<p>Does anyone have any experience or know anything about being a college lecturer?</p>
<p>It seems like it would be part time (teaching plus office hours plus lesson planning doesn't seem like it would take up too much time), so do most lecturers get another job? </p>
<p>I suppose I should ask an actual lecturer this, but I'll see what comes up here first.</p>
<p>EDIT:
After looking at it, math/cs profs don't make that much money ~60-70k salary at university of md for lecturing two sections and I'm assuming this stays relatively constant. Are there other benefits I'm overlooking?</p>
<p>I myself don’t know to strongly about this, but I believe you spend many hours researching as well. From this you can make extra money when publishing books, speaking at conferences, etc.</p>
<p>Most professors aren’t just lecturers. Usually, the main focus is research, and you teach as the university requires. It is possible to be just a lecturer, but this is becoming less common as it seems more universities are moving to using adjuncts: you’re paid per class (at a less-than-spectacular rate), you have hardly any job security, and no benefits. This on its own is not a good gig. Where I’ve seen that be beneficial is being used as a supplement to another job or income.</p>
<p>The rise of adjuncts has the potential to become a serious issue in higher education. I’ve read a few articles about it recently. If you’re interested in getting into the college lecturing scene, it would be worth doing some reading to see what the world is saying about this.</p>