Honestly that's my dream job. Why I'm an engineering major I don't know...I really love teaching, and I guess I'm just in engineering for the money. Master plan is to do engineering for 10 years or so then try to get a teaching job while doing masters in music ed. I'd really like to have a job where I can still play regularly and stay in check with all that's going on in the music world though. You seem to be doing well but from what I hear, Microsoft has a lot of musicians working for them and you guys play semi regularly together. One of my buddies dads works for Microsoft in the Carolinas and they have a small combo that plays once a week at one of the restaurants downtown.
I guess the reason I didn't go into it to begin with was because from the time I was in 5th grade I was told I was going to become a band director and I was probably just dead set on proving them wrong. Also I guess I was afraid of mixing my passion with my career and getting burnt out. We'll see. One of the school's near me is just getting a masters in music program off the ground. They offered me a full ride for music ed. when I graduated high school and I was offered a full ride for the masters program once it gets going. May have to take them up on it.