New grads - poker or job, and why?

[El Diablo]

FF,

You sound like a pretty smart guy, and thus I suspect you'll get bored by poker far sooner than you expect, unless you really, really just love money.

There are countless careers and businesses which are orders of magnitude more interesting than poker.

[FoxwoodsFiend]

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FF,

You sound like a pretty smart guy, and thus I suspect you'll get bored by poker far sooner than you expect, unless you really, really just love money.


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It's not so much the money I love as the freedom of being able to live nicely without money being a problem. Whether it's traveling, eating well, taking cabs instead of the subway, or whatever...it's just nice to be free of financial worry. The fact that poker gives not only financial freedom but freedom in my schedule is why I want to do it, not because I find it so interesting.

Granted,I could get sick of it, but I can't help but think that for the time being it'll always be comparatively better: it might get boring but it'll be the best of all options.
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There are countless careers and businesses which are orders of magnitude more interesting than poker.

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Feel free to PM me some examples. I thought I've considered most of the options, but I'm willing ot keep an open mind: show me the light with some jobs that bring in loot and don't blow.

[kidcolin]

or you could just post them here

[Schwartzy61]

Job so I can feel like I'm accomplishing something other than taking someone's money. Plus I can still play poker as much as I would even without a job...

Plus I've tried playing poker full time for a summer and just couldn't handle the swings. So imuh stick to gettin a job. Poker is a nice fallback as job search continues...

[FoxwoodsFiend]

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or you could just post them here

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Didn't want to waste everybody's time.

[cwar]

Has anyone considered live poker? Much more fun and the people aspect is great... Lots of interesting people go to casinos and these are the people you get to work with.

[fslexcduck]

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FF,

You sound like a pretty smart guy, and thus I suspect you'll get bored by poker far sooner than you expect, unless you really, really just love money.


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El D,

This is exactly why I made the bet with Ariel. Without trying to say I'm "older and wiser" (since I'm one year out of college and probably younger) I really do feel that my past year has given me perspective which he doesn't have. Ariel (FF) thinks we are very different, but I think we are more alike than he realizes and that he will get very bored of poker quickly. thus, 10k in the bag.

FF,

As far as meaning behind jobs, I don't necessarily just mean something like teach for america or working for the aclu or something like that. while i may do that eventually, as we can see, I don't have the most humanitarian job. But I'm excited because I think it is something i will be passionate about intellectually, which is more than I can say about poker and something that I think is extremely important in one's career. I chose it because it seems like it will be exciting and I won't just work to live as you say, because trust me, I think that is just as much of a bore as you do. And instill further trust, if I don't like it, see ya McK.

[El Diablo]

FF,

As some have said, there's a certain sense of pride and accomplishment that comes from actually producing something or helping people or whatever. From actually "doing something."

As for jobs, I really think that there's nothing like starting and building companies. Incredibly challenging, dynamic, and rewarding. You have some money and a great fallback option if things don't work out. That's a level of flexibility that few people have when it comes to starting new businesses. You have the freedom to experiment with a ton of things.

I think much of what I said also holds true for regular jobs, but I'd need to know about your skills, interests, and passions to be able to comment intelligently on which jobs those might be.

[Zeno]

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Feel free to PM me some examples. I thought I've considered most of the options, but I'm willing ot keep an open mind: show me the light with some jobs that bring in loot and don't blow.

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Putting loot and blow in the same sentence is questionable language construction. Aside from that, in my opinion you have not even scratched the surface on what your options are or the opportunities that are open you.

-Zeno

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As for jobs, I really think that there's nothing like starting and building companies. Incredibly challenging, dynamic, and rewarding. You have some money and a great fallback option if things don't work out. That's a level of flexibility that few people have when it comes to starting new businesses. You have the freedom to experiment with a ton of things.

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This has been my personal long-term goal for a long time. Poker has given me a way to reach that goal. I could (hopefully) earn enough money through poker to purchase a home have a lot of startup money for my own business (as well as a fairly large cushion in case things don't quite work out).

I know it's very likely that 5 or 10 years from now, I'm not going to want to be playing poker for my only source of income, but now I'm happy with it and hopefully the money can provide me with opportunities that few others receive until much, much later in life.

I can think of nothing else that would move me towards my goal of self-employment through business ownership (while maintaining financial security and risk tolerance) faster than poker.