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.....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!
Wow... You guys sound like a mirror image of myself as well! I've been in love with computers since I was a little kid. I overclocked my first Pentium 133 to a 166 when I was 10 years old!!! My dad just about killed me at the time (he spend $5000 on that PC) but to this day it still runs perfectly! lol. I got my Bachelors Degree in computer science but my interests lied on the hardware side, not programming. So what do I do now? We'll of course I'm a desktop technician for our nations largest law firm.
funny thing is, i still absolutley LOVE computers. I love modding and overclocking. My home PC is watercooled for the last 5 years, and I'm now dabbling into liquid nitrogen, phase cooling and peltier coolers so I can ram even more voltage thru these beasts!
I\m still a hardcore gamer, though I find my spare time really moving into rc planes now. Heck in World of Warcraft alone I have over 200 days /played. That's 4800hours in 1 game alone!!! Not to mention about 1/2 that again in Counter Strike and probably 1/2 that again in all other games added up... lol
I agree with Ken. I've contemplated turning RC into a money maker and do have some good ideas that would make some money, but I just love the hobby so much I'm not even going to consider it.
Nice to hear you guys are in the same boat as me, lol.