Hi, Dave, I guess the point that I was thinking (but probably didn't articulate) with regard to photography, is that a professional photographer can hate taking pictures of ketchup bottles and bowls of soup all day for ad layouts, but that won't necessarily prevent him from getting out on weekends and taking his/her on hikes and taking pics for fun.
So you may eventually hate the drudgery of the job, but like the hobbyist aspects of it. regards, frank "David A. Mann" wrote: > One thing I learned in life is that there is an inherent danger in turning your > hobby into a career. > > When I was young I was into electronics in a big way, so becoming an > electrical engineer was the natural thing to do. I later learned that one of the > reasons I was so enthusiastic was because I could play around with whatever > interested me at the time. Now I get told what to do so the relative lack of > freedom killed off my enthusiasm a bit. The limited job market for engineers > down here doesn't help things much. > > I do think that if you get the _right_ job within your chosen "hobby-career" > you will really enjoy yourself. You've just got to make sure that what your boss > tells you to do is what you wanted to do in the first place :) > > Its only recently that I've started a couple of electronic projects in my spare > time. Partly to rejuvenate my interest, partly to get my brain going again, and > partly for commercial spinoffs that could help me retire young ;) Anybody > wanna buy a picture? > > Cheers, > -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
