(Way OT) What are you graduating seniors doing?

[wdrzich]

you guys have it made, it's so much harder being in the middle of school doing this

[DJ Sensei]

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you will invest that 300k (hopefully) and even at a MODEST return, you'd live comfortably.

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god damn taxes

[DerekJCEX]

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you will invest that 600k (hopefully) and even at a MODEST return, you'd live comfortably.

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[Kyle]

You get a job. You may or may not be as competitive as the recent grads and might have to settle for a lessor job but you have 300K in investments and are debt free. You will be way ahead of the curve financially. Also if you have used your time wisely you have traveled alot and done somethings that most people will never have the opportunity to do especially at such a young age.

So yeah I graduated in December and here I am playing for a living.

[tufat23]

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you will invest that 500k (hopefully) and even at a MODEST return, you'd live comfortably.

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love that gambling winnings arent taxed

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fyp for us britsh citizens.

i also assumed u'd wanna spend some of your monies

[G_Dollaz]

John,

In answer to your post, you may be right, it may be more difficult to find a job in the future, and we may be giving up future income as a result of playing online. Personally, that's a risk I'm willing to take. I'm not the type of person who can sit and work a 9-5, get up, go through the daily grind, I'm just not built like that. For me it's either this or coaching basketball. In 3 years (hoping we have that long) if the games aren't beatable anymore, hopefully I'll have saved up enough where I can start a few businesses, invest in some real estate, etc, etc. If not, so be it, I enjoyed my life while I was young and I'll then have to settle for a job where I'm making a little less than I would be had I gone straight out of school, but either way I'm not personally gonna be sitting behind a desk. I don't think there's a right way or a wrong way to approach this situation to be honest, I just feel that it's a risk that some of us are willilng to take, where as other aren't, it's up to each person to make that choice for themselves.

[AlexB81]

just this is my fear. if i go pro, what do i do in 3 years time? i wont of made a fortune, $200K/year may sound good but i should be earning that year after year in my 30s if I worked at my job in my remaining 7 years in my 20s.

u are 23 i think few after university will get works at 30 yo that pay u 200k year...like 17k month.
Here in italy after university u begin to work and get like 1200euros (researcher inside university) if not u have to go to do the "slave" for many years near a very good professionist and when u are 35-40 try to work alone.i m interested to know how it works where u live

[Python49]

Being able to travel the world playing poker in your 20s is worth alot more money than alot of you realize. You realize how many people out there get stuck in the 9-5 grind for life and never get to really enjoy anything? If you have spent your 20s traveling around enjoying your freedom, you're far ahead of the curve... even financially.

[MATT111]

I still work part time teaching teaching doctor`s assistants. I can`t find any good reasons why I still have a real job. Money for sure isn`t one at the moment.

[jkkkk]

I graduated last year, poker is too good to leave for a 9-5, online poker will never die.