[ He's distracted by Chainsaw momentarily, murmurs something along the lines of do you run off with everything that catches your eye? in amused Latin before he turns back to Ronan. ]

"Nerd" is a pretty good word for it. There's always academia and that doesn't necessarily mean teaching... but actually you're about right. Obsess over history and watching it happen in the now. As for coding, I make phone apps in the Quarantine, so close enough.