Would you take a job that's "below you"?

Was Abe Lincoln worried that someone was "looking down" on him, when he was working on a Farm splitting rails? Honest work is Never below anyone, anytime! If you were working to commit a fraud, or steal a car you would be "stooping" below where you are or where you should be! So get out there, and dig a ditch or clean a toilet, and Be proud of what you're doing, and Who You Are!

I've done it. At the time, I was happily oblivious to the idea of work beneath me but other people were not. When I left college, I took a job in a book store in Philadelphia. It didn't pay well and there were no benefits but I was around books all day, I learned a lot and I loved it. Everybody bugged me about when I was going to find a "real" job. Eventually I did get a "real" job as a caseworker which I grew to hate along with every subsequent "real" job. I'd learned how to book scout when I worked in the shop and I kept my hand in for many years before finally starting my own bookselling business which I love as much as I loved that first bookselling job. I don't intend to ever retire. I guess I basically feel that if you find work that interests you and where you can learn something, it's worth doing and should not be considered "beneath" you. You have an advantage, in that you don't need the money right now. The only reason I ever left that wonderful little bookstore was that I did need the money.

I think you are better get out and find any job even below or higher. I think we only consider or compare thing when we are in good conditions, but at your conditions I don't think you should wonder it is lower than your degree, because i believe if you are good , when you take a job by the time you will get promote. I you can not go straight find another ways. I have done it before so I'm confident to say go find any jobs that can save your situation first.

why did you move to mexico? why not try to learn spanish firstly and then see what you can do? i think to learn spanish first is totally your best bet especially if you plan to stay there for any length of time. also, looking down on a person sadly, is very common...

If it's a matter of unemployment vs. a job that's entry level, I'd take the entry level job. It may not be the dream job, but it pays the bills, and it's temporary. I always tell myself I can handle anything on a temporary basis, including ignorant morons looking down on me, if that's the case. You gotta do what you gotta do. Not to mention the fact that entry level jobs make the world go round, too. Where would be without data entry people? And Janitors? Mailroom clerks?

First, as long as it's a job that you will enjoy, go for it. I'd only call it "stooping" if you were to settle for a job that you didn't really want. Just because we educated ourselves within a certain field does not mean we should limit ourselves to that field. Even if it means starting at entry level. That is how we learn new things, by starting at the bottom and working our way up. Personally I probably have the qualifications (through experience, not education) to fit into higher positions that what I am, but because I don't really want the pressures of those high-end postions I purposely seek the work that is "lower end". In simpler terms - I have experience enough to be an IT manager, but prefer the Administrative Assistant jobs. Mainly because once in that position, and my skills are shown, I'm usually moved into a more technical capacity. Thus I am considered the Admin Asst/Network Admin. I've never had anyone look down on me for this. Quite the opposite. My skills usually make me more "desirable" and therefore makes me more secure in a job that I enjoy.

I think you just need to communicate to others. Yes you are taking coursework online, but you need real colleagues. it's funny to try in another field you not good at. just leave home and go to work you will up yourself easily.