I Received an Offer

The best news I have had in just over two months. One of the companies I have been courting made an offer last night. Given where the company is at in its growth, the role and, to be honest, the state of the market and economy, it is a very reasonable offer. I have not accepted, yet, but have committed to make a decision this coming week. I have already started notifying the other leads I have been pursuing. I will be calling the rest first thing on Monday, since at least one has scheduled an interview for this coming week which we may want to either expedite or cancel.

The employer making the offer has impressed me from the start, not in the least because they moved very quickly and professionally throughout the interview process. The role is very consistent with the leadership responsibilities I have enjoyed throughout much of my career and maintains a central focus on the programming work. There is also a unique window because of the timing that will actually allow me to learn about their product and code before having to start leading a team. A little bit of a perfect storm.

I’ll post later in the week when I submit my decision but you can guess based on my writing so far how excited and relieved I am right now.

The timing of the offer is also serendipitous because Andrea and I get to keep our plans for an overnight trip this weekend, too, to celebrate our anniversary and spend time with friends. We had been preparing to cancel during the last couple of days due to the budgeting impact. This trip will be a nice reward for the rigors of the search and to celebrate the possibility of this new opportunity about which I am very excited.