Adding on to this thread, because there are definitely more than "dozens of us"! IME, it's been a way to get the best of both worlds: * job pays the bills by

Adding on to this thread, because there are definitely more than "dozens of us"! IME, it's been a way to get the best of both worlds: * job pays the bills by leveraging some of my technical background * hobbies replenish my emotional well-being and offer creative freedom (and are funded by the aforementioned 9-5). P.S. Appreciate the parent explicitly noting the rarity of the "commencement speech" scenario.