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this post was submitted on 14 Aug 2025
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You know, happens to us all but you never know if it's good or bad long term. For instance, I didn't get a contract renewed at a research gig a while back it worked out to allow me to stay home and teach remotely part time, being with my kids.
Prior to that, I kept getting runner up status on dream jobs in educational research. Literally second place after rounds of interviews; left me very discouraged and low self esteem. The positions I felt most bad about? US Dept of Ed's NCES and another in the Kennedy Center for the Arts. Guess what? My life would probably be hell right now if I got either.
Life just... happens. It's like a plane crash you avoided but were late to your flight, only with employment.
you know, i just got of an hour-long phonecall with my mom and i came to the same conclusion. there's no way to know how this ends until it ends.