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Computer science. (I have a BS and MS.) I taught at a boot camp for a few years, and now teach full time at a state university. I kinda fell into it. I wrote s
by beej71 4y ago
Computer science. (I have a BS and MS.) I taught at a boot camp for a few years, and now teach full time at a state university.
I kinda fell into it. I wrote some guides that were popular, and the head of the program at this boot camp was copying my examples for content (I had placed the code examples in the public domain, so he was acting ethically, don't worry), and he stopped and thought, "I should call this guy." They were a startup and needed folks to teach. I had just left the company I cofounded and was drifting for a bit, so it was good timing.
The university is in the small town I live in (about 100k population) and I organized a tech meetup here, and met the head of the CS department that way. That ultimately led to me being hired recently.
For casual teaching, be a part timer. There are lots of night courses that need teaching.
Private boot camps should pay around $90/hr. Adjunct positions at universities probably pay about $1000/class/month. It's really not good money, but it's good experience. I taught a couple quarters as an adjunct at the university and the positive student reviews I gathered contributed to me getting the job, for sure.
- tayo42 4y ago> . I wrote some guides that were popular, Lol I just noticed the user name. I've used what you've written in the past. That's cool though, 90/hr a works out to a little more then my base rate at my last job so not bad. I don't have a bs let alone a master so I'd guess a university wouldn't want me to teach hah. Thanks!