How many FTRers are there who play online poker as a hobby? I don't mean people who don't take it seriously, I mean people who work a full-time job and only play online nights/weekends.
Reading through many of these posts, it seems very possible that I am up against full-time online poker players. I doubt though that I would run into any of you at the 25$ tables on party.

I wish to define what I think a "Hobbyist" is (like myself) and figure out if there are others out there like me, who are at least scraping a small win rate. Here are some stats on my play:

Total Hands Played: 4,239
Started: 8/25/2005
Initial Roll: 150.00
Current Roll: 178.33 (However the first 4 or 5 games I lost all the way down to 55$, and slowly worked back up. Consiider it a learning curve?)

Some other considerations I probably need to state are:
--I only play one table at a time.
--I always buy in for 25$
--I use Poker Tracker
--I have read just about every poker book everyone else has read.
--I re-review my game and stats.
--I read everything I can online.
--I just started playing 6 Max NL 3 months ago on Party
--I have no illusion that I will make much this way, but I am interested in playing to hone my skills, and I enjoy it! (Enjoy it more as long as I sustain a long term winrate)

Now here is my Question for other Hobbyists:
Are there any others that play like this? (Meaning a part time poker player who plays around 30 hours a month) And have you been able to beat the rake?

Now here is my Question for the big Pros:
Are us Hobbyists just fish in the grand scheme? And what advice would you provide for someone playing this way, if any?

Thanks in advance,
--Cave