A Note to "WannaBe" Pros

[gisb0rne]

I already graduated college in June, with a degree in math. The "normal" course is to kiss ass and lie till I get a job, kiss ass and lie till I get a raise, kiss ass and lie till to keep from being fired when the company downsizes, and pray the company doesn't cut my retirement benefits.

Frankly, I don't like kissing ass and lying my whole life so I'll play poker as long as I can.

Debt, why does every college student need to go into debt up to their eyeballs to graduate. So they can "study full time and devote their efforts to the classroom?" Get a friggin job, use poker, moneymanage. Go to J.C. for two years and transfer. Don't go to Harvard. There are a ton of reasonably priced schools that a half-way responsible person can afford w/o mortgaging their future. What ever happened to working and school?

I bartended three nights a week, lifeguarded summers and picked up odd jobs around campus to pay for school and my apartment and graduated after SEVEN years of school with no debt.

Debt is an excuse. Most people don't want to go to school cause they're lazy. It's not easy. Things in life that are worth having are not easy. A college degree is worth having.

[Mr_J]

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A college degree is worth having.

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Not to everyone.

[pineapple888]

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Don't go to Harvard.

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Harvard is still probably +EV, although not as much in the past.

Don't go to an expensive second-tier school though. Like Yale. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]