ORIGINAL: RCKen
ORIGINAL: blhollo2
.....be nice if I could make a honest living off this hobby...
Trust me on this one, that would probably be the WORST thing to every happen to you if it did. I know first hand about this. I've been involved with computers for over 30 years, most of that as a hobby. But when I got out of the Army in 1996 I decided to make a living out of it and opened a computer shop. I've been doing that for 14 years now and trust me when I say this, I will get as far away from computers whenever possible. I want nothing to do with them whenever I can get away with it.
When you take your hobby and make it a job it's no longer a ''get away'' for you. Now flying is so great because it's what you WANT to do for fun. But when you start to HAVE to do it for work you attitude will more than likely change about it.
Just my 2ยข worth!!
Ken
I can completely agree with Ken on this one. I was the BIGGEST computer geek, gamer (Team Fortress Classic!), hacker in north central Montana. I played with computers whenever I could. Now that it's a job, (going on 9 years), I just do these forums and email and my billing now. Thank God I discovered model airplanes back in 2002. I don't know what I would've done with my spare time. I probably would've ended up a barfly or taking up something non RC...like golf. I used to do that too, but now if it's nice enough to golf, it's nice to fly, so off to the field I go!