In a perfect world, software developers would work only on interesting projects in great teams. But in a real life, people try to find a balance between interesting and well paid jobs. In my experience, the best paid jobs are the least interesting. I can recollect only one exception to this rule in my career.
The job I enjoy the most is teaching software languages. People say, I do it well, and I really like these moments when initially blank eyes of students (say, when I start explaining Java multi-threading) become again shiny and understanding.
Beside teaching, another appealing to me profession is Java Evangelist. It's somewhat similar to working as a trainer, and these people also travel a lot explaining why "Java does you body good".
Wikipedia states the following: "For many groups, a church planter is called an evangelist. Sometimes, the regular minister of a church is called an evangelist in a way that other groups would typically use the term".
While a pastor (or a rabbi) explains the Bible (or Torah), and address daily issues of their followers, Java evangelists explain JLS, demo and recommend new and existing Java-related technologies (often performing evangelistic preaching of the products of their employers).
I’d be happy to evangelize Java , but can this be a long lasting career? Java is already 10 years old and has more that 4 millions of followers. Do we need more? What’s an average "lifespan" of any software evangelist?
If you tried this type of career, I’d appreciate your input.
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Can you elabaorate what kind of experience is needed for such role and
especially what sort of path one should follow to become trainer in Java in
country like India ,where people dont want to pay high fees for the
courses.
