I got mine out in HS and by that night I was eating steak. It really isn't too bad at all and people make it sound a lot worse than it is. I even got dry sockets and although it was kind of a PITA it wasn't any real serious pain, and I'm a sissy and I hate pain so me saying the pain wasn't too great says something

Also how long until insurance kicks in at your new job? My ExGF had to get hers removed and without ins. it was like 400/tooth or something insane like that Good luck!