Selling myself

I feel funny today after coming back from a job interview my mom set up for me. It was an excellent company with great room to learn. However, the job's pay is one fifth's of what I was getting, and the position I was offered wasn't one with actual future prospects. It was a silent, pausing "hmm" experience. Mom was visibly disappointed and later turned upset. I could see she really wanted me to stay and work in Shanghai. I would like to as well, but this job wasn't the right fit at all.

I start to think about my entry yesterday, where I wrote about that pay wasn't important. Then again, it IS something to consider if I am going to move half across the world for. Also, this was going to be another designer job, I mean, seriously? If I wasn't good enough for the Director position, perhaps the Supervisor? 7 - 8 years in the business meant nothing? Perhaps I didn't sell myself well to Chinese hiring managers. Whatever. Because I spoke to them today, I learned a few things about the marketing industry in China, and that was something I got to keep for myself.