Which do you choose: happy/no money or money/unsure of happiness?

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Originally Posted by ashpelham

Good news, it sounds like, for you. I won't pass judgement based on what I THINK you should be earning, for it's a scant few of us who earn as much as we'd like.

If you have a moment of happiness and contentment with this new title, then that's a WIN for you, friend!!

How can you write that and NOT tell?!?! Do share.

Honestly, it's about being given the chance to change careers. Not necessarily about the job title and wages. Well, wages matter, but opportunities is what I'm looking at now.

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Originally Posted by Basilide

I am very happy to hear this and happy for you! (sorry that is a little weird, we don't know each other I know). That is a great development. The way you explain it makes me think that they find you a great asset for their company and want to move you onto better things and utilize your talents as much as they can; which can only be all positives for you. Now you'll get your trial period so you can decide which is the better fit (how perfect!)

I'm assuming now that this job will have more flexibility you are going to take it. Awesome. Good luck!

Thanks. I feel that they do want me to do utilize my talents as much as I can (or they can). And that's a first. At my last job, yeah, they liked me using my talents, but they refused to pay me for it, stating what I was doing was still "administrative work", even though no one else did what I did and I was basically their graphics department.

So, this is a a push in the right direction. It's giving me an opportunity I otherwise never would have gotten. I mean, let's be real, who would hire someone for a tech job, when they haven't been in the industry or had a job related to it, in over 10 years? I probably wouldn't. Entry level or not, they'd have to prove to me, via testing before being hired. I didn't even have to do that.

I don't think I have a choice to take it or not. They basically told me they're changing my job.