Future Seattle-ite?

I inadvertently applied for a job up in Seattle today…
Now I don’t know if I am even going to get an interview because they want at least 5 years of industry experience, although I really don’t see what the difference between having 3.33 and having 5 really is. What if my first 2 years was in the industry but in no way related to the position whatsoever? They say that that is ok! How would that really benefit me in the position? So I hope that I even get an interview.
There are lots of benefits getting that job would entail…. The main benefit would be a 36% increase in salary. For that type of increase I had to at least apply. I would not only be able to live more comfortably pay wise, but the job itself would be more rewarding and have more responsibility which I really crave.
The next major benefit would be that I would be able to get out of this area. I have been wanting a change of scenery for a while and moving within the company allows for a relocation allowance… what better than to move and have the company help pay for it?? Seattle is a nice city, it is one of the cleanest big cities I have been to, and the weather is right up my alley for what I love. I would still be in the northwest, still would be able to fly down to Portland whenever and I do know a couple of people that live up there to start on a new network of friends. I have been really wanting to make new friends. Honestly, I do not have very many friends here. I recently lost both of my best friends to relocation so me relocating is a great way to offset that loss. It would also force me to move on. Which I more than desperately need to do.
The next benefit would be the fact that there is a greater availability of graduate schools in psychology, and the University of Washington for medical school if I make that route. The only option that I have here is OHSU and that school is not easy to get into so sticking around here really wasn’t going to be an option if I wanted to further my education after December anyways.
Come October they are going to be doing the second round of layoffs, and my department is going to be affected by a loss of at least 2 people. Who those people will be is not being foretold. I am the second to last one into this department so if they go by seniority I will be unemployed come October. I don’t want to be fatalistic, but I do need to be realistic. My boss, who assured me that I have nothing to worry about, may not be the one choosing who is let go, so I have to watch out for myself in this instance.
With the benefits comes the downside of the transition. Although moving can be considered a positive, it can also be considered a negative. I would be loosing my babysitter, my network, my security that I have here. I would be able to find replacements in all of these areas but it would take time. Maybe what I would have to do is commute between the two cities until I have everything set up and ready to go before I make the complete move. The benefit of the city not being that far away. A very big possible negative would be the fact that I am not done with WSU yet… not until December. All but two of my classes are online, I could make it all but one of the classes so I could possibly just extend my graduation date until spring, which I may have to do anyways for medical school requirements but that would make it even more difficult if they do not offer the classes online. But if my schedule is right it is possible for me to come here for that last semester… if I can get 4 10’s and weekends again. That will have to be a question I ask if I get an interview. E would have to change schools, which he would consider to be a negative, but it would be in the very beginning of the school year, we’d probably move in August, so the timing of that would be perfect. I wouldn’t want him to have to change right in the middle, or after a session just started.
Really, the benefits outweigh the negatives.
I am glad that the system applied for the position for me, and I am glad that I even looked at the positions today. I wouldn’t have had I not been told that someone else got a relocation allowance for moving here from Denver. The position closes on Wednesday, and has been open since 6/25, I do think that I could be a major contender for the position since it is almost exactly what I am doing now, but I am not going to get my hopes up.

Oh I hope, I hope!
Dammit!
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