I did! I couldn't force myself to go through with it, honestly, plus I needed a little more experience with the languages which I couldn't afford; I couldn't travel or hire tutors; I was trying to live on 800/mo with no external support. I was sleeping on a mattress I dragged home off the street. I had no office clothes, no non-library work experience, nobody in my family who had a college degree to help me with the cultural expectations. I didn't even have a way to move to DC and back then you pretty much had to do that. I almost did a Master's just for the funding to move/live in DC but I researched that and was like 'that would be financially stupid'. So I didn't even though WITH MY SKILL SET it would have worked, because I read too much generic advice and had nobody to guide me.

That CIA signing bonus was REALLY tempting, though, I'm not going to lie.