Yes, I made a mistake

I admit that I made a mistake.

The last post suggest that I will not take up the offer. However, I did. Apparently, I am not an idiot.

All these thanks to a friend of mine. He reminded me that I should look at the offer as an entire package. Yes, I can be short-sighted at times. There's no reason why I should reject it besides the issue of remuneration (and that the HR personnel in charge made things considerably worse). But I take stand in my case that it is really below what is minimal for decent survival. That has since changed when I re-evaluated the components which I took into account.

I like the organisation. It gives me a good feel as compared to its "richer and more popular cousin" where I did an internship. My interaction with its people gave me some confidence about the working environment that I'll be in. They make me want to be part of them.

This is unlike one of the oil majors which came down to my university for a career talk last year. The moment I saw them and heard them speak, I vehemently objected to applying to it. I just didn't want to be part of them, unlike many other hopefuls. To be fair, I probably wouldn't qualify anyway.

Never mind that I won't be doing what I have learnt. I am confident that I can handle it when I start.