Questions for an animator or graphic designer or comic book-artist

Hi there, professionally I am, a DTP Operator in biggest Polish larg format printhouse, privatly, I'm freelancer, doing design stuff (especially Logotypes, some of theme, You can see at: arbre.pl), and now answers:
1) Maybe not as child, but as teenager - yes ;)
2) First projects about 14-15 years old, but proffesionally, for my first advertising agency about when I was 18-19 years old.
3) You can create Your own world.
4) Actually i do not need any certificates, because, i was starting doing it early. When You are about college old, than better get some papers (master in arts or so), and most important thing is portfolio
5) Hell yeash!
6) Not to fast, i like this job, always You're doing different things, i hope it never get boring ;)
7) generally 8 hours in work as DTP operator, ant then my projects as freelancer, about 4-6
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9) I think quite good ;)
10) As DTP Operator - NOPE, i need to see matchprints, cromlins, i need match colors etc, but as designer (freelancer) ofcourse ;)