My chemistry teacher was in a top ten pop group in decades past. Could be a more common career ladder than you might think.
Wow that sounds super interesting. Did he have any cool stories?
Some fun ones. What was more interesting to me was that a couple of my contemporaries who were taught by him also then went on to be in top ten groups.
Just as a point of comparison, how many of your contemporaries who were taught by him went on to become chemists?
There's a lot of teaching jobs available, and if you think about it there's a lot of skill overlap. Students are an audience you have to keep engaged.