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I agree that sometimes that any job leads you to bigger and better things. Case in point: when this recession started, I had just graduated from college. I looked for jobs, but I had some savings and so I wasn't looking hard; I was able to limit myself to looking for childcare-oriented jobs. I applied for a job with one of my current employers, and got it at the entry level (this is a very, very part-time position; maybe a handful of hours a week, great for going to school, not so great if you're not in school; that fall I ended up working about 5 different jobs at once). During this time, I decided to go back to college and work on another degree while working in childcare. A year later, I got promoted to manager (still a very part-time position). Then, as manager, I was introduced to the executive director of the place I just got hired at for full-time work. As I see it, that "any job" that most people wouldn't have settled for because of the lack of hours led me up the food chain to a full-time position in my field.
However, "any job" doesn't work sometimes; during the period before I went back to school, I took a job cleaning offices once a week to make some extra money. The problem was that the person knew I needed work, and they treated me like shit as a result. I was SO HAPPY when I was able to say adios and go back to school. I've never worked for them since.
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If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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