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What I wish I knew before I got my first adjunct teaching position as an IT instructor. So in this video, what I wanted to do is just share with you. One of the major things that I really wish I knew and understood before I took my first position as an adjunct instructor. I think that teaching at colleges, universities, community colleges is a wonderful way to break into teaching. And I am very thankful to have had the opportunity that somebody gave me that opportunity. And as I move forward in my career in higher education, was able to give so many people their first chance at teaching at the university level, college level, vocational school level, etc. And so what I wanted to do, though, is just share with you to sort of reflect back a little bit on my own career and share with you what I just kind of wish I knew. And there's one big day, there's a lot of things that I wish that I knew. But there's  I guess one big thing. So I guess first let's go back a little bit. 

So I always knew I was going to be a teacher, I've always enjoyed teaching, I love working with people and helping them achieve their goals. I first my first teaching gig was in 2000, I actually became a certified flight instructor, and you taught adults how to fly. I also taught Junior Junior Achievement, and I taught you know, second graders about, you know, finance, economics, that kind of stuff. And that was those are really sort of my first gigs in teaching. actually think flight instructing came a little bit later in 2002. And then I also started teaching online in 2013, I started working with educators, for teachers who were bringing technology into the classroom. 

And so, you know, obviously using technology to teach online, that was a fantastic thing to be able to do and bring all these things together. And then I started my PhD in 2010. And I completed that in 2014, with a goal that I wanted to keep progressing in my career in education, what I really wanted to do was I really wanted to start my own school, I wanted to start a school that would help people advance their technology careers earn a very good income, and to be able to change their lives. And you know, I've always been very passionate about helping people really just change their financial situation. And oftentimes, you know, having a larger income or higher income really does help level up their financial situation. There's other things that obviously go into people's finances. But that is just one way that I, I know that I can help people. And so I actually had tried starting my own school back in like, 2006 2007 timeframe.

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And I realized how much work that goes into starting a school. And I really realized that I could at that time with my skill set and the things that that I knew how to do, I could have a bigger impact by working within the school systems. So working within existing schools, I, you know,