[CrampusDestrus]

My only gripe with this is that academic carreers and working in the field are not really interchangeable.

I would have loved helping people learn by teaching a few classes after graduating, but would any company have hired me after seeing that's the only thing I did in those years?

I love helping people and making the world better, and if I could I would switch between teaching at college and working in the industry every few years, but unfortunately it's not really possible

[msrenee]

Some of the lecturers at my local community college have regular jobs and do a course or two a year on the side. It's not their full-time job.