Re: What to say when you go back to work?
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Lie to a potential employer, awesome. Everyone knows the way to start and build a relationship is one on lies.
If you're an adult, you should have known two years ago that your resume/work experience was going to suck if you decided to play poker. You're two years out of school, and you're just now looking for a job?
Fact of the matter is, you're going to look like a burned out degen to almost any employer by telling the truth. Or, you can lie and be happy with yourself that by lying you put yourself ahead of other qualified candidates. Have fun with that decision.
Oh and finally, you're lying to everyone on this forum. You went bust after thinking you'd make it big, and now realize you have to get a job. Good luck with that.
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Hi [censored].
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OP, you been out of college two years right so no big deal. Tell em you were helping the family business, traveling, something that can't be checked up on with a basic background check. The fact that it can't be checked up on isn't a big deal because any major problems would have shown up in the background check. Tell your references to not say anything about you playing poker (but don't ask them to lie).
Most importantly, you need to crush the interview. First jobs out of college aren't going to expect a lot of work experience and technical knowledge - they expect to have to train you and pass on all the little tricks to working there. Just crush the interview and you'll be fine. Ask for a lot of money, remember that you don't need or even want the job that much, and that you should actually be interviewing for a better position but you'll humor them with your presence. In fact, you are interviewing them to see if you want to work there. If you think like this you'll do great as long as you don't actually sound like an azzhole. Interview are much more about EQ than IQ.
This is just my opinion so take it how you want.
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