I own a company that does laser shows, we build all of our projection systems ourselves:
(Always gotta show off a little
)
We're working currently on getting into the business of medical and industrial RF-excited lasers also, we've got two prototype CO2 laser exciters going (basically a simple RF pulse generator coupled to a kW amplifier) so there is expansion on the horizon.
I also work full-time as a senior IT at a local hospital.. so between my family and these 2 jobs I'm busy constantly. I'm lucky to be able to participate in hobbies at all.
I don't have a whole lot to complain about really (knock on wood).. I get some downtime pretty regularly at my day job, which allows me to stay in touch with my interests and keep in contact with various communities. I do wish I had less student loan debt, since it's eating up a lot of my personal money lately..