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When I graduated college, I was interviewing with the charter school that my mom works at. They were looking for ANYBODY with a degree in physics. It didn't matter that I wasn't a licensed educator, it didn't matter that all I had was a Bachelor's degree. They were offering an annual salary of $42,000 per year.

Two years later, I'm making over 4x that amount, annually, as a software engineer.

I really would love to teach, because I love science and I love teaching. But I love financial stability and a good work/life balance wayyy more.

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A coworker of mine used to be in upper management at Google, and apparently helped increase ad clicks by a 8% during his time there (I have no idea what the scope of his responsibilities were, so that number might not mean anything).

He eventually realized that he wasn't making anyone's life any better (quite the opposite) and decided to quit and find something meaningful to work on.