Career Changing in your 20s

7. Life as a professional poker player (non-traditional careers series)


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Listen to hear all about the life of Fred, a net winning professional poker player based in LA who chose to play poker as his full-time job out of undergrad instead of a traditional, salaried corporate job.

1:40 - Why did you choose poker over a traditional job out of undergrad?

4:15 - What does a week in the life look like?

10:47 - What does a day in the life look like?

13:30 - When did you realize you could play poker professionally and how did you weigh the pros and cons?

18:20 - What kind of mindset do you need to have as a successful poker player?

23:55 - What are common traits among professional poker players? Whether similar personality traits or a certain level of risk tolerance

29:25 - What are your future career decisions and how long are you going to stick with poker?

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