<prompt> Human: Some background: I got my phd in engineering this past year, and now hold a full time job in industry. I was interested in lecturing at a nearby university in the evenings its a top 20 university in the US. I interviewed, and they did not give me the job, but offered for me to be the TA for the course.CONS: Ive never heard of someone holding a phd being a TA for a course someone please correct me if Im wrong, but at my home instiution, postdocs were never TAs the pay is laughable i think everyone in academia knows the TA ends up working more hours than the actual lecturer. Grading homeworks, grading exams, answering e-mail questions about homeworks, holding office hours, and holding discussion sections ends up being way more work than preparing and giving 2 hours of lecture per week.PROS They have asked me to see this position as a starting point for my relationship with the university with no formal guarantee of a lecturing position in the futureShould I take the job? It may be the only way to get my foot in the door.  <response>: My personal anecdote is that these universities will ride young people for all they are worth with no chance of a full time position. With that said, a name brand university will help you get other jobs in the future. 