i hate my cushy bullshit job where i make obscene amounts of money. should i quit my job and become a teacher? here’s what i’m thinking so far:
pros:
- i won’t hate my job anymore
- my job is a real job where i actually contribute to society
- summer vacation sounds dope
cons:
- maybe i still hate my job
- my job would be a real job where i do work
- i won’t make obscene amounts of money
- wtf grad school is expensive
alternatively, are there other jobs i should try to do instead? mind you i have no skills and would probably need to go back to school.
IDK. It’s not really reasonable to expect that everyone has a job that makes the world a better place. It’s just your job. If being a techbro permits you the time and material comfort to have a dignified existence and you’re not doing anything uniquely harmful (like working for the NSA etc) then like, w/e get that money and tithe 10% to a local org or something and use some of the extra time you get to help organize.
If you want to change because you really hate your job and you genuinely want to teach, then yeah cool but don’t forget yeah you get summer vacation but you’ll also like you say really have to work.
Just don’t become a teacher because you think it’s A Noble Job and you think it’s very important for you individually to feel like you have A Noble Job so you can consider yourself A Good Individual.
I’d further add that you wouldn’t necessarily be making the world a better place by becoming a teacher anyways unless you have some reason to believe you’d be a better than average teacher in comparison to other teachers in your area. There will still be the same number of teaching jobs but your inclusion in the labour pool will make other teachers getting a job (who maybe don’t have an option to become a techbro) incrementally harder.