The Best Kind of Dream Job Is the One You Struggled to Get
Here are some not-so-obvious challenges you might face.
For as long as I took writing seriously, I had one goal — to find a company that will pay me to write. In return, I’ll produce the best articles to the extent of my ability with the promise of getting better.
A few weeks ago, I received an offer with this exact deal and it came from a company I look up to.
It’s everything I’ve pictured for years, and a little more.
I spent some time thinking, and here is what got me here.
The hardest thing in the world
My first application went out earlier this year.
A dozen interviews and a handful of unpaid assessments later, I landed myself two offers.
Both from companies that had a dire shortage of talents, but not of money. These guys were ready to write huge paychecks every month. Yes, these companies exist.
The issue is, they weren’t the company I wanted.
The opening role at the company I wanted came a little later, and I had just started talking to them. There was one assessment and three more interviews to go.
