There's an old truism: those who can, do; those who can't, teach.
Alas, in these days of instant downloadable digital technology, as it becomes increasingly difficult to get paid for doing things, more and more erstwhile doers are devolving into teachers. Even I, an enemy of newfangled college curricula, now cast my eyes enviously at former colleagues who are pontificating full-time on local campuses. I'm suspicious not only that they might be getting paid more for teaching than I am for doing, but also that they have more job security.
Fortunately, such teaching opportunities are not confined to institutions of higher learning. All kinds of start-ups and pop-ups are offering classroom-like environments where desperate people laid off from defunct professions can learn the ins and outs of digital this and that, hoping to transition into the brave yet extremely casual new world of shaving your head and wearing thick rimmed spectacles.
In fact, I often think that the future of this digital world we have created will just be loudmouth bores speaking at such seminars about the future of this digital world we have created, and the only way to make a living in that digital marketplace will be to hold such workshops about how to make a living in that digital marketplace. God knows there appears to be enough credulous students willing to pay to attend such worthless events that good money can be made by enough unscrupulous teachers. But, of course, by the time I summon up the energy to start teaching all the human teachers will already be replaced by Professor R2-D2 on Skype.
A new truism: those who can, don't; those who can't, watch TED talks.
