That PDF is really cool. I will likely use it the next time I'm making up fictional names. Thanks!
I've got a decent job which is challenging, has a great work environment, and a nice commute. I work for a small enough company that eventually i'll be able to find, or propose, a job that will fit me like a glove within the organization.
Don't undervalue this achievement. It's significant.
It sounds like you like your current job, and that it has the potential to evolve to suit you even better. Any reason you can't attempt to combine that with your desire to teach?
Do you want to teach linguistics? Or do you just want to teach, and also have an interest in linguistics?
My advice is, try considering it not as a binary choice between career A and career B, but as a set of interests (and benefits) that you'd like to combine into a single unit as much as possible, and see which ones fit harmoniously together. Maybe what you really want is to drop down to 3/4 time at your current job and pick up a part-time job teaching foreign languages to high school students. Or to become a teacher within your company. Or to ditch both job and school and write history textbooks...
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Date: 2006-05-11 03:33 pm (UTC)I've got a decent job which is challenging, has a great work environment, and a nice commute. I work for a small enough company that eventually i'll be able to find, or propose, a job that will fit me like a glove within the organization.
Don't undervalue this achievement. It's significant.
It sounds like you like your current job, and that it has the potential to evolve to suit you even better. Any reason you can't attempt to combine that with your desire to teach?
Do you want to teach linguistics? Or do you just want to teach, and also have an interest in linguistics?
My advice is, try considering it not as a binary choice between career A and career B, but as a set of interests (and benefits) that you'd like to combine into a single unit as much as possible, and see which ones fit harmoniously together. Maybe what you really want is to drop down to 3/4 time at your current job and pick up a part-time job teaching foreign languages to high school students. Or to become a teacher within your company. Or to ditch both job and school and write history textbooks...