Teachers Suck?

We've all heard the saying, "Those who can - do. Those who can't - teach." Where does that saying come from? Pay.

I do technical screenings for the recruiters at my company, and I have screened out some terrible candidates. Even some of the decent candidates are lacking some basic software development skills. I am blown away by the things these graduates didn't learn. It's times like that when I feel that teaching would help bring more light into the the software development world. Pushing a handful of developers each year into the world with truly useful skills could give me a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction on a level is difficult to achieve developing software itself. Perhaps if I were to write software that saves lives I might have different feelings on the subject.

So why don't I teach then? I couldn't afford to have a teacher's salary and maintain my current lifestyle. Not only that, but I would have to go back to school to get at least a Master's degree. So not only would I make less -- I would have to pay for it.