Might Be Moving Up In A Big Way.

So, I may be getting a new position soon and I am quite excited. I work in education and for about 3 years I was doing content filtering, firewalls and networking. As of July 1 this year I was promoted to a Sr. tech and basically act as the sysadmin for a handful of school districts. Then, I heard the tech director for one of the schools under my purview was leaving and since I wasn't out there much I should swing by and get a 30k foot view of their network.

I have worked with this guy in the pas a number of times and we always got along great because he is really smart and understands IT to a deep level and we could work out really complicated problems together most of the time. While I was there, he pulled me to the side and told me he wanted me to put in to take over for him because he knew I would be able to take care of the district properly and he could rest easy knowing they were in good hands.

I made it past the first interview and just had my second yesterday. It is down to me and one other person. By becoming a Sr I managed about a $10k bump in pay and now I might be getting another $15-25k after that. I am not new to be a sysadmin but I basically took a lower role to get into the state retirement system so I can have a pension and the other benefits

It put it into perspective, in the last few months I am going to be going from a tech for 3 years, to a sysadmin for about 2-3 months and then a CTO/CSO and I will be reporting directly to the COO/CEO of the school.

I am excited, nervous and should hear the yes or no by the end of the week. I feel bad leaving the districts I have now but all of the tech directors there feel I am a shoe in and while they hope I get it because it is a great opportunity for me, they are hoping I don't because I have already done a lot of good in the short time I have been there. Even my boss says the same thing. Have a lot of nervous energy and just waiting to hear back is killing me.