Dam right.
All said and done, get a foot in the door any which way you can. If it means driving a desk for a while while you sus out the scene then so be it but dont be so good at your job that you never get promoted / demoted to the desk in the sky.
Take it if all else fails and keep your ears open. At least this way you are in the loop. Plenty of chaps started behind the desk are now flying big desks in the sky, with computers nogal.