Re: ATM advice on turning pro?

[Emery Greg <greg.emery@mohawkcollege.ca>]

Hi Micheal:

I don't know enough about the professional side of optics etc...  

I left engineering to teach engineering in College, better deal for the family, my wife has more time for her writing career.  Hardly a day goes by where I don't think of a career change - I even mentioned Astronomy to my wife.  She pointed out, quite correctly, that my love for ATM and Astronomy ( two years of obsessive behaviour and counting) might fade if it was my job and not my hobby/passion/release/escape.  As a career there would be additional pressures and requirements
placed upon you.

As my hobby I look forward to every aspect, I can persue any project or whim without worrying about approval from customers/owners/stock holders or the like.  If I don't like something, I scrap it and start over.  I report or am accountable to nobody (unless my wife sees the VISA Bill ! :) ).

Welcome to Canada ( where recently not only are smiles infectious - but so are the people and the beef !!!!    :):):):)

ttfn
greg


begin:vcard
n:Emery;Greg
tel;work:(905) 575-1212 ext 3125
org:Mohawk College;Chemical and Environmental Technology
version:2.1
email;internet:emeryg@mail.mohawkc.on.ca
title:Professor
end:vcard