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Get it and elevate their output. Maybe that's why they want you?
Good luck?
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It’s only ten steps back if you think it is. Go in with a better mindset.
It’s a job. It’ll pay your bills. You’re not going to be stuck there for the rest of your career. If you get it, great. Do the best work you can and keep an ear to the ground for something better. If you don’t get it, great. It wasn’t meant for you.
Yes, a job is a job.
If you’ve been paying attention, none of us will have careers in the next 2-3 years, so just take the job opportunity and don’t worry about 10 steps back, sideways, upside down.
Go for it. You may actually like it. And you can freelance or do personal projects on the side or just relax a little and catch your breath.
“Really bland agency”… “10 steps back”… you’ll never let yourself enjoy it if you go in thinking like that. If you get it who knows, maybe it was actually a good place for you.
Either way, with that outlook on the agency, if you get the job I hope you aren’t an elitist dick when you get there!
Everything is a compromise
If you're 10 steps overqualified your performance and impact on your workflow—with little effort—will amaze everyone.
Instead of pushing at the edge of your competence you'll be revered and looked up to for solutions beyond your role while your colleagues will be struggling like most to just do their jobs.
This is a chance to make astounding impressions on the relationships that will bring better opportunities your way for years. Expect your reputation to get an easy, lasting burnish over the next 1-2 years while you scope out something even better.
I am in the same boat.