Yeah you should have taken the fucking job and grinded out a year or two of experience and hopped
I started out making $36K with a BSME, that was after I turned down an offer for $42K because I thought it was beneath me.
Hate to break it to you but this isn't 1975 where your masters guarantees you a $150,000 job with a corner office and a secretary that blows you
Jesus Christ. I had a mental breakdown because I was making that in factory with zero degrees, and I felt overworked, overly poor, and under appreciated/utilized.
Quit my job and went back to school for STEM.
I can't even imagine imagine making $36k and being back in that situation with a degree. Like, what are we even doing with our lives.
FWIW I boosted my salary with raises and job hops:
2013: 36K 2014: 42K (raise) 2014: 54K (hop) 2015: 60K (hop) 2017: 70K (raise) 2018: Probably 75K or 80K with my bonus