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Originally Posted by bumpnrun
There has never been a better time in history to start your own business. Now is the time to get into start ups. Choosing poker instead is the equivalent of being already good at poker in 1998 and instead of applying yourself to that, starting a career in printing
Calling poker full time “freedom” is an absolute joke. If you are playing full time now you are doing it because you are a degen/have poor communication skills/from a country with few options/love the game so much you are prepared to cop all the negative ramifications. Whatever. But don’t call grinding ****ing freedom
A start up takes money. I'd love to start a business, and I'm sure plenty of other poker players/non poker players would as well. You're speaking from a position of massive privilege if you think starting a business is easy/cheap. Not to mention a start up won't make money for at least 2 years. So yeah, starting a business is a great idea, in theory.
I'll tell you how full time poker is freeing for me. I haven't set an alarm in months. I sleep in as long as I want, and I work whatever hours I want. Some days I work 9 am - 3pm. Some days 3 pm -5 pm. I work from home, or wherever I want, but I don't have a commute. Some days I work all day when I feel like it, but if I get tired or hungry or just plain bored, I take a break. I work my own hours, at my own pace, and besides taxes whatever I earn goes to me. When I plan on working but something better to do comes up, I have the freedom to drop my work anytime.
I take time off of poker whenever I want. In fact, I haven't played a hand in almost 3 weeks. No boss gave me permission, I just took the time off. If I want I could take another 3 weeks off. I also can live anywhere I want, and when I move I can start making money again immediately. In fact, I could travel the world with just my laptop and visit anywhere I want to go, all while making more money than most people make slaving away for their drooler of a boss.
If these things don't define freedom to you, I'd like to know what does. Also, what negative ramifications do you think come with playing poker? I don't deny there are some, but I'm curious what you think they are
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Originally Posted by bumpnrun
Sorry your office experience wasn’t a good one? I can only assume that because This is very negative and inaccurate depiction of the business world
All I said about the business world is that you have to kiss ass to move up, and I mentioned that commutes tend to be long. You really want to argue against that? lol