Hi fellow ID people!
I graduated in May 2015 with a BA in Product Design. During my time at university I undertook a 5 month work placement with a design consultancy. Upon leaving university I undertook a few months of freelance work and currently coming to the end of a 6 month internship at a design consultancy.
I have also been tipped off that I will be approached about a potential job opportunity to become a lecturer/teacher on a Product Design course at a college.
I am of course very flattered (should the approach come) and honoured that I have been identified for the job, but I am wondering if it is too soon to step away from the design industry? Also how would my chances of finding employment in the design industry be if I did a full academic year of teaching and then decided to go back into ID? I don't want to cut ties with the ID industry completely as this is what I trained for at university. I am kind of seeing the opportunity as a gap year - but with an emphasis on teaching as opposed to going abroad! Will future employers see this as a year well spent?
Hope you guys can help me!
Thanks