Courtesy of Michael Sanders
- Michael Sanders taught US history at two different charter schools around the start of the pandemic.
- Although he enjoyed it, he didn't think the time teachers put in compared to their compensation.
- He talked to Insider about how he transitioned out of teaching to working at a Big Four firm.
In his second year of teaching high school US history, Michael Sanders was still passionate about his job and the subject matter. But when he took a hard look at his finances, he realized over two-thirds of his take-home pay was going toward his rent — and it made him wonder what the next five years of his life could look like.