Lets all go back on topic, now this is a bit of a personal question. Does anyone here want to become a doctor one day?
I am a doctor. I had to drop playing serious chess and OTB tourments in medical school as it was a considerable waste of time. I am now playing chess online off and on.
That is what a lot of parents think. Chess could be a waste of time if its not getting you anywhere.
I was really struggling for my time to play tournament chess. I played chess to get money in my university student life in Myanmar. Chess clubs hire good chess players for their clubs for club championship tournaments. . One tournaments usually take 7-9 days. If I play 3 to 4 tournaments in a year, I miss classes for 4 weeks - 5 weeks. Later, I chose a different better way to get money during uni life. My rank was somewhere around top 100-200 I guess. Even top 10 Titled players could not get proper money for their living. It made me hopeless for playing chess.
Well the top players in chess are rich. Plus I mean play in big tournaments and teach other players to earn extra $$$
I had not realised, your question was rhetorical. You answer your own question, as you like.
Shave you beard first, I can't understand a word you're saying
This is going to start war.