Day Of
Have you ever waited for something for an entire decade? Somehow I doubt many of my contemporaries have.
I didn’t sleep well last night, I got maybe five and a half hours but it was broken. Bad dreams.
How does one prepare for such a day?
I bought pants.
Ralph Lauren, very nice. Half price even.
I plan to listen to some Oasis and Keith Sweat to psych myself up.
As Sisko once said, “everything’s been building to this“.
Perhaps it’s best not to think of it too much, it makes me a bit nauseous.
Burton says I’m over thinking things, he’s most assuredly correct.
I truly am risking next to nothing. Worst case scenario I say something stupid and go back to my current job. As concession prizes go, that’s not bad. And the likelihood of me getting the position, or even being a serious candidate, is remote in the extreme.
I spoke to another coworker last night who easily saw my point of view. He saw another reason my former boss may not even accept the position if it’s offered so that lends credence to my position. He also said something about how panel interviews are usually concerned mostly with “not skills but competencies“. I mentioned how I’ve already performed most of the duties of this new position and he said competencies were things like truthfulness and integrity.
I don’t get it. I would call those values or virtues, not competencies. Isn’t competence the ability to do something correctly? He works in law enforcement though, at a courthouse specifically, so perhaps I should chalk it up to different industries having different jargon.
