Logic

I interviewed with another team within my company last week. I've worked with the lead coordinating our teams' efforts for the past three years and think the world of him. The prospect of working for him was just too wonderful to pass up.

He was equally excited, to the point of asking his director to realign some roles so I would have a place on the team.

We had a number of long conversations about the team, and my current team, and why I'm looking to change. I cited my increasing frustration with lack of consistent management in addition to the feeling that it's very hard to get promoted in my current organization.

Interviews went well—only two little hiccups, which I think I recovered from quite well. And he and I scheduled a meeting to talk about how things went.

In the end he told me, "It's not going to work out, but not for the reasons you think." He went on to tell me that I did great, and my code was wonderful, and I really knocked his socks off with at least two solutions. But, "and, this is something I'm keeping quiet for now, I'm leaving the company next month, and then, you'd be right back where you are—with minimal management, and I'd hate to do you that disservice."

Argh! It's like being dumped because the person you're with thinks they don't deserve you. Possibly true, bit I'd rather do the rejecting, thankyouverymuch.