RC is a great hobby, and also teaches you a huge amount about engineering, vehicle dynamics, electronics etc, so can lead to all sorts of things.
Lewis Hamilton started out as an RC racer.
I also got my current job for Mercedes F1 as a result of my RC-Timing software (another RC racer working for Honda as the team was then tracked me down).
At the very least you'll have a lot of fun, make friends and spend a lot less time watching crap on TV or drinking alcopops outside the local CoOp
