven't "teched" me at all but are chasing me down. As eager as I am to leave this position, the first offer isn't necessarily the same as the "right" offer. Hell. I'm seriously confused. I've talked myself into the law firm position. The price is good. The flexibility is there. But really, it seems really boring and way too much like the job I don't like and already have (which carries a pretty decent discount) and no lawyers (yours truly excluded ;).
Sigh...
No problem about lunch. We'll definitely reschedule.
I'd go with your instincts. It sounds to me like you're in a bit of demand at the moment. Enjoy it. Maybe you'll actually have your pick of the offers instead of settling for the one currently on the table.
Posted by: Nancy | July 05, 2007 at 05:15 PM
Boy, sounds like you have some serious think and deciding to do. Is driving to Montvale in New Jersey traffic a plus? You can't knit and drive at the same time. I hope a dream job comes along.
Posted by: maryellen | July 05, 2007 at 07:34 PM
go with your gut. sounds like you have plenty of other options and first is certainly not the best. Good Luck ;)
Posted by: Dorre | July 05, 2007 at 11:20 PM
I think you've already made your decision.
Posted by: Carole | July 06, 2007 at 07:16 AM
If your spider sense is telling you to go in another direction, I'd listen. But then again I know it's a tough decision no matter what. Keeping my fingers crossed for you!
Posted by: Jessica | July 06, 2007 at 09:07 AM
I know, isn't it terrible? It's such a gamble on whether you're making the right decision. I'm sending good thoughts your way.
Posted by: Cheryl | July 06, 2007 at 09:26 AM
I think you've also already answered your question... any of the other two jobs and not the law firm! :-)
Posted by: Claudia | July 07, 2007 at 02:28 PM
Something really really good will come through for you, that you love and won't require that you work for lawyers. Can you imagine? All those emergency calls to find a lost word document that someone's secretary closed by accident? or help with operating excel to catalog a deposition transcript? or to save a document onto a laptop for a presentation? Aren't lawyers the reason we left law in the first place? ;o)
Posted by: Kris | July 08, 2007 at 08:24 AM
Go with your gut. As nice as the law firm folks seem now, if it doesn't feel right, then it probably isn't. Things have a way of working out the way they are supposed to. Law firm = asshole city.
Posted by: Kim P | July 08, 2007 at 08:37 PM
You should certainly pay attention to your instincts. I know that can be especially hard when a lot of important stuff is up in the air and you just want the whole darn stressful thing to be over with...but you don't want to settle for something less than right, especially since there are other things for you to pursue. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you!
Posted by: Amy | July 11, 2007 at 05:25 PM
Seems to me if they're keeping their options open, so should you. Sauce for the gander, you know.
Posted by: Ina | July 12, 2007 at 04:23 PM