[SumZero]

I look at resumes for a number of candidates for computer programming types of jobs and I always think of the interest section as a place to see if there are any overlaps worth making conversation about in an interview. Personally, I'd think of poker as a small plus (and we have office poker about once a month), but I imagine there are more people who would react strongly negative to it then there are people who would react strongly positive to it.

If what you did for a few months/years was played poker professionally then I'm not sure if having an unexplained gap might be better or worse than filling it in with your self-employed applied risk analysis specialist job.