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[quote=Anonymous]Op, I left a Academia (aso engineering) because I loved research but didn’t like teaching. Now doing non-engineering research in the nonprofit sector.

I’m going to be blunt - you need to be a worse teacher and spend much less time prepping for your classes, give out much less homework so there is less grading. I know that seems hard when you are teaching a new course, but think about the absolute minimum you need to teach the students. Give homework but don’t grade it, just note if it’s completed and post solutions for people to check themselves. Don’t make them write long reports or labs, just give a presentation or short report. Honestly, those skills will help them more in the workplace.

And hire more senior post docs or lab managers to make the research easier asker for you to manage. Post docs are the work horses of research. You should be mostly in your office grant writing and managing overall research direction. That being said, if you have a large research portfolio it’s still a lot. Write some senior scientist salaries into your grants.

Federal government would be easier. Try the patent office as a patent examiner. Not part time, but very flexible, and the salary range you are looking for after a couple of years. GL![/quote]

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