dwatson

I certainly feel that I am qualified for the higher paying job, and if I took it I have no doubt of my abilities or my success. So is there a difference, a qualitative/ethical difference, between being qualified for a job and earning a job? All my friends say: "It doesn't matter how you get the job, just what you do with it once you have it." But I can't see Hank Rearden accepting anything he hadn't earned, regardless of whether he deserved it. Thoughts?

I have the oportunity to benefit from nepotism and would like some advice. I am a newly certified teacher, a profession in which it is very difficult to find a job, at least in my state. Yet I have been offered and must decide between two jobs. One is in a poor district which has many difficulties finding teachers who are willing to work there. The other is in a wealthy district in which I would be paid nearly twice as much, receive better benefits, a better working environment, etc. The problem is, the seemingly better offer from the wealthy district is due entirely to the fact that I happen to be related to the principal. I am sure I would have no chance at a job in that district because, not only is it very difficult to get hired there, but the principal also has no awareness of my teaching abilities. But we're related, so he wants to help me out. The other job offer in the poor district, however, is a genuine offer based on my prior work in the school. They have been very impressed with my work, recognize my value and greatly desire to hire me based upon my ability. But in this district I would find no end of difficulties, both professional and financial. While I think I know the answer in advance (take the job which I have earned through my abilities and value, not the offer I received through nepotism), I am having a hard time acting on my principles. I am new to the forum and would appreciate your advice