piano tuning?

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HEY does anybody tune pianos?
I can match any pitch dead on if I have a reference tone,
I've been tuning guitars since I was a kid.

I understand I'm going to need to invest in quality tools,
study the process, and get some practice...

but is it unreasonable to think I might be able to go ahead
and jump into this relatively soon, as an amateur?
Considering my skill of matching notes perfectly?

I don't mean to insult anyone who has been to school for it and earned the 'professional' title through hard work and experience...
I'm just wondering if I've maybe got a fair head start here.

I was giving some kids guitar lessons for a while, but that kind
of fell through after a few months, I thought everything was great, but it turns out, I really didn't have the social skills to handle it. I guess I made them feel embarrassed, that's what I was told, so I felt really bad about that...

and now I've come around to the idea of tuning pianos, perhaps I can make some money doing something I love.

I'm seriously thinking about this, and I want to put some focus and effort into it. I was just hoping someone might have some feedback for me.

*Okay not any pitch. Surely there are pitches people can't hear, and pitches some people lose the ability to hear as they get older* (just being way too specific, and clarifying what I meant)

I could match the notes on a piano though, no problem.

In the US:

You don't have to go to school to get the professional title. ("Registered Piano Technician"), you just have to take the exams. I'm sure you don't need that to start working. It's just the difficult matter of building a client base.

I suppose there is craigslist, and a number of different ways to advertise, classifieds in the newspaper...

but you're right, I'm sure that part will be a challenge.

do you know where I would go to take such an exam?