considering the current state of the market, getting an offer is an achievement!
<100 applications, 6% interview rate, 3 final rounds, 2.5 months from first application to offer are pretty solid stats for someone 1 year into their career
i'm confident that i interview well. i've had a lot of practice over the last year and a half, and though it was so awful spending weeknights and weekends prepping, it paid off! my 2024 jobhunt was much easier than my 2023 one, largely due to the work i put in a year ago. here's to hoping that the next time i start looking, it's even more painless
if i could have held out for longer at my current job (so detrimental to my emotional well being though...), would i have found a better offer in the coming months? i wish i knew how long i would need to wait in order for that to happen
will i ever break into a big/prestigious company? it seems like getting an internship during college at a name brand org really sets people up for success, but i just don't have that. i don't care so much about having that job, but it'd open doors for future roles and would guarantee a higher level of compensation
will i hit six figs at the next role? i don't know how much that money will matter to me to be honest - i'm not someone who wants much. it's more so to feel like i'm being compensated fairly and to feel like i can catch up financially to the people who've been making that since they were fresh out of college at 22
i'm upset that i feel the need to quantify these things in the first place. of course, i'm very grateful to have a new job and think my sense of pride is well justified, but i'm annoyed that my career is something i value so highly right now. i know it ultimately means so little in the grand scheme of things
my dad is a high earner, and he's never felt satisfied with his compensation either. the bar will continue to move. either i can learn to be happy with what i have or i can spend a lifetime thinking about the next pay bump. my parents have shaped my relationship with money much more than i thought, and i resent them a little for not being more laid back about it.
i desperately need to take time off, and i will in the gap before the new role. the last time i took a true break (no productivity whatsoever) was for 5 days in september 2023. since then, personal or 9-5 work has leaked into my weekends. i spent my winter break creating my portfolio, and i haven't taken PTO outside of sick leave since then... not something that i feel good about. looking forward to enjoying my life a little more!
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