# Do any of you make money doing what you love to do? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 17, 2012, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-make-money-doing-what-you-love-to-do/619080 "2012-04-17T19:32:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-make-money-doing-what-you-love-to-do/619080/142 "2012-11-08T14:44:25Z")
Absolutely. I am well compensated and get to work in a variety locations around the world. And they let me browse the SDMB at work. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![HBomb29](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a8b319/32.png) [@HBomb29](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HBomb29)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-make-money-doing-what-you-love-to-do/619080/143 "2012-12-03T14:24:30Z")
> [@DrumBum](#): > > Absolutely. I am well compensated and get to work in a variety locations around the world. > > And they let me browse the SDMB at work. šŸ˜ƒ Mad jelly! Let me guess - travel writer for magazine? ---
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-make-money-doing-what-you-love-to-do/619080/144 "2012-12-03T15:05:01Z")
> [@HBomb29](#): > > Mad jelly! Let me guess - travel writer for magazine? Nope. I work in the oil business. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-make-money-doing-what-you-love-to-do/619080/145 "2012-12-03T15:26:04Z")
Always have I guess. Back in my youth I fixed motorcycles and raced; loved it. Taught school for a few years and loved that. Built a custom firearms and tackle business and had a great time. Now I work for someone else as a professional numismatist and giggle my way to work most days. When any one of them stopped being fun, I jumped ship and moved on. But be warned - any job becomes a job on some level. And jobs most people think of as ā€œhobbiesā€ can be hard to explain. As a flyfisherman and flintlock shooter I made close to 6 figures when 6 figures meant something - guiding, tournaments, doing demos, repping products. But no-one I knew ever saw it as a real job; not even me on some level. So I started manufacturing, built a ā€œbig small companyā€ -------- and made damn near the same money and had constant headaches and sleepless nights. Sold out and moved on. ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-make-money-doing-what-you-love-to-do/619080/146 "2012-12-03T15:31:32Z")
> [@DrumBum](#): > > Nope. I work in the oil business. ā€¦but do they let you play with explosives šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-make-money-doing-what-you-love-to-do/619080/147 "2012-12-03T15:41:54Z")
Iā€™m making money doing what I love to do. Currently Iā€™m making $7.25 an hour. ---
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-make-money-doing-what-you-love-to-do/619080/148 "2012-12-03T16:53:02Z")
> [@drachillix](#): > > ā€¦but do they let you play with explosives šŸ˜ƒ Unfortunately, those are well below the surface. That is unless you are working for BP.:eek: ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-make-money-doing-what-you-love-to-do/619080/149 "2012-12-03T18:24:04Z")
I love doing what I do for my source of income, and look forward to doing it. It honestly surprises me that _most_ people probably dislike or hate what they do for work. Why, people? ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-make-money-doing-what-you-love-to-do/619080/150 "2012-12-03T18:28:31Z")
I donā€™t hate my job, but itā€™s nowhere near what I would ever do as a hobby. However, Iā€™m pretty good at detailing cars and I can get a few hundred dollars per vehicle when someone asks me to do theirs. I do enjoy that. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-make-money-doing-what-you-love-to-do/619080/151 "2012-12-03T20:03:32Z")
Sorta, I love computers and I work on them (programming, web design, hardware), but Iā€™d rather be playing games or working on some sort of interesting programming project. Unfortunately most of my work projects arenā€™t too interesting. Itā€™s a little like wanting to be a race car driver but instead working as a taxi driver. Same sort of equipment, different application. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-make-money-doing-what-you-love-to-do/619080/152 "2012-12-03T20:17:59Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > I love doing what I do for my source of income, and look forward to doing it. It honestly surprises me that _most_ people probably dislike or hate what they do for work. Why, people? Because Iā€™m pigeon-holed with regards to work history and subject matter. And because I used 3 years of my life after 30 to finish a degree that, while I was moderately interested in learning about, Iā€™m not really interested in putting into practice as a career. Actually had a plan where once the ex-wifes job took off (which it has, she IS doing something she loves and making a ton of money) I would do what I could to make a career-field jump. Then she left and fucked that plan all up, so itā€™ll be a bit (a lot) harder to do that. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-make-money-doing-what-you-love-to-do/619080/153 "2012-12-03T20:35:35Z")
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**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-make-money-doing-what-you-love-to-do/619080/154 "2012-12-03T20:39:44Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > I know quite a few IT folk whose worklife seems to consist of hours spent in an MMORPG, insperseded with these times when an ā€œOHFUCK!ā€ over TeamSpeak is followed 10-15 minutes later by ā€œphew, ok, thatā€™s fixed, what did I miss guys?ā€ I wish I could get some MMORPG time in. However, one of our issues is a really bad network setup that isnā€™t gonna change in the near future, combined with a reasonably tight blacklist that I canā€™t change. So, I ainā€™t leveling my shaman up to 90 in World of Warcraft here at work. Fortunately, they havenā€™t blacklisted the Dope. Yet. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![With\_Rye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@With\_Rye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/With_Rye)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-make-money-doing-what-you-love-to-do/619080/155 "2012-12-04T07:16:02Z")
No, I donā€™t love what I do. I thought I wouldnā€™t mind when I started my job but I HAVE STARTED TO MIND. ---
**Author:** ![andrewbub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@andrewbub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewbub)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-make-money-doing-what-you-love-to-do/619080/156 "2012-12-04T09:33:50Z")
my culinary degree cost almost $40,000. i got pell grants for about $11,000, the rest is student loans. I currently make $10/hr. I like what I do (most of the time), but Iā€™m seriously considering going back to school for a ā€œ9-5 rat running office job.ā€ you know, so I can pay off my student loans for the culinary degree. ---
**Author:** ![HBomb29](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a8b319/32.png) [@HBomb29](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HBomb29)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-make-money-doing-what-you-love-to-do/619080/157 "2015-02-01T18:18:39Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > Iā€™m making money doing what I love to do. Currently Iā€™m making $7.25 an hour. Are you happy though? I guess thatā€™s the crux of the issue. Do what you love usually doesnā€™t get paid much at least in the beginning vs. doing something hate but get paid good money to live the good life. Sometimes I wish I was born in an earlier time where there were fewer options and you just did what your father did. Much simpler times. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-make-money-doing-what-you-love-to-do/619080/158 "2015-02-01T18:35:01Z")
I was a geek when I was young (in the 1970s), and was fascinated by all things electrical/electronic. I worked at a TV repair shop when I was 10, and took a night class on basic electrical theory when I was 14. I subscribed to magazines such as _Popular Electronics_ when I was a preteen, and I still have those issues. I collect old books on electrical theory, and am working to build a small shop at home for building electronic gizmos. Not surprisingly, Iā€™m an EE. I love what I do. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-make-money-doing-what-you-love-to-do/619080/159 "2015-02-01T19:13:32Z")
Yes, I know this is a zombie thread, but Iā€™ll add to it. I do make some money selling my music compositions and arrangements online, which is something that I enjoy doing. However, itā€™s not really my ā€œday jobā€ and main source of income. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-make-money-doing-what-you-love-to-do/619080.md?page=7)