<prompt> Human: Ive always gotten good advice from this thread before so I thought Id lay out my quandary again and perhaps you guys can give me some thoughts.First about me, Im a 32 year old single guy who a few years ago got it in my head that I was tired of being stuck in the dead end job of a pharmacy technician and decided to go back to school. After getting my associates degree I was accepted to an in-state universitys Arizona State Poly if youre curious robotics engineering program. I am on course to graduate in December with a large load this semester and over the summer to reach my goal. Last summer I moved back in with my parents to help cut costs which allowed me to cut my hours at work down to the minimum of 33 per week to maintain full time benefits but I have to work twelve hour shifts every Saturday and Sunday. These shifts have gotten very rough the last few months as my employer takes on more and more contracts and have been leaving me more and more drained to the point where I miss a class or two on Mondays because I dont even want to leave my bed until mid afternoon. If I was being paid less I would have quit this job a long time ago as I really dont enjoy it but my manager really appreciates what I do and has rewarded my quite well with better and better raises until Ive been making 18hour which is nothing to just sneeze at in this current labor market.Over the last few months, with significantly less bills to worry about Ive been paying off everything that I can and last month I finished off the last of my credit card debt, paid off my car, and the only thing Im on the hook for each month is a storage unit rental, my cell phone and cable plans which I pay for my parents to make up for them letting me stay at their place. The only debt currently in my name is student loans, which thankfully with me going to a state university are less than 40k. In essence if I live a little more frugally I could easily live on less than 500 a month. My goal, that I made for myself though is to save up enough money until I have 1,000 for each month left in the year. I currently have 2,000 in the bank and probably will be adding a grand a month to my savings, which would have me reaching my goal in the summer where I will consider leaving my job.I know theres a lot of risks with it, especially if Im unable to find a new job when I graduate but I worry one of the biggest things that will hold me back is a lack of in industry work experience. Since I have been working full time during my entire time at university I have been unable to get any engineering internships. While my school is project focused and has given me lots of cool projects to add to my resume I worry that companies might not be willing to hire the newly graduated engineer with ten years of pharmacy experience and no engineering work experience. By quitting I at least will have a chance to get six months of work experience under my belt and maybe get a few contacts together to line up a job once I graduate.Anyway, thanks for any advice you might have to offer.tl;dr:Should I give up a job making 18hour and live off of my savings to focus on engineering school or not?  <response>: 18 an hour isnt life changing, stick with school 