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Yes I did, I worked production line for an auto plant(union wages)and applied for a maintenance job at the post office. The auto plant paid Very well but the joke was "a monkey could do my job but he would be to smart to keep doing it". The Post office job paid less than half my current paycheck. Doing maintenance work was like a hobby for me and I liked fixing things (cars mostly). I took the job after much debate with my soon to be EX. I have to say it was hard at first but after 2 or 3 years it all came together for me, I actually liked going to work and the pay ramped up to a little better than "good enough". With training to work on computers I found what I really loved doing and have been in IT since. I guess the story is while the money is important there are other things that you will not see if you are blinded by it (ha, clever boy)