Teach Yourself Out
How to Build Products, Income, and a Way Out of the Classroom
by Jason La Greca
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"You were never just a teacher."
Every lesson plan you wrote was product management. Every parent meeting was stakeholder alignment. Every time you adjusted mid-sentence because you saw confusion in a student's eyes, you were doing user research.
You just didn't have the vocabulary for it yet.
Jason La Greca spent years in classrooms before anyone told him his skills were worth something outside of them. From teaching Japanese in Western Sydney to building products at Microsoft, he discovered that the capabilities teachers develop are exactly what the tech industry desperately needs: the ability to explain complex things simply, to meet people where they are, and to show up day after day even when it's hard.
This book is the guide he wished someone had given him.
What Teach Yourself Out Shows You
Practical skills for teachers ready to build something new
Recognise Your Hidden Skills
Product management, stakeholder alignment, user research — you've been doing these for years without the vocabulary.
Validate Before You Build
Learn how to test ideas quickly and cheaply before investing time and money.
Prototype with AI Tools
Build working prototypes without writing a single line of code.
Get Your First Customers
Practical strategies to find and serve your first paying clients.
Path to $10,000/month
A clear roadmap from where you are to financial independence.
Choose Your Path
Whether you want to leave, build side income, or understand your worth — this book is for you.
Your Path Forward
Three ways to use this book
Leave Teaching
Build the skills, portfolio, and income you need to transition to a new career entirely.
Build Side Income
Keep teaching while building something on the side. Give yourself options and financial breathing room.
Know Your Worth
Stay in education with new confidence, understanding exactly what you're capable of — and what you could do if you chose to.
This Book Is For You If...
Teachers who feel stuck but don't know what else they can do
Educators curious about building side income
Anyone who wants to leave the classroom but doesn't know how
Teachers who've been told 'you're just a teacher'
People who want to understand their real market value
Jason La Greca
Author & Founder, Teachnology
Jason spent over a decade in education — from classroom teaching to university lecturing — before making the transition to tech. He didn't have a computer science degree or a network of startup founders. What he had were teaching skills that turned out to be exactly what the industry needed.
He's worked at Microsoft, led technical teams at Instructure (Canvas LMS), and consulted to government on digital credentials and skills. Along the way, he shipped multiple SaaS products and learned how to turn classroom instincts into products people pay for.
Teach Yourself Out is the book he wishes someone had given him when he was still grading papers at midnight, wondering if there was something more.
"The classroom taught you how to teach.
Now teach yourself out."
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