A dream that never began...

[LyinKing]

not sure how much you get into it, but Lord Finesse is having a birthday party upcoming, with music by Premier. Hard to beat that. Lot of live performances too.

Jazzy Jeff is still the nastiest guy out there; I don't think he's doing his regular spot at APT anymore, however. He does make it to Atlantic City with some frequency.

Flex has never been a turntable technician, though he's a self-promotion master.

Best set I've heard in a while came courtesy of Black Eclipse from the X-ecutioners; he was killing time before Rakim came on at a recent Lyricist Lounge, and the R was unsurprisingly a couple hours late.

[BKiCe]

i don't know if this is relevant in any way but are you gaucho2121?

[dlpnyc21]

yes, why? Also, I want to add that playing poker while splayed out on your couch, watching maui fever on mtv and making money with no boss and no deadlines is simply an unreal lifestyle.

[Officer Farva]

Dlpnyc21,

I thoroughly enjoyed reading your post. Your thought processes are those of a clearly introspective and analytical individual, and that will bid you well in life regardless of the ultimate decisions you make.

I can't say I can fully relate to the large lucrative benefits poker provides you as I am only a moderately winning mid stakes player. I play mainly for stress relief and what you referred to as "personal management"; poker has taught me to be in control of my emotions in extreme situations.

What I can relate to is the ultimate decision you made and the underlying concerns that go with them. I am in essence a West Coast mirror to you; I work at a hedge fund in San Diego, have been involved in startups in Silicon Valley, and am currently pondering my next career step. My choices are basically to move on to a bigger hedge fund, cop out on go to Business School, stay put and hope our asset base grows, or quit for a while, play poker and work on my friends startup.

What has guided my ultimate decisions thus far is the concept of scalability. My main problem with poker is that while it can be lucrative, dynamic, and highly challenging (aspects I seek in my career), it is in essence a game of limited scale. I will not argue that making a near-instant decision on a million dollar pot is "large scale" in many respects, but I do think other careers, such as large asset finance lead to decision points of a much higher magnitude, measured in monetary terms or otherwise. The same can be said of entrepeneurship.

Now it may not be neccesarily correct to make career decisions based on the size of its biggest game, so to speak, but I think my main goal while I am young is to test the limits of my talent; I sense you are of a similar mind. Having been successful at most levels in my life until this point, I simply want to put myself in a pond where I am the one whose in danger of being eaten. I feel it is in these situations where I am at my best, when my survival instinct kicks in and I feel truly alive. Yes, poker has been the fastest path to this situation. And while I have yet to reach the biggest of games, I do think that the time required to get there would and has been better spent fighting my way up in even fiercer environments.

Mike

[Bill King]

OP.. do what makes you the happiest.. life is wayy too short to do anything but the things that make you happy. I'm only 22, i have no clue what im doing with my life, but my life experiences thus far (a lot to do w/ poker) have taught me things that I might have never learned, or learned a lot slower.

[burningyen]

DLP, IMHO whether to give up the hedge fund job for entrepreneurship depends on what entrepreneurial opportunities you want to pursue. I didn't get a sense from your OP that you have a particular big idea that is keeping you awake at night and crying out for realization. I can understand that problem-solving and ownership are satisfying in themselves. But projecting myself into your situation, unless I really feel like I'm going to change people's lives with my work, I'd rather just make a lot of money at the hedge fund and set aside time for my writing where I might be able to make a difference to people on a deeper level. The good news is all of your options are pretty damn good ones. Except for BigLaw. That's right out.

BTW, I play like 1/5 the stakes you do, but I decided to spend less time on poker last year to concentrate on my music. I'm much happier for it.

[Go_Blue88]

so your question is: should i choose good option A, awesome option B, or awesomest +6 option C? tough decision! hardknock (sp? i'm not hip and with it) life yo.

[lapoker17]

wrong forum.

[dlpnyc21]

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DLP, IMHO whether to give up the hedge fund job for entrepreneurship depends on what entrepreneurial opportunities you want to pursue. I didn't get a sense from your OP that you have a particular big idea that is keeping you awake at night and crying out for realization. I can understand that problem-solving and ownership are satisfying in themselves. But projecting myself into your situation, unless I really feel like I'm going to change people's lives with my work, I'd rather just make a lot of money at the hedge fund and set aside time for my writing where I might be able to make a difference to people on a deeper level. The good news is all of your options are pretty damn good ones. Except for BigLaw. That's right out.

BTW, I play like 1/5 the stakes you do, but I decided to spend less time on poker last year to concentrate on my music. I'm much happier for it.

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That's actually not the case. I had a very specific idea for a business and was set to work with a person I like and respect a lot. I think the idea (which I won't discuss) has a tremendous amount of potential. I also think I would enjoy owning my own business for many reasons. Both my uncles and father ran their own businesses and did very well, comparatively.

[JMa]

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wrong forum.

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ya...this is like the 1000th post about poker and jobs and whatnot in HSNL. stop it already!