I have a Masters in Computer Science.
I changed careers in 2004 and got a teaching cert.
Couldn’t get a teaching job anywhere near where I live - my house and property is paid for, housing market was bad and selling it a loss equivalent to 2 years salary didn’t make sense.
Computer Science is NOT core curriculum and therefore doesn’t help.
Also certified in Business - have degrees there and ran my own business for years.
Passed the boards for Social Studies - what a joke - but they wouldn’t cert me because I hadn’t taken the classes - never mind I’d been in 30 countries on 4 continents, am a political junkie and a history buff.
I live in Michigan, and a recent study showed that accounting for cost of living Michigan had the highest paid teachers in the nation.
The classrooms are a zoo, can’t discipline, and way to much overhead.
I gained a three year teaching PERMIT that put me in the classroom while working on certification. My course was titled "Embedded Computing", and mine was the only one in Georgia at the time. I had a wonderful time with my students, and most were starved for a class that had some content. In three years I had seven students tell me that I provided them with a clear career path and plans for higher learning. Many told me that my class was their favorite in all of high school. I had no discipline problems whatsoever.
At my age I do not want to go back to school for a teaching certificate; therefore, I left the system once the permit expired.
I sometimes think that I should have retired earlier from industry in order to teach. The school was very happy with me and allowed me to go beyond course standards as I pleased. They also bought anything I wanted. In short, the school and the students were indeed hungry for a teacher who could handle such a class.