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Re: Poker on Resume....the real reason for asking
maybe a little extreme....
my point is that sometimes u r proud of something and it leaks out even though u know u shouldn't broadcast it. |
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Re: Poker on Resume....the real reason for asking
this post says more about you than those you are attempting to analyze.
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not disagreeing
Hey, I already mentioned in my original post that my reason for putting poker on my resume would be bc of egotistical reasons so I won't disagree. But I still think I am right for the most part. Here is why....the interviewer is either going to be :
1)a Non-Poker player: in which case he/she will not care or frown upon your poker exploits 2)a Poker player/enthusiast: in which case you guys will obviously start discussing poker strategy and/or how well you each do at poker. Tell me how that's wrong. |
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Re: not disagreeing
[ QUOTE ]
Hey, I already mentioned in my original post that my reason for putting poker on my resume would be bc of egotistical reasons so I won't disagree. But I still think I am right for the most part. Here is why....the interviewer is either going to be : 1)a Non-Poker player: in which case he/she will not care or frown upon your poker exploits 2)a Poker player/enthusiast: in which case you guys will obviously start discussing poker strategy and/or how well you each do at poker. Tell me how that's wrong. [/ QUOTE ] Well, #1 is what we're all trying to figure out. That actually hasn't been determined yet (as far as I know); how the employer will perceive poker playing. #2 is merely conveivable. If I'm there for a job interview and the employer plays poker as well, then my guess is that it would stop at that: "we're both poker players" <smile>. I'm pretty sure that if I'm being interviewed that I'll just keep, being interviewed. Anything less seems like it'd be kind of unprofessional. I understand though, that looking at this from your angle, that if both people have the problem of ego and both have that desire to indulge in ego, then the result would be standard. I'm just not sure that you're going to be able to find that your premiss is absolute. Well, I'm pretty sure. |
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Re: not disagreeing
If the interviewer is not a poker player, there ain't no way in hell he will say "Yes I admire your poker playing abilities because I hear that you have to have great analytical skills to play poker well"........he will either think nothing of it and not even notice it (in which case there was no reason to put it in) or he will think you are a degenerate.
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Re: not disagreeing
Sure, you may be right about that. But I was answering this claim:
[ QUOTE ] 1)a Non-Poker player: in which case he/she will not care or frown upon your poker exploits [/ QUOTE ] We don't know if they will "care" or not or if they will "frown" on it or not. Milo suggests that they will care and that they will frown. |
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Re: not disagreeing
[ QUOTE ]
If the interviewer is not a poker player, there ain't no way in hell he will say "Yes I admire your poker playing abilities because I hear that you have to have great analytical skills to play poker well"........he will either think nothing of it and not even notice it (in which case there was no reason to put it in) or he will think you are a degenerate. [/ QUOTE ] This very much depends on the job you're applying for. Many people with quantitative/analytical jobs (engineering, finance, etc.) understand that poker is not the same thing as roulette, i.e. that there's a lot of math and a lot of strategy to it, even if they don't play poker themselves. |
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Re: not disagreeing
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#2 is merely conveivable. If I'm there for a job interview and the employer plays poker as well, then my guess is that it would stop at that: "we're both poker players" <smile>. I'm pretty sure that if I'm being interviewed that I'll just keep, being interviewed. Anything less seems like it'd be kind of unprofessional. [/ QUOTE ] I had an interview at a video game company once, to be a programmer/designer. I went in to take the "programming test" and somehow got into talking about poker with the guy. 20 min later the fellow who dropped me off came back to bring me to meet some other employees, and said "how'd he do?". The "interviewer" just smiled and said "oh he's fine, no worries" and programming was never discussed. I wouldn't put it on my resume, but I'm sure there's a casual way to work it into the interview as an "outside interest", and maybe you two bond over poker. Depending on what kind of job it is...a lot of places just want someone they think can do the job AND fit it. |
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Re: Poker on Resume....the real reason for asking
I would not hire someone who played poker for a living, unless I knew them very well already. Put it on your resume, and I'll shitcan it on receipt.
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Re: Poker on Resume....the real reason for asking
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I would not hire someone who played poker for a living, unless I knew them very well already. Put it on your resume, and I'll shitcan it on receipt. [/ QUOTE ] Why? |
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