My background is in tech transactional. I joined a cybersecurity SaaS startup at the end of last year and now also handle more generalist matters in addition to all things commercial-related. I have a number of books on contracts that I’ve found super helpful over the years (The Tech Contracts Handbook, A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting, Sign Here, etc.). Can anyone recommend books they’ve found helpful for L&E matters, privacy matters, product matters, or marketing/advertising matters?
Since it’s with one of their vendors, it’s possible they don’t realize the pay is that much less too (the piece where you’d be reporting to the person you lost out to seems pretty dense on their part). If it’s a company you’d be interested in working for/with in the future, I think you could thank them for the referral and let them know it’s not the right fit but should an opportunity arise that is aligned with your career goals you would still be interested in working with them.
I’m sorry that happened. I think that was a fair response on your part.