Discovered I taught math to my own peers better than I solved it. The grades suffered; the satisfaction grew.

Family wanted engineering. Watching peers earn coding offers while I considered teaching.

Teaching is a craft, not a fallback. The respect comes from inside the work, not outside it.

Pure mathematics, problem solving, tutoring younger students, teaching assistantship

Three years teaching grades 9 to 12 in a private school. Average class size of 36.

Salary was a fraction of peers in tech. Pace of administrative work crowded out lesson preparation.

A great lesson is half mathematics and half storytelling. The students who hated math the most needed the storytelling the most.

Curriculum delivery, parent meetings, exam design, classroom management, mentoring weaker students

Switched into EdTech during the lockdown. From a class of 36 to a class of 36,000.

No immediate feedback loop. You teach a screen and learn how students received the lesson only when test scores arrive a week later.

Scale changes the craft. Online teaching demands clarity in seconds; a confused first 20 seconds and the learner is gone.

Video lesson scripting, learning platforms, pedagogical research, student data analysis

Promoted to lead a small curriculum team. Built a redesign of the grade-9 math course that improved completion by 31%.

Defending pedagogy against business pressure to "shorten everything." Some learning takes time and respects no quarter.

EdTech is at its best when teachers lead. It loses its soul when growth teams lead alone.

If you are a young teacher considering EdTech — keep a foot in real classrooms. Direct teaching keeps your curriculum honest.

Cross-functional leadership, content strategy, mentoring educators, learning science