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5. Leaves a whoel in your CV you will have to explain somhow. Future jobs prefer real life experience, not bb/100



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This was a very good post in general--very well thought out and articulately composed. My only comment is this:

I own a small business--a law firm. Maybe I am more open-minded about it than most employers would be, but I would love to see an applicant who had succeeded at making a summer living off poker. I would have plenty of trust in the applicant's ability to make sound decisions under pressure, to learn and apply concepts necessary for the job, to be self-motivated and self-confident. These are all generally traits that employers care about, whether they think about it or not.

There are employers out there who will share these attitudes, so I am not completely convinced that it is a hole in the CV that needs explaining--and to the extent you need to explain, you explain it more or less as I have here, I think.

Good luck.