My only gripe with this is that academic carreers and working in the field are not really interchangeable. I would have loved helping people learn by teaching

My only gripe with this is that academic carreers and working in the field are not really interchangeable. I would have loved helping people learn by teaching a few classes after graduating, but would any company have hired me after seeing that's the only thing I did in those years? I love helping people and making the world better, and if I could I would switch between teaching at college and working in the industry every few years, but unfortunately it's not really possible