Well, if I'd stuck to it, I might have been good enough, but I didn't, so I guess it's a moot point. The same with baseball. I was good enough for a tryout with (dating myself here) the Milwaukee Braves, but not quite good enough to make it. Again, had I played diligently through little league, then probably, but I skipped little league and only started to play seriously when I was about 19. I just didn't develop my skills enough for enough years. But damn! I was close.

In all honesty, I don't know what I'd be doing if not for this. I switched from being a national department manager in a reinsurance company to software development, so realistically, I'm afraid that had it not been for computers, I'd probably still be in the reinsurance business (shudder). Comfortable and unhappy.

>So, you were good enough to make a living at it, or you would have had to do something else?
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>>I probably would have kept up with my trumpet, but I haven't picked it up in probably 20 years now, so I'm sure if I tried again, I'd hurt myself pretty badly.
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>>Other than that, I'd love to get a job with either Serta or Sealy testing matresses. I'd be willing to take the graveyard shift.