Well, I have been looking for a more challenging role and I think I found it. I have experience doing most of it and some of it will be a learning curve, but I know I can do it. It looks like a potentially stressful environment, but the interview with the manager went well. I can tell she is high energy and I am not as high energy. I recently was in a horrible role with a manager who was so hostile that I became physically sick. I found an easier job to get out of that one, and after a year I feel that I have had my rest and am ready for challenge again. I just do not want to find myself in another hostile situation again. I am finding myself doubting myself about this role. I feel excited about the role itself but I hope the manager is not hostile like the previous one, as that situation really hit me hard. I am in my 50's so this type of role does not come around very often. It is remote, it is in my state and it pays well, the duties are what I want to do and the manager is my age, all of which appeal to me. How can I break out of this fear? I don't want to decline the job just because I am afraid of another toxic manager, and while I admit she reminds me a little of the prior manager in her energy level, my conversation with her was not bad. At my age, I feel that I can't afford to stay in a low skill job because it is not helping my resume. I struggle with a lack of self confidence and have been told I have "imposter syndrome" and I want to break away from that. I am contemplating accepting the job and working on myself, maintaining a very professional distance, focusing on doing great work and keeping my feelings out of the job, and building my skills again. Any advice is appreciated.
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Well, I have been looking for a more challenging role and I think I found it. I have experience doing most of it and some of it will be a learning curve, but I know I can do it. It looks like a potentially stressful environment, but the interview with the manager went well. I can tell she is high energy and I am not as high energy. I recently was in a horrible role with a manager who was so hostile that I became physically sick. I found an easier job to get out of that one, and after a year I feel that I have had my rest and am ready for challenge again. I just do not want to find myself in another hostile situation again. I am finding myself doubting myself about this role. I feel excited about the role itself but I hope the manager is not hostile like the previous one, as that situation really hit me hard. I am in my 50's so this type of role does not come around very often. It is remote, it is in my state and it pays well, the duties are what I want to do and the manager is my age, all of which appeal to me. How can I break out of this fear? I don't want to decline the job just because I am afraid of another toxic manager, and while I admit she reminds me a little of the prior manager in her energy level, my conversation with her was not bad. At my age, I feel that I can't afford to stay in a low skill job because it is not helping my resume. I struggle with a lack of self confidence and have been told I have "imposter syndrome" and I want to break away from that. I am contemplating accepting the job and working on myself, maintaining a very professional distance, focusing on doing great work and keeping my feelings out of the job, and building my skills again. Any advice is appreciated.
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