cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/3693152
No, the cost cost goes up sharply.
| Phase | Hobby | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crochet | $100 |
| 2 | 3d Printer | $250 |
| 3 | Soldering station | $400 |
| 4 | Homelab | $1000 |
| 5 | custom eBike, LLC, self-hosted website | 6 - 10k |
| 6 | Paramotor | $22k + $1.5k/yr |
The deeper you get into engineering, weather, networking, software dev, academia the more your hobbies cost. This is also ignoring the cost of acquiring all that knowledge first (at least $100k at a state school).