Photo Rendering as a Career?

Great!

There is always a high demand, just know that you will not make as much as an artist compared to being an engineer

Was afraid of that. Makes sense I guess. Designing a thing that works and can be sold would probably be more valuable to a company than basically making an image of that thing. Good to know the demand is there.

I would combine the two.

Sounds like a good strategy. Is that how you’ve done it? Mostly design work with a bit of rendering for presentation?

A tip is not only to charge for your manhours but also a small fee for each hour rendered.

Another great idea. Thanks for the insights.