Associate != Assistant.
It doesn't matter that they start with the same 3 letters, and have a similar arrangements of letters that poke up.
It doesn't matter that the group with the job poster offered you a position for a post doc last year, after you had accepted your current position, so you had to turn them down.
It doesn't matter that you've already e-mailed all your letter writers excitedly telling them why you think you stand a chance at the position.
Associate != Assistant.
It doesn't matter that they start with the same 3 letters, and have a similar arrangements of letters that poke up.
It doesn't matter that the group with the job poster offered you a position for a post doc last year, after you had accepted your current position, so you had to turn them down.
It doesn't matter that you've already e-mailed all your letter writers excitedly telling them why you think you stand a chance at the position.
Associate != Assistant.
Fortunately, it seems none of my letter writers took my mistake poorly. It is good to have friendly letter writers.
As someone who knows a thing or two about being an ass, I can confirm it is true that not all Ass. Profs are created equal.
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