Ditching a $500,000 Salary to Teach Lit

Would you give up your high paying business for a low paying Job?

Of course to me it would made sense to quit a job that pays a lot to pursue what my dream job is and if the dream job means giving up my luxurious lifestyle than I'll do it. It wont be easy but would you do the same thing?

I grabbed this article from CNN and I was shocked while reading the article. I was also inspiring to see someone pursuing what his true dream was and giving up his high paying salary to teach.

In the original article:

When Gary Buslik graduated from college with a degree in English, his parents were concerned about how he'd earn a decent living. "It worried them to hear me quoting Shakespeare," he jokes.

Their fears were misplaced: Buslik went on to start an alarm company in Chicago that would eventually grow to $6 million in annual sales and earn him $500,000 a year. But he wasn't happy. "My passion was literature, not alarm systems," he says.

So when Buslik turned 50, in 1997, he sold his business (for several million bucks) in order to pursue that passion. With a recommendation from a pal who was an assistant dean, he got into the English Ph.D. program at the University of Illinois at Chicago. In return for his work as a TA, the school waived his tuition.

Buslik graduated in 2007 and now teaches there part-time while writing books on the side. He makes just $13,500 a year, but "I've never regretted my decision," he says. "I'm content to be sending Shakespeare lovers into the world."

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http://money.cnn.com/2010/04/29/pf/second_act_buslik.moneymag/index.htm?section=money_smbusiness