A reminder to trust your gut when job searching. After 14 months of searching, applying, interviewing, and hearing a whole lot of no (or nothing at all), I finally thought I had landed an exciting new opportunity. I interviewed. I received an offer letter. I completed onboarding paperwork. The company was real, the people whose names were being used were real, and the process was convincing enough that I genuinely believed I had accepted a new position. It wasnt real. I was the target of a very elaborate employment scam impersonating a legitimate company and its employees. Thankfully, something eventually felt off. I trusted that feeling, stopped the process, contacted my bank, and discovered what was happening before I sent...
