Job That Couples Well w/ Online Poker On The Side?

[J-Lo]

interesting.... i can run a 10:46 2 mile, is that a good start for professional distance runner? (this was back in soph year of HS, i'm a senior in college now-- i'll be lucky if i can run sub 7:30 1 mile.)

[kenberman]

if you don't care about salary, then volunteer somewhere. a hospital, a homeless shelter, a resource center for kids, wherever.

obviously socially respectable, and you may even feel better better about yourself

[TGoldman]

I'm a professional office drone, and it works well for me. When I'm not working on something, I can browse 2+2 so that when I get home I'm prepped to play. You might also consider something like night security where you just have to sit and watch a monitor. Or another graveyard type shift where you'll have a lot of free time where you may even get to be able to play some poke while you're working.

[Baulucky]

CIA field operator. Low stress, good pay, plenty benefits, license to kill.

[Rudbaeck]

Something that doesn't involve computers, or atleast never involves the mouse would be best. No need to hurt shoulders and carpals even more.

[Baulucky]

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Something that doesn't involve computers, or atleast never involves the mouse would be best. No need to hurt shoulders and carpals even more.


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I disagree. The idea is to play poker while at the job's computer, and to do the few job tasks as a subroutine on a low priority interrupt basis.

[scott8]

All,

High school teacher is the wrong answer.

College professor is the right answer.

Helping,

Caldarooni

Agree. Along those lines, why don't you consider grad school? There is roughly zero accountability, and depending on your field, you can be paid fairly well to enroll (~$40k/year).

[gildwulf]

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Agree. Along those lines, why don't you consider grad school? There is roughly zero accountability, and depending on your field, you can be paid fairly well to enroll (~$40k/year).

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Um, don't go to gradschool because you want to supplement poker. Bad idea. Gradschool is very time intensive, at least at the solid schools. I am at a top ten (in my field) and I maybe have 10 hours a week tops to play poker.

I wouldn't mind a physical labour job. You get to relieve some physical stress and get outside more often. I've been a maintenance worker for a property management company, a bus boy at a busy restaurant during the weekdays only, and a mover for a large moving company (which had its perks, seeing as we only moved offices, and those companys leave a lot of valuable garbage behind when moving).

The bussing position was probably the best for poker. My shift schedule was 10-4 M-Th, and I received tips (which nearly doubled my minimum wage salary). I'd be able to play nights as weekends as necessary, and see my friends on most of those days. I got good exercise; the restaurant was always busy, and I had to move fast. You get meet a lot of interesting people, both clients and co-workers, and I found I had enough time to clear my head when I wasn't in a great mood (great for those days where you tilted hard the night before and need to recoup before the next session).

EDIT: I just re-read OP and realized that this probably doesn't fall into the category of "socially respectable". Try being a website or software developer on the side; but it sucks to be on the computer day-in day-out. It's too easy to have poker consume you full-time.