re: Update: Coolest job

If you can find something in the field you think you want to be in, go do it, even if it's less money.

That said, when I was an undergrad, I delivered pizzas for Domino's on Staring part time, ran lawn care crews during the summer, deck handed for offshore charters, and even went down to Venice with no work to hustle jobs cleaning fish(that got Mack mad as hell when he was there).

Experience in your field is really good if you can get it though and I recommend that if you're even a little confident you know what you want to do. I'm also over 40 and still don't know what I'm going to be when I grow up but I think ended up doing fairly well for myself...