Welcome, fellow addict. Beware, you are embracing a hobby more expensive than golf. Just don't forget to exercise. Eight hours a day at the bench is too much. Avoid the Fritos and Coke lunch habit. Antistatic wrist bands and mats are not just for paranoid weaklings. That silvery bag your parts come in? It's there for a reason. And my favorite advice to those who make a living with this stuff: Never start anything new on a Friday, it ruins the weekend.