Just thinking about the little things we enjoy that is other people’s way of earning, for example fishing.
I write software for fun and give it away. I also write software for money and don’t give it away.
🤘 Ditto!
Good man!
Fixing bikes. But if I had to do it for a job, under time pressure, I’d hate it. Give me all afternoon to fix a bike and let me put on a 5 hour podcast about the collapse of the Aztec empire, that’s my happy place
I would like to know which podcast covers the fall of the Aztec empire for 5 hours. Asking for a friend
It’s Fall of Civilizations. The Aztec episode is actually only 4h 15mins, alas
Thanks for this one can never have enough shit to listen while gardening
and doing laundry
So many
Homelab
Buy broken electronics, repair, resell (so like microsoldering, diagnosing, etc)
Woodworking but I’m bad at it
Cooking
Music but I’m bad at it
3d printing/cad but I’m bad at cad
Language study 日本語
Pcb design and some coding related to this but I’m bad at it
It’s why I get the anti work people. If I could change careers every few years I would. I love learning about new stuff. I post a lot but most of the time I do that is either when I have idle time at work, before or right after work (although sometimes it leaks into weekends). I hate the phrase jack of all trades master of none, it’s cool to know about a lot of things (as long as you recognize the limitations of your knowledge)
I recently learned that the full quote goes like this: “Jack of all trades, master of none, though oftentimes better than master of one.” Thought that might reconcile you with the phrase :)
Does 日本語 mean “I’m bad at it”
Ha no, it means Japanese (or Japanese language). The kanji would be pronounced “nihongo”
You can also be a jack of all trades, master of some. Or a lot. Or most. 🤝
Or, you can be, Abserd!
it doesn’t matter whether you’re good at it or bad at it. As long as you enjoy what you do, that’s all that matters :)
Sex
I make espresso.
Self hosting, I guess it makes me an IT person as a hobby?
Self-hosting*
Selfhosting*
Hosting of the self*
I fix all the tech at work because our IT department is dog trash and not fixing something when I know how feels like bees in my brain. Does that count as a hobby? :/
I also sometimes cook food in a more elaborate way than necessary which I’ve heard some people get paid for
I considered this until I learned how much more IT is paid than me, without needing the education and certifications that I need.
Funny, I can’t seem to remember which port my mouse plugs into on my work computer now.
this is a good point
but also. bees in my brain
hmmmmm
I make pretty good beer and pretty shit furniture.
A professional is someone who fell into the trap of turning their hobby into a source of income
Linux Sysadmin here.
I have a couple open source apps/scripts that have tens of stars and ones of forks. I’m also getting into micro soldering to fix electronics. Mostly for myself but I’ll hardmod or fix friends equipment for cost of parts. I’ve been known to buy a broken console, fix it, mod it, then sell it for some extra cash to buy more soldering equipment.
That reminds me of the box of half-broken Game Boys from back when I got really into chiptune … I kinda get backpain from soldering, though, any tips on that? Other than “go see a doctor”, of course.
Nice! What are your projects?
Astronomy. I have a big ass reflector that I use for struggling to find globular clusters, oggling the fuck out of Jupiter and the Orion nebula, and very slowly working my way through the Messier list*. I considered going to school for it, for a hot second, but I kinda really don’t want to end up the fucked up publish-or-die academia world making less money than I do now but with PhD debt.
*I don’t use a GOTO system. No judgement for people who do, I’ve even considered a GOTO mod for when I do outreach, but I think there’s some magic in slewing on to target by hand.
Doing stuff with CSS
That is so cool. I suck at CSS.
Photography.
I’ve been doing it for a long time and I’m still somewhat mediocre. It could theoretically make me money, but for me the excuse for not doing it boils down to “but it would require me to deal with people”, given that most sought-after and commercially viable things to shoot are weddings, graduations and so on. In the end I keep it as something I (mostly) enjoy and occasionally do as favours to friends and family. I mostly shoot live music in order to support the local scene; I also do extreme sports and a bit of wildlife & landscapes.
I do almost the same thing as a(n unpaid) hobby that I do as my (paid) job. I’m a software developer who writes open-source software on the side.
I’ve also seen a few of my other hobbies grow into serious industries with real employees. The (hobby) drone industry and the 3D printing industry are quite large and growing (I assume).
Mechanic. I have the tools and know how to fix my own car so long as we’re not talking about an engine rebuild, (and even that I could do and have done in the past, but it’s a pain in the ass usually and I don’t wanna). I enjoy the tinkering and troubleshooting. If it were a more desirable and high paying gig, I could see myself doing it for work. I also am IT support for my boomer mom.
