I've started a makerspace in my home town and, while it's not profitable at this point, someday I may make a stipend for all the hours I pour into it. Building

I've started a makerspace in my home town and, while it's not profitable at this point, someday I may make a stipend for all the hours I pour into it. Building the space got me the opportunity recently to be a foreman on a large interactive art sculpture build for an international company where I was able to learn to weld and even hired on some good friends of mine who are artists and fabricators. Someday I hope I can meld the two worlds - physical fabrication and programming - into a lucrative and enjoyable career. I feel it's a great blend of IRL type work and the addictive satisfaction I get from writing code