[beej71]

I got out of dev (20 YOE) and now teach CS full time at a state university. I make about half of what I could reasonably make in industry, but I only work 7.5 months a year. I'm an instructor, not a research professor.

And I LOVE the work. It's so challenging and so rewarding. Not only do I get to just have fun exploring CS all day and sharpening my own skills, but I have the meta-challenge of learning how to be a better teacher. I'm passionate about that, and I'm likely never going back to industry.

I'm not really proud of a lot of the programming I did in the marketing sector. But this is something laudable; I feel like I'm genuinely helping people and leveraging my skills in a way that makes the world a better place.