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Originally Posted by Lilu7
You wouldn't play poker for a living unless you were making $350k+ a year? Lol k
We are talking after tax. Earning
I wouldn't touch poker unless I was making about $200k about £150k because it's a game very much on the decline so it isn't like I'm making 150k a year for the next 20 years. It also completely kills career progression which is what it has to be compared against. It isn't do that for a living or nothing. Then you factor in things like variance which can kill off your earnings completely, having to have the capital to have 100% of yourself in some pretty large games rather than invested and it very quickly adds up.
Maybe that's conservative but I think if you are being serious about things anyone with reasonably good job prospects and career progression would fall around that number. I also don't enjoy grinding poker long term all that much so unlike for some people (usually with dead end jobs or jobs they are trapped in due to finances) I'd also be decreasing my job satisfaction considerably.
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To each their own. Earning more doesn't necessarily make you more successful though, in terms of money yes, but in terms of life and happiness not so much (though it does help if managed properly). Maybe I'm just patting my ego cause I'm a broke grinder who earns significantly less than OP and I used to think money equates to success also but in all honesty, I would rather make 1/4th the money working for myself than working a dayjob. Then again I am a pretty lazy person and value freedom more than money, but like I said to each their own. I personally would consider that a lot of monks are more successful than some of the richest businessmen.
Getting into the whole "I'm more successful because I earn X amount more than someone" mentality just builds up your ego around monetary focus. When you consider the billionaires of the world and how you stack up against the just moderately rich even, earning 2x more than someone really isn't that much of an accomplishment.
For the record I don't particularly care how much people earn or anything like this. I was just struggling to understand the jealousy comment someone made and it only made sense in the context of money made.
Last edited by MMSS; 01-31-2019 at 01:49 PM.