I actually enjoy doing my work in this sort of a style, for some reasons, although I would love the equipment and large chemical stock in a professional lab, I like the freedom to do pretty much as I wish, like, I decide my own projects, and work on them as I see fit.
If I want to experiment with my own brain chemistry
I have the freedom to do so, or if I want to burn white phosphorus on my floor I have the freedom to (not that I would want to waste it like that of course
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Its good to be able to decide EXACTLY the way your going to do something, no matter how unusual, like my project for a plasma cannon and stuff like that, although many people wouldn't see it, chemistry is just FUN