Anyone ever consider a different career path? If so, how did you actually make the switch? My heart has always been in teaching, favorite part of my job is when I teach staff. I always get great comments from those I’ve mentored. But its not enough and I find myself seeking more of that. Thinking of making the switch to HS Teacher. My husband is not happy about it and is trying to be supportive...my salary would be cut in half and our lifestyle would be different. Anyone face this dillmenna?

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Could you look into adjunct professor at a local college? I know several people doing this.

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Adjunct professors make practically nothing just FYI

Mentoring and teaching staff is so underrated at the firms. I feel the same way as you in terms of fulfillment. Kinda sucks you can't get the same role within the firm for something like this.
It's non billable work, but with the kind of turnovers these firm have, it should be a worthwhile investment.

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If teaching is something you’re interested in, maybe consider switching to an industry role with more work life balance/normal hours and teaching night classes at a college? Obviously not the same as full-time teaching K-12 kids, but would allow you to keep a full time accounting salary and make some extra money doing what you enjoy. Then if you decide teaching is what you want to do full-time, you’d have an easy in at the college/university.

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This is a good idea to see if teaching is really for me

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Why not become a training instructor at KPMG ? Join the KBS team ?

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I’m not sure I would have the same impact as a training instructor with the firm. But I’ll look into this for sure.

Why not teach accounting at a college and enroll in a PhD accounting program.

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Thank you, I’ll give this a shot calling a few local colleges for some teaching experience

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Wow this is also my exact situation...the money factor is real...

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I would figure out why your husband doesn’t support you. If it because of the life style then that is very unfortunate. If it is because he thinks you might not like it, I agree with others and try to see if you like it or not before you take a jump

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What about joining the learning team? Could be a natural transition.

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Are you content doing the rest of your current job? If yes, explore some of the options listed above. If not, start researching teaching programs. You'll definitely take a paycut, but you truly can't put a price on happiness.

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Look into teaching / developing curriculum for trainings at the national/regional level at your firm

Love the support and ideas here. Good luck, OP!

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