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What do you do for a living? (Reloaded)
35Lewis:
--- Quote from: Greenbean on July 09, 2015, 02:03:05 PM ---
--- Quote from: tarheelsxxiii on July 09, 2015, 12:38:11 PM ---
--- Quote from: D.o.s. on July 09, 2015, 12:31:28 PM ---I argue about David Lee on the internet.
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Lol. I appreciate your snarkiness in that ongoing argument.
--- Quote ---Im an engineer in design and development for a toy company. Its a dream job for me really.
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Nothing better than a dream job, I would imagine. What does it entail?
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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!).
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KeepRondo:
--- Quote from: tarheelsxxiii on July 09, 2015, 01:09:45 PM ---
--- Quote from: chambers on July 09, 2015, 12:55:19 PM ---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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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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The games are definitely tougher now. Most players play tight and aggressive these days online.
The games at the casino are definitely much softer.
tarheelsxxiii:
--- Quote from: Greenbean on July 09, 2015, 02:03:05 PM ---
--- Quote from: tarheelsxxiii on July 09, 2015, 12:38:11 PM ---
--- Quote from: D.o.s. on July 09, 2015, 12:31:28 PM ---I argue about David Lee on the internet.
--- End quote ---
Lol. I appreciate your snarkiness in that ongoing argument.
--- Quote ---Im an engineer in design and development for a toy company. Its a dream job for me really.
--- End quote ---
Nothing better than a dream job, I would imagine. What does it entail?
--- End quote ---
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!).
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Sounds really interesting, must be stimulating to get to do so many different things.
Congrats on the baby :)
tarheelsxxiii:
--- Quote from: KeepRondo on July 09, 2015, 02:41:53 PM ---
--- Quote from: tarheelsxxiii on July 09, 2015, 01:09:45 PM ---
--- Quote from: chambers on July 09, 2015, 12:55:19 PM ---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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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?
--- End quote ---
The games are definitely tougher now. Most players play tight and aggressive these days online.
The games at the casino are definitely much softer.
--- End quote ---
Figured as much. Never got into the brick-and-mortar, though. Foxwoods was pretty far and 200+ hands/hour > 15 hands/hour.
KeepRondo:
--- Quote from: tarheelsxxiii on July 09, 2015, 02:49:25 PM ---
--- Quote from: KeepRondo on July 09, 2015, 02:41:53 PM ---
--- Quote from: tarheelsxxiii on July 09, 2015, 01:09:45 PM ---
--- Quote from: chambers on July 09, 2015, 12:55:19 PM ---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.
--- End quote ---
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?
--- End quote ---
The games are definitely tougher now. Most players play tight and aggressive these days online.
The games at the casino are definitely much softer.
--- End quote ---
Figured as much. Never got into the brick-and-mortar, though. Foxwoods was pretty far and 200+ hands/hour > 15 hands/hour.
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Yep. You have to have the time and patience to play at the Casino. My average session there is probably 11 hours.
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