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xibalba001 · 05-10-2011, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by mce86

Really confused at the job requiring a masters degree that pays 6 figures, and all you have to do is paperwork...where do I apply?

by "grad school" think MBA or JD (trying not to out myself). i'm using the term "paperwork" in a somewhat hyperbolic manner. but when you are brutally honest about what most office job professoinals do in their late twenties/early thirties it really is not much more than glorified corporate paperwork.

marktelefono · 05-10-2011, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by pete921

strongly suggest you take a long vacation and see if you can play poker for 2 weeks and still like it.

This

xibalba001 · 05-10-2011, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by jhop

I had the same thoughts last year. I have the blessing of owning a company, and promoted some of my regional guys so that my responsibilities and commitments were minimal. After a few months of playing poker at $2 / $5 and making a good profit, it became a "job." It became the same as your job probably is not, and so I made an adjustment running the company and taking care of other business for about 18 days a month, and give myself the rest to either hit Vegas monthly, or take a trip to get away from real life.
If that is an option (maybe not as many days but close), you might find the same level of happiness and fulfillment that I've been blessed to find.
Hopefully you find what you are looking for in whatever you decide.

would love to give this a shot to get out of the rat race. and have racked my brain countless times tyring to come up with a legitimate idea. the lightbulb has just not gone off yet i guess. if you have any specific suggestions i would love to hear them.

marktelefono · 05-10-2011, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by dippydoo

Keep the job. Move 45 minutes closer to work. Shortening your commute by 1.5 hours a day will do more to improve your attitude, life, relationships, etc that you can imagine.

Play poker on weekends and vactions.

Perhaps another good option

xibalba001 · 05-10-2011, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by pete921

strongly suggest you take a long vacation and see if you can play poker for 2 weeks and still like it. I'd also think about what you can do for about the same money that you enjoy. I had a job at a company good money, great benefits, could not stand, left for 10% less and was a whole lot happier and I'd make that trade anyday

AND keep your nest egg intact

this combined with someone else's suggestion to cut my commute by 75% are probably highly +ev. easier said than done in this economy though.

xibalba001 · 05-10-2011, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by thac

If poker doesn't work, you seem to have a skill in writing that you could probably fall back on. Write a book about your crash and burn, make money, crash and burn again.

thanks... i have actually thought about writing a blog and/or a book. just no time at the moment.

xibalba001 · 05-10-2011, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by AEPpoker

What poker have you played in the past? What makes you think you can be a consistent winner in MS/HSNL? If you have the skill to be a winning 5/10 or 10/20 player, youre certainly rolled for it.

But without any information about your poker CV, as it were, its tough to tell whehter youve got a good idea or a disastrous one.

in limited play over a long period of time i've been a relatively consistent winner live at 1/2 and 2/5 (i don't keep records so I'm not certain by how much).

i've only played low stakes online over a very small sample set which i don't consider meaningful. so i guess you could say that i do not have solid evidence that i would be successful playing 2/5 or 5/10 (much less 10/20) full time. if i gave it a go i would give myself around 6 months to show real results or quit and say i took my shot. my liferoll should be deep enough to allow that without causing me financial ruin.

xibalba001 · 05-10-2011, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by BlackJesusLuvU

i think you are deluding yourself if you think playing poker for a living is not a life grind.

it sounds like you want something different, but don't really know what. my advice would be get a job that actually has meaning and is fulfilling to you.

your opportunity cost of going to be a pro poker player is so high, that it is borderline insurmountable.

if you wanted to do something awesome and crazy follow your passion. if that is honestly grinding poker, i think you havent grinded enough imo... (as you seem to have devoted most of the time to your career and thus your brief poker respites are fun and enjoyable... when it is your CAREER it is much different)

just my $.02

probably a lot of truth in this. but no matter how many people tell you something, sometimes i think you just have to jump over the fence yourself, even if briefly, to realize that the grass was actually greener on the side you were on to begin with.

with respect to opportunity cost, clearly this would be -ev for me, solely in a monetary sense. but money is not what's causing me to consider this is the first place. it is severe discontent with the 9-7 office job ratrace. so factoring in the intangibles i mentioned in my original post i think it has the potential to be highly +life ev.

xibalba001 · 05-10-2011, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by tibrida

29 year old with a masters degree that has a $100k+ salaried job + $150k in life roll (liquid no less) with nothing to worry about...... I'm actually dying of envy right now (assuming OP's being truthful)......WTF HOW DO I BECOME YOU

top grades in high school for 4 years
top grades in in college for 4 years
ace the GMAT/LSAT
top grades in top B-school/law school for 2/3 years
bust ass as corporate drone for 4 years living an unglamourous lifestyle and saving

i've been on the hamster wheel since i was 14 and i guess my legs are starting to get wobbly.

Madkennedy · 05-10-2011, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by xibalba001

top grades in high school for 4 years
top grades in in college for 4 years
ace the GMAT/LSAT
top grades in top B-school/law school for 2/3 years
bust ass as corporate drone for 4 years living an unglamourous lifestyle and saving

i've been on the hamster wheel since i was 14 and i guess my legs are starting to get wobbly.

What are you parents like? If the want to retire in vegas like mine then go there and set up shop and live life together.

Are you parents wanting you to have kids and family etc like they had you?

tibrida · 05-10-2011, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by xibalba001

top grades in high school for 4 years
top grades in in college for 4 years
ace the GMAT/LSAT
top grades in top B-school/law school for 2/3 years
bust ass as corporate drone for 4 years living an unglamourous lifestyle and saving

i've been on the hamster wheel since i was 14 and i guess my legs are starting to get wobbly.

Got 4 out of 5. Maybe I really should pursue this masters like everyone else is so I can get overpaid.

xibalba001 · 05-10-2011, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Madkennedy

Are you parents wanting you to have kids and family etc like they had you?

YES. i am living the life i am "supposed" to want, by society and my family. this would not be viewed fondly by people i feel i have a duty not to dissapoint.

xibalba001 · 05-10-2011, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by tibrida

Got 4 out of 5. Maybe I really should pursue this masters like everyone else is so I can get overpaid.

my post was not meant to be arrogant/sarcastic if it came off that way. despite my despise for the lifestyle that comes with the path i've taken i actually am admittedly way overpaid. everyone always told me that money doesn't buy happiness, and guess what? they were right.

tibrida · 05-10-2011, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by xibalba001

my post was not meant to be arrogant/sarcastic if it came off that way. despite my despise for the lifestyle that comes with the path i've taken i actually am admittedly way overpaid. everyone always told me that money doesn't buy happiness, and guess what? they were right.

It didn't come off that way at all. I am sorry if that's how it came across to you. It wasn't directed at you but more so the clients I have to deal with. They are mostly people with MBA/JD's and they aren't even qualified to watch paint dry.

They have zero common sense and zero technical knowledge but I must admit they are very good at making people like them and delegating (i.e. they are good at bull****ting and taking all the credit with zero accountability).

Madkennedy · 05-10-2011, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by xibalba001

YES. i am living the life i am "supposed" to want, by society and my family. this would not be viewed fondly by people i feel i have a duty not to dissapoint.

You are an achiever and make goals and attain them. They will be proud in the end whatever you do.

What ever you do it will be interesting and good for a lesson or adventure