I'm a teaching professor of information systems and I'm in charge of the capstone course for our undergraduate program. That means I get to act as coach/mentor

I'm a teaching professor of information systems and I'm in charge of the capstone course for our undergraduate program. That means I get to act as coach/mentor for about 35 web and mobile app projects per year (for real clients ranging from startups to multinationals), am very plugged in to the IT and startup scenes in the area, and I get to learn through students' experience about all the development subjects I'm interested in. I assign students to give "tech talks" on the things they're discovering, and I can invite all kinds of experts to come give guest lectures to my classes, which they are often happy to do. On top of all that, publishers practically throw tech books at me if I even hint that I might use assign of their titles as a textbook. And I get to wear a bow tie to work with no one second-guessing me. At least not out loud... Getting the job meant hard work, prayer, and mental toughness to get through the hazing process of a 5-year PhD and 1-year postdoc earning next to nothing. There are probably easier ways to get a dream job.