I’m not really sure when I first starting thinking that I could make a career of this Crack /M&Ms /NetFlix hobby.
I was equipped with factoids…. I knew that people traveled the world teaching English… I knew that people were in Italy teaching English right now!…. I knew that these people get paid for teaching English… I knew that I already knew English, like, from birth! I knew that I was good at teaching English (OK, this was only an opinion. Widely held, but still…)
Rush + expertise + travel + pay = Dream Job. But how, how, how to make it happen?
Then it came to me in a lightning bolt from the sky that most of my online tutor/students were in tech. Like me, just like me!! And why were Italian tech professionals learning to speak English? For their JOBS!!! Because English is the global language of tech.
Wow, who knew? I mean, think of it. Something that you can do without thinking… in your sleep, as it were... is actually a hot commodity… globally!
And abracadabra alakazam presto chang-o, my Sense-of-Accomplishment jones had been prestidigitized into a plan to score a lifetime of M&Ms!
And right then, I knew I was lost…. Or found, depending upon your perspective.