Well, I change interests very often. 8 years ago when I was 10, I was interested in becoming a pilot, and passionately so. Then that interest waned, and by the time I was 11, I was into programming. By 12, I found DBPro, and have been here since. I eventually lost interest in programming when my interest in EE took over, and that interest lasted a good 6 to 8 months. Holy wow, I can't believe that was 4 years ago... I don't recall what interests I came into after after that, but something to do with computer science in general. So oddly enough for some reason, anything I am interested in, it appears normal for me to lose interest in it after a period of time. One thing I have always been interested in, however, is starting a business. When I was into becoming a pilot, I wanted to start my own airline, a development studio when I was into programming, and a consumer electronics company when I was into EE. In fact, I'm currently working on is starting a business that sells various bottles beverages; not because I am interested in beverages, but because I seem to be invariably interested in starting a business, and beverages seem dandy enough.
Was that a tangent I just went off on? (things always seem longer after typing them
) Back to the point, I still do think EE is quite fascinating. Whenever I come across various things on electronics design, it definitely captures a degree of my interest. Perhaps I should take it up again as a hobby! There have been some things I've wanted to do lately that would involve some more basic EE skills. And maybe that's the problem; whenever I find myself interested in doing something, I compare it to whether I can do that thing for a living. That's why I lost interest in becoming a pilot, I realized it was anymore just a crappy, low paid, dime-a-dozen job.
Oh wow, I remember waaaay back when I was into creating my own computer flight simulator... I guess my interests did overlap for a time! Remembering old projects is quite nostalgic!
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