<prompt> Human: Hello, personalfinance. I need your advice. Ive spent the past year working as an intern in a federal office and I now have the opportunity to get hired on full time in a technical position related to my degree with a 40k start. It seems like a perfect transition into the professional world but Im thinking of turning it down and I need a second opinion. Relevant details:I have a BA in biology with 45,000 in student loans and 8,000 left on my car. I have a retail job that pays 10.25 an hour for extra income. This internship was my first real job outside of college and its given me a lot of great opportunities and Ive learned a lot of useful skills. But this accounted for maybe half the time I worked there. The rest of my time was spent without a real objective, trying to find things to do, feeling that I was wasting my time, and trying to justify staying. It made me really depressed and I was happy when the internship ended. The internship is designed to lead to a full time job and provides a small scholarship 5,500 for completing a 52 week term to help pay for loans. Thats been the goal that kept me there. I knew that it would likely end in a job but I couldnt help being excited that I wouldnt have to be there, even if only for a transition period. I havent been able to afford rent on the internship stipend and am still living with my parents, so the job is a grueling hour commute thats really worn me down over the past year. The new salary would help me afford an apartment nearby but I dont know that I want to continue living in this area.I dont like working in an office. I got the degree that I did so I could work with animals. I want to justify spending more time volunteering at an animal shelter to gain experience for this type of position in the time that I would otherwise be working at this new job. The baseline is, it makes me unhappy to be there but I dont want to make a bad choice if being practical is the better option.  <response>: If you need the money, and dont have an alternative you can jump onto, yes it would be stupid to turn it down. 