I voted so-so.
I work with people with developmental disabilities. I originally started as a part time job to help pay for textbooks and gasoline to get to school. When I graduated (BA in Psychology, focused more on research) I ended up having a full time position open up and took it while hoping to look for something else. I bounced around between sites, and found an easy going house that is really not bad to work at, all things considered. I worked as an evening aide for a year or so and when a day position opened handling medical appointments I jumped at it. I handle medical documentation, scheduling of appointments and things like that. I'm a bit disillusioned lately, since I am beginning to see the corporate cogs behind the veil of caring. That, and I don't really feel like developmental disabilities are a critical social issue. I'm more interested in sustainable transportation and safeguarding our planet to keep from losing the precious life we have. All in all, it isn't bad. I work with a great manager (though that is changing for a few months...I hope it's not permanent). The upside is, the manager is from our sister site, so I know her a bit. She's a nice lady and used to do my job, so I can't see that being too bad. Some of the socializing with my residents gets to be taxing, although it's more due to particular people who disregard boundaries. For most, it isn't there fault and I can't blame them, so it's just a part of the job. I feel like upper management doesn't really respect me most times, although the supervisors I deal with on a regular basis are quite nice when I do see them. In the grand scheme of things, I shouldn't really complain much. It just kind of sucks to be promised that "The world is your oyster!" and then be unable to chase your dreams due to a savage economy. It's alright though, because I know I'll pull through it eventually. Even in the direst of situations, I know I can still be a good person, and that's what counts.
I'd also like to say, that the limited social interaction with my residents makes it much more special when I do see them. In fact, it's made my day and I have tons of stories of kind things they've done. Really, the people make it worth it. There's frustrations and I would almost say that I am burned out sometimes, but one of my guys can come home with a huge grin on his face and say "Welcome back man!" and I just can't help but smile. Sometimes, you just have to take the little things for what they're worth.
So, it's alright. I'm biding my time until I can build up skills to transfer into a career in sustainable transport or something. Still need to make my mind up on that too. Heh.