sockpuppet

My real concern is that I find myself in a "I need a job" position. Or, at worse, unemployed. And I'd hate to think that I could have gotten *some* job, but was too snobby.

At the same time: these just aren't jobs right? Moving from one assistant prof position to another is *hard.* And uprooting your life to move to some school that you hatehatehate would kind of kill you I think. Ugh.

It's one day at a time right now. Like my friend said: Just because you apply, doesn't mean you get the interview. Just because you get the interview, doesn't mean you get the offer, Just because you have an offer, doesn't mean you need to take it.

I hate being a tool who applies with not much of an interest in going there. BUT, at the same time, I don't really know the place unless I get a chance to go there, meet the people, see the place..... it's a bind. I'm still rolling it all over in my head.

Your response wasn't wordy at all (anyway, I left a big old huge comment to you first...).

But to respond: yeah, I think everything you said is right. I've basically decided I'm going to apply even to the "iffy" jobs and see what happens. But if the choice is between "shitty job" and bumming around here for another year, sort of broke? I'll *seriously* consider the latter. Like you said, moving to some crappy town, for some creepy school and jackass students? That will fuck you up.

At the end of the day, my job right *now* is getting job interviews, and turning those into offers. What do after that is a concern for another day. One step at a time and that jazz.