a lot to talk about

[ledfoot]

I am a low limit player aspiring to become a reasonably solid player. Additionally, I also enjoy no limit, so samoleus' OP was particularly intriquing to me.

I don't mean to speak out of place since I am not in the same category of everyone else in this post yet I find what appears to be a significant contradiction among your posts:

OP - First, I have an outstanding engineering job (one of the best in the country at a premier think tank). I am loathe to give that up because if I do poker full-time for more than a couple of years, it will be nearly impossible for me to go back to this job - and to any cutting edge engineering job for that matter.

Later - The inherent difference between you and me might be that I do not obtain a tremendous amount of pleasure from my professional career. It is a job that is at times interesting, at times rewarding, at times frustrating, but never one that gets me excited.

Based upon the latter, unless you're concerned about losing your engineering knowledge and skills by leaving your full-time job, I gather you're not satisfied and therefore should do what seems to make you happy: poker.

Again, excuse me if I'm out-of-line.