When Can I Start?

The other two offers finally came. I’m sticking around in San Francisco and happy to. NYC will have to wait again. Maybe I’ll retire there.

When it came down to it, this was the position I wanted the most. It was the last offer to come in and when I got it, including the compensation package, I screamed, “Ohhh, thank you. Thank you! When can I start?” I start in two weeks. No break in-between. A little nervous and jittery, but happy. Very happy! I’ll spend the next couple weeks, winding down, transitioning, training, and also ramping up.

In retrospect, the stats are astounding. I got called to interview with almost every position I submitted my resume to. Ten calls. I filtered it down to four positions. Within a month timeframe of looking, I secured three offers. I don’t consider myself a great interviewer. I truly believe it had more to do with the fact that I expressed desire in the positions. After every interview, I followed up with a thank you email. I prepared a hand-writen card for our CFO and after the interview, I asked his admin to give it to him later. She looked at me, shocked, and said, “You are really good.”

After I had progressed far enough in the process, I told my manager. Not sure if that was the best move because I declined the first two offers, then was extremely nervous about obtaining the final one. Had I not gotten it, I would have been screwed. Egg on my face kind of screwed. That was my one regret. I should have waited for all the offers to come in, evaluated, and made a decision. Then telling my manager should have been the last step. I thought telling them early one would give them time to think of a transition plan and finding a replacement. I was being altruistic in telling them early, but don’t think that was the right move.

Hopefully I won’t have to interview for quite some time. I want to grow my career in this position with my company. It couldn’t have played out any better.