Doing what you love when the money won’t follow

Re:Doing what you love when the money won’t follow by r053bud on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @01:10PM (#33439324)

For me I'd love to be a Highschool teacher, but the pay is simply not there. It's hard for me to convince myself to take a huge pay cut from Software Engineering though. Huge bummer to me.

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Re:Doing what you love when the money won’t follow by iguanayou on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @02:39PM (#33440845)

I taught high school for five years but have been a software engineer for the past ten.

I'd love to teach again - but sadly that would mean going back to a one bedroom apartment in a not-great part of town. Where I'm at now, I have a nice place in the country and the means to pursue hobbies that I couldn't before.

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Re:Doing what you love when the money won’t follow by selectodude on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @03:31PM (#33441656)

Chicago Public Schools are hiring, you'd pull in $90+K.

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Re:Doing what you love when the money won’t follow by hirvi74 on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @07:53PM (#33444588)

That's more than I make as a dev lol.

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Re:Doing what you love when the money won’t follow by odessacubbage on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @05:45PM (#33443328)

have you ever considered providing mentorship opportunities to high schoolers? imo it is very possible to get the joy of teaching and passing on your knowledge & skills w/o being in the system.

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