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I'm not a professor, just a full time instructor, but my salary is 40% what I'd make in industry. But it's worth it for the great health insurance and 4 months
by beej71 3y ago
I'm not a professor, just a full time instructor, but my salary is 40% what I'd make in industry. But it's worth it for the great health insurance and 4 months off per year. And for the fact that teaching is what I love.
The salary is frankly embarrassing to share with my peers in industry.
But not all of us take it out on the students. I find free books whenever I can for my courses. I even write books and let the students (and everyone) freely use them. If there are good for-profit books out there, I only use them if they're cheap and something useful beyond college.
I got it from Dad, who was also a teacher. He got tired of book prices and wrote his own. Students still had to buy it, but they could do so at cost at the college print shop. Dad made no money from it.
- jliptzin 3y agoIf only there were more teachers like you and your dad
- electriclove 3y agoAre you considering becoming a professor? Salaries for many US colleges and universities are much higher than most think.
- analog31 3y agoEverybody's considering becoming a professor. What's your research portfolio look like? How much grant money can you raise? Demand for those jobs is extreme. Meanwhile the ranks of tenured professors are shrinking as colleges make more use of contract teaching staff.
- theoldlove 3y agoAnyone who is a full-time instructor at a university has a strongly considered becoming a professor, but weren’t able to get that job for whatever reason. And even if you were a professor, if you’re not bringing big money you’re not earning a great salary either. Go look on Transparent California and see how much tenured faculty at a CSU are making.
- beej71 3y agoI think instructor is where I want to be. I'm focused on instructional excellence, and I think research and grant writing would get in the way of that. My dream job is actually working for a community college with a pure focus on teaching and learning, but the pay there doesn't justify that decision financially, sadly.
- sthatipamala 3y agoAre you THE beej of the network programming guide?
- beej71 3y agoGuilty. :)