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by erikstarck 5588 days ago
Worth noting: the word "amateur" means "lover of" or "love doing".

Someone who is "professional", on the other hand, is a person who gets consistently the same result from doing the same work. This is generally what people pay for.

Now would you rather want to be someone who loves what they're doing or someone who's basically a working machine?

Going from passionate amateur to passionate professional is extremely difficult.