Sounds like you have stumbled on an even better opportunity by not making a go of it in the more junior position! Serendipity! I know myself i was rejected for a job at McDonald's as a teen after whirlwind training where i got all bedazzled and chaotic and twirly but i was able to be successful as a computer programmer in an excellent federal government salaried permanent position and had an eight year career with full benefits as an adult because my boss gave me like a year to build myself into a programmer while i did simple tasks like doing endless presentation slides that our bosses just loved to bits!

How they loved their presentation slides! They were lost without them! The slides were super simple to do on a Mac and while i did that dumbo-work i built myself into a programmer and the real fun started!!! I still benefit from that opportunity as i was cut down by bipolar eight years into my career and have been on disability benefits for 20 years -- excellent private benefits which allow me to live a middle-class life with relatively little financial worry. And on disability benefits it doesn't mean that i don't work or study hard -- just not 12 consecutive months a year, maybe four or one month a year. I've still got a very meaningful life even tho i no longer do PAID labor.

Be well my friend! Keep us posted!