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Re: The STEM Pipeline is Broken

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Originally Posted by sanddrag View Post
There's plenty of qualified individuals who are working in industry, that would make wonderful teachers, and likely even have the desire to do so, but when you look at the pay cut they'd be taking, they would be setting themselves back YEARS in life financially.
This right here is the number one reason while I have a strong interest in teaching, I remain in the industry as a manufacturing engineer. Years as in at least 5-10 years.
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