In 1969, as a college student trying to stay out of the draft, I got a part-time job with a Company that had one of those newfangled computer systems of that time. It was an IBM 360/30 (.5 meg of memory in CPU that still took up an entire room of raised floor climate controlled space. Read a record/write a record/print a record) with less processing power than current wristwatches and cellphones.
Learning to program and operate that computer turned into a 27 year career in IT (IBM, and eventually UNIX) Technical Support. With some companies, being on call meant that there are 24 hours in a day, with whatever time they did not need or page you, you can have to yourself...lol
In 1996 left BellSouth in downsizings of that time, and started a lowly commercial cleaning business. In 2000 my wife walked away from a 27 year career as a burned out RN to come work with me, and we never looked back.
We now own a Coatings business offering several specialized coatings, one of which we use to restore faded oxidized finish (without repainting and all the negatives that go with doing that) to roll-up doors in Self Storage Complexes. Other coatings offered for concrete floors and masonry surfaces, and an anti-slip / non-skid process for slick when wet tile floors.
I use photography to take before photos, then take after shots of the entire complex, refinished doors and everything else, that they can use to update their website, brochures, signage and other advertising. Take the pics, go home, mild edit, watermark, cut to a CD and send back to them.
All of my photos are watermarked with a web address, and that brings me occasional additional commercial work.
No plans at all to ever go back to a j-o-b (hate that work when it refers to me).