Has anyone taken a job that they're unqualified for? How did that work out?

[MagnusTheBrewer]

I've been over qualified for most of the jobs I've had. I've had more education, training and, experience than every supervisor I've had in the last thirty years.

 

[sjwaste]

Corporate management. Web marketing, which I know, but I'm way out of my element when it comes to accomplishing anything in a corporate setting.

Also I have some health issues. No idea how I could possibly get it all together.

Disaster? Probably. But still, it's a job. I'm thinking about it.

What industry?

 

[alkemyst]

I've been over qualified for most of the jobs I've had. I've had more education, training and, experience than every supervisor I've had in the last thirty years.

why do you also claim you dont make much and are underpaid?

 

[IronWing]

I thought it went really well but the patient died. :'(

 

[Gibson486]

Corporate management. Web marketing, which I know, but I'm way out of my element when it comes to accomplishing anything in a corporate setting.

Also I have some health issues. No idea how I could possibly get it all together.

Disaster? Probably. But still, it's a job. I'm thinking about it.

Ummm...how does it make you unqualified (health issues aside)? Essentially, if I understand correctly, it's the same job just a different industry.

 

[Mxylplyx]

Got my first programming job before I knew how to program. It was a web developer position, and I didnt even know HTML. Nothing like on the job training.

 

[Rhoxed]

took a chef job with no training or much experience in cooking (I was 18 at the time) 6 years later and I'm now the kitchen manager/head chef.

Also took a painting job with no experience, oh did I hate that shit.

 

[Locut0s]

I have an uncle, aunt and cousin(s) on my fathers side who are REALLY outgoing success driven people. I know of my cousins from that family got offered a couple of business jobs at higher levels in a couple of companies right out of university and she had no experience and was completely out of her depth. One of them was some higher level board of directors job at a mining company (again NO previous experience of any type) But like the rest of her family she just plowed her way through as if she owned the position from the beginning. She did eventually get laid off from the job but not for a while. Her father is the same suborn bull headed, EXTREMELY strong willed type. I know for a fact that he took jobs when he was younger that he was under qualified for. Told them he knew X and Y and just brushed up on them as he went about the job. Again these are types of people who push their way through anything and impress a lot of people just through their sheer strong mindedness. Whole family is like that.

Funny me and my family are the polar opposite.

 

[Zeze]

I've been over qualified for most of the jobs I've had. I've had more education, training and, experience than every supervisor I've had in the last thirty years.

You're proud of your underemployment?

 

[TXHokie]

Got my first programming job before I knew how to program. It was a web developer position, and I didnt even know HTML. Nothing like on the job training.

Haha, same here many years ago. I took a job as a software programmer doing web development when the only thing I've really done was put together some webpages on Geocities (yes way back when). But I figure it's just IT so can't be that hard. I crammed a Frontpage/ASP and SQL book and got the project done. A year and a half later I was still rocking it but decided to go into system integration. Coding was just not my thing.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

You're proud of your underemployment?

No, I'm disgusted my industry has gone to hell in a hand basket.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

why do you also claim you dont make much and are underpaid?

Because it's true? My industry has gone to hell.

 

[Zeze]

Because it's true? My industry has gone to hell.

Care to elaborate more? I'm interested.

 

[nageov3t]

my current job.

it worked out well, but I was up-front with my boss from the beginning that it was a big change for me, and he was willing to provide me with the training before throwing me into the deep end (and I in turn, provided him with a new employee who's a fast learner and was willing to fill a shitty schedule gap that he needed filled)

 

[gophins72]

I knew a manager who as part of office politics hired the most incompetent people he could find and made them only work with another organization until the competent people of that organization quit. worked out great for the incompetents, until of course, all the competent people quit, then they were let go.

 

[Fritzo]

Well, I did, and I'm here 12 years later.

 

[Trey22]

1998, took a job in the access control industry even though I came from a PC support background. The person hiring me said, you're good w/ computers, we'll teach you the rest.

It's been a good 13 years.

 

[Puppies04]

Amateur gynecologist here, at your cervix

 

[mrkun]

Amateur gynecologist here, at your cervix

I feel incredibly guilty for chuckling at this.

 

[nanette1985]

UPDATE

I did a bunch of research to see what I was getting into and discovered that I have a non-compete from a former employer and am therefore ineligible. Which was a good excuse to turn down the position.

The whole thing was strange. Hopefully I'll find out what was really going on.

Thanks for the interesting stories.