What else do you do for a living?

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April 5, 2012 at 4:53 pm #18024

ADHDJ
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I develop software for a Wall Street firm. I love it, but would rather be playing to a crowd every night instead. 🙂

April 6, 2012 at 11:08 am #18068

Dominic Souza-Larimore
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2SHAE!, post: 16861, member: 1459 wrote: Funny you say that, I was doing the same thing. I never played online poker seriously, because at first it was just a hobby (like DJing) and I was always a much better live NLH/PLO player. Foxwoods was also 40 minutes from my college so it was convenient enough to take advantage of alot of the tourists that came in daily. I was grinding 60-70 hrs/week and had limited expenses since everything most of everything was comped. After I graduated I moved further north and now its hard to find a consistent game so Ive been focusing more on my DJ skills. And I gotta say, IMO DJing is much more enjoyable, and not nearly as stressful as grinding it out, day by day at the tables, in the same seat watching the sun go up and down. Now if Im lucky I get to watch the sun come up when Im in the booth.

yeah man poker is literally such a grind. after 4 years of playing online it lost that fun feeling. I stopped caring about the money and wanted nothing more than to get out of my office and into the real world. and even though im working a 9-5 bulls**t job currently, im still much happier than i typically was playing poker. thinking about it I really only enjoyed my time playing poker after i got a big score from playing mtts (multi table tournaments for those not familiar). And that wasnt very often lol.

I cant wait till I can start dj’ing semi professionally and start making money back on this hobby I really enjoy. 😀

April 6, 2012 at 9:19 pm #18101

Xhris Vile
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I’m a journalist. I report on education news for a daily here in Killeen Texas. Love my job. Hours are long some days, but I love writing for a living and it never gets boring.

April 7, 2012 at 3:23 am #18112

2SHAE!
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BigChipsHI, post: 18164, member: 853 wrote: yeah man poker is literally such a grind. after 4 years of playing online it lost that fun feeling. I stopped caring about the money and wanted nothing more than to get out of my office and into the real world. and even though im working a 9-5 bulls**t job currently, im still much happier than i typically was playing poker. thinking about it I really only enjoyed my time playing poker after i got a big score from playing mtts (multi table tournaments for those not familiar). And that wasnt very often lol.

I cant wait till I can start dj’ing semi professionally and start making money back on this hobby I really enjoy. 😀

I cant imagine doing it for even that long. I got sick of it after 6 months, and after a while, win, lose, or draw, it became depressing. I think it would of been a better experience if I was on the ride with someone else. You would think making 10k over a summer would make anyone happy, but in a way, it wasnt worth abandoning friends, and missing most of my senior year at college. Either way, I can still play cards with friends and have a good time, but with DJing, I feel that I would have fun doing it both professionally, and part time on weekends

April 7, 2012 at 7:25 pm #18157

Bradley Stone
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I’m a student studying accounting and finance. Kinda wished I had taken a bigger interest in music at an earlier age!

April 8, 2012 at 12:15 pm #18176

kubin
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I run a little webdesign/web development company with a friend of mine and besides that I’m currently studying Software Engineering in Vienna.

April 17, 2012 at 12:58 pm #18670

Arthur Kokanov
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I manage customs paperwork for a freight company between the US and CA. DJing keeps me sane…

April 17, 2012 at 1:36 pm #1003586

durtyjerzy609
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im a turbo sales executive in the uk. i sell passanger car/light truck/ and performance turbos. now if i could just boost my dj gig a lil id be a much happier boy

April 20, 2012 at 2:13 pm #18895

gbadegesin
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I am a consultant in IT who specialises in Network Infrastructure

April 21, 2012 at 4:07 pm #18946

Harley Smith
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I moved to the islands 20 years ago as a scuba instructor. Spent enough time on boats to get my Captain’s License and did dive and sail charters. Moved on to being a yacht broker, then got into real estate sales and property management, which is what I do currently. Started DJing about three years ago to bring in some fun and creativity back to my life and looking to do more.

May 10, 2012 at 6:05 am #1004211

Steelo
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Hotel Manager…early morning meetings aren’t always too enjoyable after those late nights at the club. I’ve had a dig at lots of different jobs but haven’t quite settled on anything I really like yet. I’ve done retail, telecommunications, real estate, was a chef for a while, social media, sound & lighting, club and events promoter, worked the door at several clubs. I’ve always managed to play out fairly regularly for most jobs. I’m looking forward to taking some time off, heading back home and just locking myself in the studio for a while.

May 14, 2012 at 7:17 am #1004369

Justin
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I’m currently a third-year full-time Film and Media Studies Major working at my university’s computer repair store, where we fix both PCs and Macs!

May 28, 2012 at 10:44 pm #1005177

Rodders
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Up until the end of last year I was an Events Manager for a big audio/video hardware & software company. Now I’m still figuring out what to do.. tempted to change career entirely because whilst working for that company my creativity dropped to almost zero (only so long you can stare at a DAW screen), since leaving I’ve done a DJ mix and got a regular gig, as well as working on a couple of remixes and 3 of my own productions!
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