New Path in Life?

I need some opinions and advice...

As you may know, I am finishing up my first year of college. Scheduling for next semester started this week and it has really made me think about my future and if this major is really what I want to do with my life. Right now I am majoring in Computer-Aided Drafting Technologies and will graduate with an Associates in Applied Science degree. After graduating I would (hopefully) get a job as an architectural drafter making plans and 3D models of architectural projects and such.

I like doing it, but....

Next semester I can do what is called "Cooperative Education" or just Co-Op. Co-Op is where you get a job while you're in school and you'll receive credit for it. So I was looking for jobs over the weekend and basically there are no openings right now and I would have to Co-Op over the summer because of my full schedule in the fall. Soooo I was looking for other jobs and found one at the place my sister-in-law, brother, and also my friend Andrew work. Both my sister-in-law and Andrew quit college to work there. I wouldn't be able to work there for Co-Op credits though since the job doesn't pertain to my major.

What is this job and what's so good about it?

The job title is Material Analyst I. The site doesn't really say a whole lot about the position so I'll have to ask my sister-in-law about it when I see her Sunday. But here's the tempting part: it pays $14.59 per hour plus benefits :O That salary is well above minimum wage.


So I've come a point in life where I can either stay on the road I'm currently driving on, or I can turn off and take a different route. I can either finish school and start my career in architectural drafting, or I can apply and take at least a year off school if I get hired. If at the end of that year I decide this job isn't for me, then I can always go back to school.

So that's what I'm debating right now. Any advice or anything?

Hired!

Well Dad had a session meeting today and I'm hired :D

If you missed my post about it, I'm basically just the janitor for the church :P I just have to go in and clean once a week. Also cut the grass and snow removal. I start in two weeks.

It pays only $140/month (after taxes) until the church does the budget in two months. When they do the budget we'll see about raising it up to around $200.

Income will go primarily to putting gas in my car.