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TIFU by "fabricating" my job experience and getting a senior level job I shouldn't have.

Came to the realization as to how fucked I am today.

To rewind back and give a little bit of context:

I've got a pretty decent career history, education, and work experience for being in my early 30s. But, I put a lot of effort into...over accentuating... that experience when applying for jobs a few months ago and found my way into a VP of sales position for a mid-sized company after a long interview process I never thought I'd actually get. I'm also quite certain they think I'm older than I actually am but never asked other than the Sterling background check.

To Start, I have a dual degree from a well-known SEC school, and an MBA from another very highly-ranked SEC school as well as some professional experience throughout that time in school working mostly full-time. A few years back, I took what was basically an internship, and was a "VP of Sales" for a small CRM company that looked bigger than it actually was. The owner of that company owned a franchise I worked for part-time, and I was making like $50k a year basically as an admin assistant with a snazzy title. Because I worked for his original company part-time, it looked like I had been with the company for 7+ years when in reality I had done very little and was making like $15/hour most of that time.

Two years ago, I leveraged that to get a Regional Manager job at a larger company, used my buddy who worked with me as a reference, and go hired making $110k/year base plus bonus. Did okay there, but it was clear I didn't have the chops, was still learning, and I got laid off in March. My boss I was in good with said they'd verify "whatever I needed as a reference"

When I started applying for jobs I listed my experience as their "Regional VP of Sales" and created this hybrid job description about what I actually did and included some senior level duties to make it sound like I was a key employee.

Ended up getting an interview for this startup company, bullshitted my way through 5 interviews, and got an offer for $205k base + bonus to run their sales division and deal with their external stakeholders. hell yeah, thought I could handle that. But I can't.

The job was extremely plug and play. They wanted me to completely revamp their entire sales structure week-1 and I didn't even know what their product fucking did haha. Tried to bullshit my way through client calls, but these people have been tearing me apart every week for any strategy I recommend and letting me know how worthless I am.

If I don't get fired by Friday, I'll be absolutely shocked after the call I had today. I got away with it for a few months through being respectful, attentive, and giving 110% towards figuring it out but it's clear I don't have the skills needed to be where I am yet so I'm fucked. They say fake it until you make it, but "faking it" doesn't work unless you know how to make it yet lol.

I feel like Mike Ross in suits, but instead of being competent but lying about my credentials, I actually have the degrees but I over-exaggerated my experiences and they bought it, so I'm a dumbass in the wrong spot.

TLDR: Over-leveraged a cute job title I got as an intern to get a senior level position in a company I have no business being in, and I'm getting torn to shreds by being incompetent and will probably be fired this week or next.

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