Few people make a living as a public speaker but many people build it into their career. A career is like a suit of clothes: to look its best, it must be tailored and accessorized. So whatever career you choose, let's say it's social work - you can, for example, ask your boss - if you can give talks at housing project community centers about the social services available.
Marty NemkoOnly someone who already knows and likes you is likely to give you a good job with modest relevant experience.
Marty NemkoBeing sleep-derived not only hurts you at work, it hurts your health. You need to value yourself enough to have good sleep hygiene.
Marty NemkoSome people who are recovering from depression want to use the lessons they're learned in coping with depression and their empathy for people with depression. Others want their career to have nothing to do with depression.
Marty NemkoBeing a good writer may result in your being nicer to more people, having a bigger positive impact.
Marty NemkoI believe that a core problem with undergraduate education, especially at research universities like Harvard, Stanford, NYU, etc, is that most teaching is done by PhDs, who by temperament, training, interests, and rewards are researchers first. So they spend most of their time and energy probing a snip of a field's cutting edge. In my view, the attributes needed to be a transformative undergraduate instructor are pretty orthogonal to that. It would seem that undergraduate education would be superior if there was a separate track for teaching faculty.
Marty Nemko