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Originally Posted by Beasting
Let's assume pay is equal. Which career would you prefer and why, online cash games or IT? By "IT" I mean web developer, software engineer--sorry but I don't know the general umbrella term for this.
I'm at the crossroads and I'm trying to choose which path to pursue. I'm a profitable grinder so I know what poker is like. I don't know what a career in IT would be like in terms of job satisfaction, overall happiness, etc. Does coding all day get monotonous? Is it a grind too?
Another thing that I've always been curious about is the difference in working at a giant like Apple or Google vs a small company. If anyone reading this has any insight on this or actual work experience at a big as well as a small company, which do you prefer and why?
Grunching:
It gets me every time surprised that people, who know what poker is like really do ask this.
Clearly 100% answer is IT.
You have a lot less stress. If you are good, it is a lot less monotonous than poker. You actually get various interesting problems to solve. Again if you are good in any bigger company, you will have a lot of freedom with your time, as long as the job is done. If you put in the same effort like you have to put in in poker, you will get more money, satisfaction, quality of life out.
Big company versus small company:
In big company all processes are more standardized. It has positive and negative in it. Basically if you find anything dumb/bad, it is a lot more difficult to change this "dumb" in a big company than in a small. In a big company you know a lot more where you are standing and what is going to happen. Personal opinion of you, but also of your boss plays a lot smaller role than in a small company. The stability is higher in a big company. It is on one side good, because the probability that everything will go down the hill is lower, on the other side bad, because the probability that you will suddenly jump a number of levels in your career is also lower, than in a small company.