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should i quit my cushy bullshit job to go back to school to be a teacher? (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

I'm in the same situation and the unhelpful answer is that it really just depends on whether the trade offs are worth it to you. I left academia because the pay is unsurvivable. I'm now in private industry (yuck) but I don't have to skip meals and hand wash my laundry any more. I don't have any employees (I am the employee) so I'm not exploiting people and don't feel guilty really but obviously I wish I was working for state-owned industry or employee-owned industry. I dislike my job but I think I dislike being impoverished even more. I'm not 'rich' but I never want to be on the verge of homelessness. I've found that cutting back on work hours to do hobbies I enjoy helps a lot. I'm thinking of saving up enough to take a few weeks to a year off at some point to do other shit. Sort of like living two lives.