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Originally Posted by anau006
The reason i choose poker over 100k jobs is that my job is boring. Engineering is boring.
Out of curiosity, how many engineering jobs have you tried? Did you pick the one you had based on potential enjoyment, or based on maximizing something else? As a long time engineer, some jobs are better than others. Personally, I've had several amazing jobs and wouldn't trade the profession for anything for much of it. Maybe your problem is working in big companies, and trying a startup or smaller outfit would help. Maybe engineering isn't for you, but doing something related would be fun -- FAE jobs let you meet lots of people, the work is different every day, and you get to help people out without getting bogged down in day-to-day grinding. It could be easier to find a job you enjoy than to start a new profession.
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I love playing poker and love playing live as i think i am pretty ok at reading people. I love the psychology factor. Just the other day i called someone with Q high on the river.
Like Denks, I've played for income when consulting work was slow. Making your hobby into your job tends to kill off the parts that excite you about it. Even in NL, small stakes games don't require expert reading skills and psychology -- you need good poker fundamentals, tilt control, and money management >>>> soul reads. After playing 40 hours a week for two months, your excitement of the expert calldown will be replaced by anger at not having rent after that idiot accidentally value bet bottom pair into you. Then you go home cursing that you didn't bluff him off his bluff with your too-weak bluff catcher.
It just seems like your trading a decent job that tons of people enjoy for a pretty meh one that many people who have it hate. I know this is a limit blog, but just translate it into someone playing 5/10NL for a living. Read it, especially for the pain. Here's my
poker buddy Jesse and his shot at giving up the 9 to 5 life. Start from the beginning and read the painful parts carefully.
If anyone has a small/mid stakes NL version of this, I'd love to see the link. Jesse's blog is great b/c it is so raw and shows off the hard parts of the life well.