I spent my 20ss trying to become a professor and teaching undergrads. The article resonates loudly with me.

One of the best thing about nope-ing out of that lifestyle has been this:

I still teach people.

I teach people almost every day and this is incredibly validating.

I teach people almost every day and this is incredibly validating and they find this useful.

I teach new things to musicians I play with. I mentor my coworkers when they are working with new things. I help my friends and partners learn new things. The best is that I know how to research ideas and commit to learning them myself.

Much of formal education has systematic problems that make it struggle to achieve its stated goals.

But "teaching" as a form of human interaction is a wonderful thing.