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On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 8:24 AM, Louigi Verona wrote:
> "Whenever I read "hobby" or "hobbyist" I read in the subtext a supposed

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> lack of quality. That is nonsense."

>

> With all due respect, it is you reading this subtext. I don't link

> hobbyist to lack of quality.

>

>

When you spend lots of wasted time having to clean up after jobs done by

'hobbyists' you will too.

In system design it is notorious that often times places buy multiple sound

systems because often times they get 'hobbyists' to design their systems to

begin with and often (Not always) end up with crap instead of going to

professionals that cost a lot of money.  There are even nice papers written

about this exact topic.
That isn't to say that a hobbyist can't be just as good as a professional(I

have worked with some phenomenal hobbyist musicians for example), just that

it is more common that a professional produces a higher quality on a

regular basis than a hobbyist.  That is often why they can make a living

doing whatever, and choose to make that living.
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ed, Feb 6, 2013 at 8:24 AM, Louigi Verona <louigi.verona@gmail.com> wrote:

"Whenever I read "hobby" or "hobbyist" I read in t=

he subtext a supposed lack of quality. That is nonsense."With all due respect, it is you reading this subtext. I don't link hob=

byist to lack of quality.
When you spend lots of wasted time hav=

ing to clean up after jobs done by 'hobbyists' you will too.In system design it is notorious that often times places buy mu=

ltiple sound systems because often times they get 'hobbyists' to de=

sign their systems to begin with and often (Not always) end up with crap in=

stead of going to professionals that cost a lot of money.=A0 There are even=

 nice papers written about this exact topic.

That isn't to say that a hobbyist can't be just as g=

ood as a professional(I have worked with some phenomenal hobbyist musicians=

 for example), just that it is more common that a professional produces a h=

igher quality on a regular basis than a hobbyist.=A0 That is often why they=

 can make a living doing whatever, and choose to make that living.

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