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I teach high school - its perfect. Lots of time off.
Summers to play full time. You could take some extra classes to get your teachers license and teach physics or math

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I have been dating a high school math teacher for a little while. I can say that she works much harder than I would have guessed. She seems to be grading papers or prepping lessons for hours each night.

I agree with your need to spend time with people. I have been playing full time online for 2 years now and at first my social circle almost went away. I try to spend 1 night a week now volunteering somewhere. It is nice to actually spend some time with other adults.

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It does take a lot of time the first few years. I am in my 9th year now and it has become much much easier. Of course i do spend a lot of extra time because i coach, but that is optional.

PS> Looking forward to my two week Christmas break starting weds [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] (lots of poker will be played)

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I teach high school - its perfect. Lots of time off.
Summers to play full time. You could take some extra classes to get your teachers license and teach physics or math

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ditto

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Civil Servant.

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I definitely feel you on this, I'm graduating in may with BS's in mechanical engineering and math. However, I really don't want to go to grad school just yet, nor do I want a fulltime job. Basically, I want to play cards 20-30 hours a week for my primary income, and have some other job to keep me busy/social/do something productive (and i guess make some money too, although there arent many part time jobs i can think of that would make me as much money as i'll get playing cards.) I also kind of want a break from engineering style pursuits for the time being, after 4 years of dealing with them.

I think working at some kind of non-profit or charity organization with a good cause would be a sweet job. They'll gladly take the help, so part time will be fine, and you get to do something that is beneficial to people. As far as socially acceptable goes, I'd say nobody is gonna look down upon somebody who's doing this kind of work.

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Slave.

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If you have a college degree, you can have a teaching license in many states in a year, and a master's degree in 18 months.

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How do you get a professional poker player off of your porch?


ANSWER: <font color="white"> </font> Pay him for the pizza!

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For me, "none" has done fairly well so far.

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With those degrees you should focus on developing an actual career rather than a side-show to poker. You can make a lot more money in the long-run. That said, its not my place to tell you that. More along the lines of your actual post I would recommend working at UPS or FedEX tossing boxes. This usually pays a decent hourly wage and part-timers usually get full health benfits. Also its a physical job so you'll offset your time at the cpu. I know a few people who got through college and grad-school this way. They also pay for higher education and are good about promoting you to full-time positions if you decide to give up poker.

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Personal trainer.

Choose your own hours, decent pay and be in shape.