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I sense a certain smug satisfaction by some that people get ‘knocked down’ to counters and mowing lawns on here.

Not from me certainly. I have the greatest respect for someone who will take a big cut in pay rather than stay on the dole. Shortly after I got married, when the electronics company I was working for went bust, I had to take a job that I was overqualified for in order to have a job. It wasn't the sort of thing that impressed the new mother in law. But I used the relatively open nights to go back to school and pick up my masters. It took four years instead of two because I could only afford to take one or two classes a semester. But it put me into a different job market and I was able to move out after getting the degree.

Like I said I'm well aware that the job market sucks. I have family out of work and others sweating jobs. We went through a wave of layoffs early last year where everyone was waiting for the tap on the shoulder. And I'm back in night school getting my Java certification so that if I get laid off I'll have a more marketable skill set. But I know I'll probably end up taking short term consulting jobs or work at half the pay I'm getting now.

>>Not from me certainly. I have the greatest respect for someone who will take a big cut in pay rather than stay on the dole. <<

Well stated. There is no such thing as an “embarrassing job.” Honest work, from the board room to the garbage dump is ALWAYS to be respected (well, except maybe some Union “Jobs” and government “workers”).