Researcher. Important? Kind-of, I work in a supposedly very important biomedical research area but my position itself is not that important due to a variety of reasons...

Am I proud? Hell no. I'm only staying because I get paid enough (especially since I lived on near-poverty income for 5 years and below-average for another...). I'd disappear the moment I have a better opportunity, or if my paycheck is gone. This is position-specific though, I don't mind working the same job as long as a few small things change