So I am a teacher, and involved in tech. I have worked in tech and also love education.
Every year I teach I get a $3,000 dollar raise, that $3,000 raises .5%-1% per year every year depending on our contract.
Current Salary (2 years of teaching): $67,000
Salary in 5 years: $81,000. -30 more college credits that salary would be $87,000-
Salary in 10 years: $96,000. -30 more college credits that salary would be $102,000-
My salary would max at $111,000 with my masters after 3 years. ($126,000 with a PhD.) However remember we get .5%-1% raises, so the final max number would be higher.
Health insurance: $80 dollars per month (half of my co-pays are reimbursed, 600 dollars for vision benefits, dental included if we use one in network.)
I also am in a union and have a pension.
My work hours are usually 8:15-3:15, I stay until 4:15 about 8-10 times a month.
Summers off, and breaks during the year.
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My thing is just, I can make more money, its hard sometimes seeing friends being able to max out all retirements, or have a lot more spending money. Be able to live in nicer places etc. Dont get me wrong im happy, but i want to make more money.
Do you think the benefits of the lifestyle outweigh making more money etc. NYC has so many people my age that make a lot, but also who dont make that much either!
And dont get me wrong, I love teaching but its the hardest job i have ever had. Imagine being a manager of 500 kids (I teach comp sci to an entire high school of kids.) Its a management job, always being "on" and talking in front of people all day. Luckily my school respects the hell out of us, very lax and casual. But when i was in engineering its just different, and im not sure people who dont teach get that, teaching is stressful in a insane way haha.
So what do you thihnk, higher salary, would i end up being better off, if i invested properly etc or teaching with these benefits?
Submitted June 14, 2018 at 09:14AM by throwawayhey1234w https://ift.tt/2ydS8W8
