>
> > I'm slightly afraid that if I pursue electronics as a career,
> > I will no longer enjoy it as a hobby... I'm likewise afraid
> > I'd get stuck doing electrical work where there is no change.
> > I feel like I have to keep learning new things to enjoy it...
>
> All my life I loved electronics, since I was 9 yrs old, I think.  I went
> to work at IBM as mainframe technician because that, but found out it
> had nothing to do with electronics knowledge or to deal with, most of
> the other technicians knew nothing about it. 19 IBMr's years later I
> openned my own company, to join my hobby to my job.  It is like a
> musician, a violin player, that person for sure should love that thing,
> even that it doesn't bring lots of money, but at least that person is
> happy doing it.
>
What used to really piss me off was trying hard to obtain employment
at various electronics based companies so I could further my
education in the "workplace".
After sheer and utter bloody persistence I landed an excellent
position and company. You see I was passionate about electronics as a
hobby, running the electronics club at school and all that.
Much to my total disgust I found no small number of my colleges
viewed electronics as a means to an end, in fact to enjoy it you must
be some sort of pervert. Most drifted off in time to persue unrelated
fields.
What made it really sad was that they had taken the place of
enthusiasts who would never have given up on electronics.
The company effectively went bust years later, it employed 400 people.

So to cut a long story short... I don't hire anyone who doesn't enjoy
their profession.
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Lance Allen
Technical Officer
Uni of Auckland
Psych Dept
New Zealand
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