Re: Earning a living playing poker 1 year later.
[ QUOTE ]
If you work 60/hrs a week and you made about the same as you did at your job you are not coming out ahead
[/ QUOTE ]
If your looking at working for yourself only as X number of hours for X amount of money your going to have a really hard time the first few years that you are in business (or in this case playing poker).
The differences that aren't measure in $x per hour is the fact that you no longer have a boss (this is worth most people's hourly wage alone) and you now have the potential to make as much money per hour as you have the desire, ambition and skill to.
Working 60 hours a week for yourself is only 1/2 as tiring as working for THE MAN for 40 hours a week, grinding out an existence in a cubicle hoping that your retirement fund will still be in existence when your ready to leave.
When I first came to 2+2 and started reading all these posts about people wanting to go pro and the responses I was amazed that no one looked at it the way I looked at starting my own business. I'm glad to see someone did and did it successfully. Congrats. All those points that you discussed could (and should) apply equally if your starting a business or going pro in the poker world.
|