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Outside electronics, what other qualifications/experience do you have?
VK3DRB:
--- Quote from: tkamiya on September 24, 2020, 02:48:21 am ---I surely had fun and sometimes too much of it.
I've learned a lesson and broke it again. Money makes everything boring and "like work." Been there, done that, and did it again.
I'm sure some of us can relate.
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Your sushi looks awesome. My wife is Italian and my daughter-in-law who lives with us is Japanese (from Imari). Both are great cooks. My daughter-in-law was brought up to cook traditional Japanese food. I don't need to learn to cook! On the other hand neither of them can cook "chips" like I can ::). I once cooked a jelly (jello) and blew the antique crystal bowl up when I poured the boiling water in. At another time I tried to cook a custard tart. The custard chemically reacted with the pastry flan to create a green isolation barrier. It tasted vile.
But you are right. When you are a professional, you lose the enjoyment of being just an enthusiast because you have to make a living from it and you have to deal with the bad (commitments, fear, documentation, egos, etc) and the good (the satisfaction of getting something to work). There is definitely something that is a plus being a hobbyist over a professional.
james_s:
--- Quote from: VK3DRB on September 26, 2020, 05:44:07 am ---But you are right. When you are a professional, you lose the enjoyment of being just an enthusiast because you have to make a living from it and you have to deal with the bad (commitments, fear, documentation, egos, etc) and the good (the satisfaction of getting something to work). There is definitely something that is a plus being a hobbyist over a professional.
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That's why I only did hardware for a living briefly, after years in software I thought I'd be happier doing more traditional EE work, only took a couple of projects to say nope, enough of that! I could very quickly feel my interest dropping and given the hobby has been such a central part of my life I don't want to turn it into work. For some reason as soon as I'm getting paid to do something and am committed to finishing it I can think of so many other projects that I'd rather be working on.
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