Left teaching. My story.

I taught high school chemistry for 7 years before I decided to leave. I have a B.S in chemistry and got my masters in Chemistry Education in 2021. I liked my job but as you all know the pay sucks. I was making roughly $45K a year.

There’s a soil lab in the town I live in that was looking for a chemist. I took a leap of faith and decided to apply. After an interview, they offered me a job. Now to be honest with you, I did not have a lot of lab experience, but I was a pretty good interview. They offered me $85K to start.

I’ve worked as a chemist for 7 months now, busting my ass to learn as much as I can and work hard. I was recently given a pay raise to $100K a year.

I just wanted to share my story and hope all of you can find something that you like to do.