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Re: What do you do for a living? (Reloaded)
« Reply #240 on: February 01, 2015, 07:36:48 AM »

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Re: What do you do for a living? (Reloaded)
« Reply #241 on: July 09, 2015, 12:18:39 PM »

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I almost started a new thread regarding careers before I recalled we had this one. I have been thinking lately that there seem to be a lot of lawyers on the forum, and that seems to make sense given the frequent debates and emphasis on logical reasoning.
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Re: What do you do for a living? (Reloaded)
« Reply #242 on: July 09, 2015, 12:30:51 PM »

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Im an engineer in design and development for a toy company. Its a dream job for me really.

With the engineering background, I certianly favor logical reasoning and linear thinking. Some of the debates on here are definitely grounded in insight and facts. Others devolve into snarkfests and rampant conclusion jumping.

Re: What do you do for a living? (Reloaded)
« Reply #243 on: July 09, 2015, 12:31:28 PM »

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Re: What do you do for a living? (Reloaded)
« Reply #244 on: July 09, 2015, 12:34:00 PM »

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I argue about David Lee on the internet.

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Re: What do you do for a living? (Reloaded)
« Reply #245 on: July 09, 2015, 12:38:11 PM »

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I argue about David Lee on the internet.

Lol. I appreciate your snarkiness in that ongoing argument.

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Im an engineer in design and development for a toy company. Its a dream job for me really.
Nothing better than a dream job, I would imagine. What does it entail?
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Re: What do you do for a living? (Reloaded)
« Reply #246 on: July 09, 2015, 12:55:19 PM »

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I play poker for a living. I play what are called 'cash games', which are different from the tournaments you'd see on TV. So I play poker online (and sometimes in Casinos depending where I am, but I hate casino poker- way too slow, although the players are terrible and easier to beat). I mainly play Texas Hold Em but will also play a game called Omaha if there's a big fish in the game.

From playing poker (getting lucky in a few tournaments basically) I also have a Donut store at an airport which I've had for 7 years.

My wife is from the USA (New England) so we travel back and forth a bit to see her family. Just got back from 6 weeks in Hopkinton, MA and Cape Cod actually. We try to coincide our visits to when the playoffs are on obviously :)

Re the lawyer discussion, I actually went to law school and dropped out.




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Re: What do you do for a living? (Reloaded)
« Reply #247 on: July 09, 2015, 01:09:45 PM »

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I play poker for a living. I play what are called 'cash games', which are different from the tournaments you'd see on TV. So I play poker online (and sometimes in Casinos depending where I am, but I hate casino poker- way too slow, although the players are terrible and easier to beat). I mainly play Texas Hold Em but will also play a game called Omaha if there's a big fish in the game.

From playing poker (getting lucky in a few tournaments basically) I also have a Donut store at an airport which I've had for 7 years.

My wife is from the USA (New England) so we travel back and forth a bit to see her family. Just got back from 6 weeks in Hopkinton, MA and Cape Cod actually. We try to coincide our visits to when the playoffs are on obviously :)

Re the lawyer discussion, I actually went to law school and dropped out.

Very interesting. I played online poker (mostly cash games) religiously from about 17-26 (pre-grad school, which now consumes my life). There were times when that was my sole source of income, but I never played beyond middle-stakes. I'm a pretty emotional person and found the swings to be too difficult to bear, so perhaps grad school is a blessing for that reason (and only that reason!).

Do you have a set-up (e.g., numerous monitors, lazy Susan, etc)? I double-monitored but generally didn't play more than 3-4 tables at a time. Also, the competition was becoming very stiff, especially after some sites were shut down (seemingly in tandem with third-party banking sites being frozen by the gov't). Has the competition gotten even stiffer? And any headway in moving towards legalization & taxation in the US?
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Re: What do you do for a living? (Reloaded)
« Reply #248 on: July 09, 2015, 01:12:40 PM »

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I play poker for a living. I play what are called 'cash games', which are different from the tournaments you'd see on TV. So I play poker online (and sometimes in Casinos depending where I am, but I hate casino poker- way too slow, although the players are terrible and easier to beat). I mainly play Texas Hold Em but will also play a game called Omaha if there's a big fish in the game.

From playing poker (getting lucky in a few tournaments basically) I also have a Donut store at an airport which I've had for 7 years.

My wife is from the USA (New England) so we travel back and forth a bit to see her family. Just got back from 6 weeks in Hopkinton, MA and Cape Cod actually. We try to coincide our visits to when the playoffs are on obviously :)

Re the lawyer discussion, I actually went to law school and dropped out.

Awesome! I used to play on Pokerstars and some other websites all of the time, but it started getting a bit too expensive lol During high school and my undergraduate career, my friends and I would have poker nights every weekend. It usually devolved into drinking quarter games by the end of the night, but we had several hours of Texas hold 'em and Omaha before that. Personally, I prefer Omaha.

Re: What do you do for a living? (Reloaded)
« Reply #249 on: July 09, 2015, 01:14:08 PM »

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I play poker for a living. I play what are called 'cash games', which are different from the tournaments you'd see on TV. So I play poker online (and sometimes in Casinos depending where I am, but I hate casino poker- way too slow, although the players are terrible and easier to beat). I mainly play Texas Hold Em but will also play a game called Omaha if there's a big fish in the game.

From playing poker (getting lucky in a few tournaments basically) I also have a Donut store at an airport which I've had for 7 years.

My wife is from the USA (New England) so we travel back and forth a bit to see her family. Just got back from 6 weeks in Hopkinton, MA and Cape Cod actually. We try to coincide our visits to when the playoffs are on obviously :)

Re the lawyer discussion, I actually went to law school and dropped out.

Very interesting. I played online poker (mostly cash games) religiously from about 17-26 (pre-grad school, which now consumes my life). There were times when that was my sole source of income, but I never played beyond middle-stakes. I'm a pretty emotional person and found the swings to be too difficult to bear, so perhaps grad school is a blessing for that reason (and only that reason!).

Do you have a set-up (e.g., numerous monitors, lazy Susan, etc)? I double-monitored but generally didn't play more than 3-4 tables at a time. Also, the competition was becoming very stiff, especially after some sites were shut down (after third-party banking sites were frozen by the gov't). Has the competition gotten even stiffer? And any movement towards legalization & taxation in the US?

Poker supported me for a few years during college- mostly just grinding $1-2 cash games.

I'm a user researcher, designer of interactive systems and part-time professor.

Re: What do you do for a living? (Reloaded)
« Reply #250 on: July 09, 2015, 02:03:05 PM »

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I argue about David Lee on the internet.

Lol. I appreciate your snarkiness in that ongoing argument.

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Im an engineer in design and development for a toy company. Its a dream job for me really.
Nothing better than a dream job, I would imagine. What does it entail?

Im part of a big cross functional team that designs and markets toys.  I work with marketers, industrial designers, graphic artists, packaging engineers, and quality assurance. In my role specifically, I wear many hats depending on the day. I provide technical expertise to the up front design process, ensuring functional requirements are feasible, safety, reliability,  cost, etc. I also facilitate the execution phase of product development in more of a project management role communicating with our China office daily with the goal of on time delivery to market. Most of our products are made overseas.

I dont often do ground up design work, but occasionally, if I have time and have an idea, I can design and prototype new concepts.

Thanks for asking! In wiritng all this down, I think I need a raise! Although the benefits are sweet. Im currently on paternity leave (we get 5 weeks!).


Re: What do you do for a living? (Reloaded)
« Reply #251 on: July 09, 2015, 02:08:23 PM »

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Re: What do you do for a living? (Reloaded)
« Reply #252 on: July 09, 2015, 02:32:49 PM »

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Re: What do you do for a living? (Reloaded)
« Reply #253 on: July 09, 2015, 02:35:20 PM »

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Re: What do you do for a living? (Reloaded)
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