A random teacher in any school across the US has done more for society in real terms than you have in a decade.

You could be part of the open data movement and a researcher in your spare time not stocking grocery store shelves.

Yes I’m suggesting your credentials are worthless. Why do we need full time university researcher role play when millions the world over are “researching” software engineering?

There are far fewer teachers. Sounds like a pay rebalancing given market realities is in order. Coders are everywhere. Minimum wage for them!