Amidst the excitement of identifying your new position, you should be sure to carefully negotiate the details of your responsibilities, compensation, resources, and performance measures. As you accept your faculty job, you should ensure that the institution you choose is the appropriate fit for you. You should be aware of the multiple academic tracksAcademic tracks available and ensure that you are appointed to the track that is most consistent with your interests and abilities. Beginning in the wrong track can lead to difficulties in academic advancement. If you are also jointly appointed in a center, institute, or another academic department, you should carefully consider your obligations and time commitments to those units and ensure that you can handle them. If you are a clinician, understand the credentialing process at your hospital or clinic, and begin the privileging process early. When starting out, you should also determine how you will measure your success in balancing missions and dealing with the inevitable changes that occur in academic medicine.