He took to it first as a hobby and in 1975 made it a regular profession.
And, yes the tired old chestnut is true, my profession makes all other professions possible.
"The profession has made its fortune from marital breakdown; it is now time to put something in," he said.
The legal profession made a big mistake, he wrote, when it "tried to get out of the basement."
The medical profession now make use of this idea.
Stanley Kent had been warned that his profession made him vulnerable.
I'd say his artistic profession would make good cover.
Now the work is well under way, and another profession is making its presence felt: the engineers.
In any business, company, profession, only a few people make it to the top.
But there's a philosophical issue here, whether a legislative body or the medical profession should make these decisions.