Re: Life after Professional Poker
Nate,
Unfortunately, I agree with you 100 percent. If I had taken off time between college and a first job, that may have not looked as awkward as the dreaded gap in the resume. I've got a lot of other stuff loaded on my resume that actually makes me look like a pretty competent person.
If I was thinking of taking time off and then going back to the workforce directly, I would probably think this is a bad idea. But, I'm going to grad school where I will be hidden from the real world for another 5 or 6 blessed years.
It comes down to a few things:
1) Will a 1 year gap in my resume actually matter when applying for a job 6-7 years from now (after grad school)?
2) Will playing poker for a year make it harder for me to get into Grad school?
3) Will I be able to get away with saying to a grad school admissions person (that's probably the technical term for it) that I played poker for a year?
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