Is it good to switch from a corporate job to the teaching profession?

It will be good if your passion is Teaching Profession, or you want to make a change in your Job or looking for some challenging tasks, I use the word challenging as teaching is not at all easy task. In corporate job you manages projects and give report to seniors but in teaching you have to manage your students and give report to Parents and Principal. The conclusion is, if you want to contribute to education system and do some challenging things like Teaching and managing number of students and you are passionate about teaching, then, yes, it will be good to switch from corporate job to teaching job.

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Switching career paths is definitely involved with an individuals passion and interest. We have observed major senior professionals returning to Education Industry and Teaching because of the passion and love for learning. Moreover, teaching as profession is considered with low risk and low stress with high salary package specially with senior management professional. The salaries for teaching range from 50-90 lacs at Top Bschools and Engineering Institution for posts like Head of department, Dean, Principal, etc. So, switching a corporate job and coming to teaching has great advantage and makes one happy and content where he can pursue his passion and have great work life balance. Although,it may not have benefits and prestige of corporate job, but this is partially offset by Some intagible benefits Teaching brings to the Table. Hence, its always wise decision.

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Hello, A very good and thought provoking query indeed. But before we proceed lets understand nuances of both of these. What is a corporate job? It can vary from mundane working for a corporate to the position of executives. Depending on position job profile and of course package also changes. On the other hand if we consider teaching profession, here also profile can change from teaching to KG children to guide for a research scholar. Here too package varies drastically between the two ends mentioned above. If we look at the situation from another perspective, in a corporate, there are challenges which keep changing from time to time but they are always there and as a result one needs to be on toes always. On the other hand for a teacher, the job content remains same. In view of the above, I would say that a person who always desires thrill of new everyday should continue in corporate job while a person who does not wish to be always in tension should stick to teaching profession. In India we have a recent example wherein Mr. Rajan, after completing his tenure as Governor of RBI, preferred to go back to teaching.

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