I would love to teach math to elementary students but I make a base-10 order of magnitude more as a software engineer for a FAANG. I'd take a pay cut of a facto

I would love to teach math to elementary students but I make a base-10 order of magnitude more as a software engineer for a FAANG. I'd take a pay cut of a factor of 4 or 5 to do it in a heartbeat... but having to go back to school to get a teacher's certificate (and likely a master's degree) to get paid 1/10th as much is challenging. I may end up doing it in a couple of years when I'm even more solidly financially independent, but we as a society should probably just be paying teachers a lot more across the board. I guess there's more money in advertising than educating the next generation.