What's your background?

[Demiparadigm]

Just wondering what mentality tends to lend itself to this forum and poker in general. I am an analytical chemist, with a degree in mechanical engineering. I know Fnord used to work for M$ and did a lot of work on MSN, and Xianti did the crappy menus for the Stu Ungar movie.
A lot of posters here are still in school, but I was wondering what you're gonna be when you grow up.

[eeeee]

What's Econ? -- I know it's technically, liberal arts, but I put it under science because of it's logic/numbers orientation.

[Demiparadigm]

I'll give you econ, but poli Sci is less a science than astrology.

BTW, how do I edit my poll? I wanted a "Who needs school when you have poker?" option

[vqc]

bio chemistry - cell biology major at UCSD. Gonna graduate in 3 years total hopefully.

I want to go to law school.

[Xianti]

...and Xianti did the crappy menus for the Stu Ungar movie.

Grrrrrrr...!!

Not the best example of my work. I had no assets and only like 2 weeks to do it.



I voted "dropped out of college." I actually never went to a "real" college. Just took some classes at a community college, but never finished it nor got a degree in anything.

I started as an artist in a T-shirt graphics shop, and found myself going from one designer job to another and taught myself (or learned on the job) all the tools of my trade along the way.

[Xianti]

{Moved from Poker Etcetera}

[a500lbgorilla]

Aerospace Engineering major at VPI

-'rilla

[evman150]

Second year Astronomy at the University of Victoria.

[!Luck]

I mean i know that business degress are science or in other words BS. there really should be a seperate option for the Business majors.

[gabe]

science / engineering major --- nerds like us are attracted to forums.

[Legendash]

15 days of my Masters in Physics left (Manchester Uni), can't wait to kick back and play poker all summer!

[MannerBoy]

Basketball player - win the world championship with my juniors national team in year 2000

Study - in college Human resources and Busnies managment

Working - in the IKEA

Hoping - To be the next world poker champions

[michael1123]

I have a bachelors of science in Psychology ..... sigh, I guess I choose liberal arts major.

[sykotik489]

Finished High School currently in the USAF.

[FyrFytr998]

High School Salutatorian
College drop out
U.S.M.C. honorably discharged
Stratford Firefighter/EMT

[ZenOffsuit]

Is there anyone here in there 30's?! Feels like I am one of the few not still in school or fresh out of it. I am impressed with everyone's resume on this list but I am feeling like an old man @ 37!

A long time ago...Graduated w/ B.A. in English, Now in the I.T. field (10 years) and part-time professional musician.

Any bass players out there?

[Xianti]

<-- 34

[rob6597]

<-- 35. Bachelor of Mathematics from the University of Minnesota Institute of Technology

[pokerfanatic]

This forum has some highly inelegant people at it, thus why FTR's players are good at poker...

I'm a computer engineering major personally... just got done with 2nd year (got a ways to go...)

[FyrFytr998]

<--------33 and a kick ass fire surpression specialist!

[a500lbgorilla]

<---- 19 and thinks we've done this thread before.

-'rilla

[eeeee]

Is there anyone here in there 30's?! Feels like I am one of the few not still in school or fresh out of it. I am impressed with everyone's resume on this list but I am feeling like an old man @ 37!

A long time ago...Graduated w/ B.A. in English, Now in the I.T. field (10 years) and part-time professional musician.

Any bass players out there?

40's
Bass (own a fretless electric), Guitar -- non-professional

[FyrFytr998]

<---- 19 and thinks we've done this thread before.

-'rilla

Shut it. Children should be seen and not heard.

[Element187]

i dropped out of high school, but how is that a measure of intelligence... i just didnt like going .. i have a comfy network security engineering job shrug.

[ensign_lee]

Don't quite know how to vote in this poll, so uh

economics major at the UW

....err....

economics major at UT-Austin now. Yay transfers!

[dalai007]

I am 36
got my BA in Chemistry at Santa Clara University
got my PhD in Chemistry at Colorado State Univ.
Post Doc for 2 yrs
Now I work for a biotech firm in silicon valley

[Yeldud]

32

Bachelors in Finance and English
MBA
Working on level 3 CFA
Working on a PHd.

[Jay67s]

38

BS in Math (concentrated in Computer science)
I run a software development department

[AHiltz]

2 years of commerce at uni. Dropped that and went to a computer college. Finished with honours and am a lead programmer doing VB, ASP, ASP.NET programming for the last 7+ years.

[UG]

25.

Right now I'm a substitute teacher at the middle and high school level. I should get back word today or tomorrow about an opening I've interviewed for. I'm pretty sure I've got the job but we'll see.

[koolmoe]

33.

PhD in chemical engineering.

[bigred]

<--------33 and a kick ass fire surpression specialist!

Oh wow, your name is fyrfytr. As in fire fighter. I was always like, fir firter, wtf, does this guy want to be the chef from the muppets?

[xxDFOCxx]

<--- 30

Bachelor in Technologies of Information System
Work as Consultant for Arinso, implementing Systems like SAP & PeopleSoft. re-ingeneering process in the HR organizations.

[mtbottle]

<---- 19

Drunk and disorderly @ Oxford University. Doing a Masters in Engineeeeering

[Ro_Joe]

<==== way older than any of you guys.

Been in the computer field for 35 years (when mainframes were all we had and there was no Microsoft). Programmer, DBA, Network Engineer, Operations Manager, etc.

BS in Business and MBA.

Now director of Quality for a software company.

[DWDuck]

<----- 30
Computer Engineering Grad
At day: ASIC designer at Telecommunications company
At night: I am the terror that flaps in the night! Caped superhero rooting out the evildoers in society

Darkwing

[ChezJ]

<-- turning 33 on wednesday. happy birthday to me.

i think that FTR is a self-selecting group of science geeks. surely there are many non-analytical people out there playing poker, but they are not surfing the internet for advice on how to calculate the odds on their combination flush/gutshot/overcard draw. that's what nerds like us do. so it should be no surprise that the poll shows that this site is 50% nerds.

ChezJ

[The_Cheat]

<----22

I am a PIMP.

And i am good at cards

[a500lbgorilla]

<----22

I am a PIMP.

And i am good at cards

Haha, I may need to switch majors.

-'rilla

[The_Cheat]

<----22

I am a PIMP.

And i am good at cards

Haha, I may need to switch majors.

-'rilla

and on the weekends, i am a spy!

[boost]

25.

Right now I'm a substitute teacher at the middle and high school level. I should get back word today or tomorrow about an opening I've interviewed for. I'm pretty sure I've got the job but we'll see.

oooh poor george, I feel so bad for you. We used to do the meanest things to subs at school. Its funny we loved having them because we got so much freedom, but we would abuse the hell out of them. Suckers.

[The_Cheat]

we used to act like we were other people. for example, he would be calling roll and say "boostnslide" and I would raise my hand and he would be me. Then we would have a competition to see who could get the other in the most trouble

[Gatlin Dan]

A lot of posters here are still in school, but I was wondering what you're gonna be when you grow up.

You make it sound like I have to...

[poskid_1982]

Working stiff...Military Biatch

[Fishy]

<-- 24

BSc in aeronautical engineering and mechanical engineering.

[ake]

20, and I will enroll at the university this autumn. After 2 years of total slacking I feel ready to start studying again..but most likely my motivation will drop pretty quickly.

[Sed]

PhD in Genomic Science (minor in Bioinformatics) in about a month...


- sed

[Demiparadigm]

bump!

[DaNutsInYoEye]

23

BS in Zoology
Currently in Med School

[Irisheyes]

20

3rd year of BAI in Mech. Eng in TCD.

[DavSimon]

34 years old - Philosophy major - History minor....I now play poker for a living, do you see why?

[™]

23

BS in Zoology
Currently in Med School

kekeke Zoology is a funny word, do you see why?

[DoGGz]

...and Xianti did the crappy menus for the Stu Ungar movie.

Grrrrrrr...!!

Not the best example of my work. I had no assets and only like 2 weeks to do it.



I voted "dropped out of college." I actually never went to a "real" college. Just took some classes at a community college, but never finished it nor got a degree in anything.

I started as an artist in a T-shirt graphics shop, and found myself going from one designer job to another and taught myself (or learned on the job) all the tools of my trade along the way.

Whoa, you really did some work on that movie? I don't remember what they are talking about, but I didn't know you really had more then some fledgling work.

[SmackinYaUp]

21, entrepreneurship

[jmontis]

I dropped out of college when I had a ton of credits. I had a little endeavor which involved moving to another city, which failed miserably. I moved back, and had some options.

So instead of going back to school, I joined the Coast Guard. I find out when I leave for bootcamp Sept 12th. The benefits will definitely outweight the negatives, and when I get out i'll have a horde of cash saved up.

[jmontis]

34 years old - Philosophy major - History minor....I now play poker for a living, do you see why?

I laughed, but hey, you're probably 10x smarter and doing better than the colleagues you graduated with.

[jmontis]

I also feel like college isn't for me right now. Not that I lack the ability, I just lack the passion that is needed to really excell in a specialized field, AND i don't want to waste $40,000 on an education I'm not totally obsessed with.

When the time comes, I will be completely devoted to it.

[drmcboy]

god, we're all dorks. But with those categories science & engineering covers a lot....

28

[nomofoshobro]

your poll is limited.

30 -- professional degree in architecture, BArch.
now a licensed architect.

High School Salutatorian

cool, man, same here.

Now director of Quality for a software company.

how do you direct quality? sorry, i couldn't help myself.

[ilikeaces86]

19 year old punk who takes Yo money

[sndp]

I'm 21 myself. About to start my 3rd year of a BA in English Honours.

You numbers guys think you're so wicked... well you still need tact at the table.... no, no, forget it. I should have learned math

[Miffed22001]

I'm 21 myself. About to start my 3rd year of a BA in English Honours.

You numbers guys think you're so wicked... well you still need tact at the table.... no, no, forget it. I should have learned math

Possibly this is the truth but then maybe it isnt.
4th yr MA(hons) English/politics here.
just shows we arts people are coming to take yo' scratch beeeyatchs

[ensign_lee]

In the school of business now at UT-Austin. Where's that option in the poll?

[Sykedupp]

18, high school graduate (not going to college so voted 'high school dropout' hope to play poker/golf for a living :P

-Chris

[evilevilmatt]

26

Took electronics in a trade school and graduated with honors after I barely finished high school. (Its hard to pass if you dont go). Now I work in the call center being a bulldog for "the man".

[BIGandRICH]

19 year old punk who takes Yo money

17 year old punk who takes yo money and will be better than aces in a few years.

[Miffed22001]

19 year old punk who takes Yo money

17 year old punk who takes yo money and will be better than aces in a few years.

now thats fighting talk

[The_Cheat]

19 year old punk who takes Yo money

17 year old punk who takes yo money and will be better than aces in a few years.

i hate to break this to ya fella, but aces > you and it is not even close. way to shoot for the stars though, i freakin admire the man.

[Hop_Gazza]

40's - Currently studying mathemetics (probability & calculus) via the Open University.

[ilikeaces86]

19 year old punk who takes Yo money

17 year old punk who takes yo money and will be better than aces in a few years.

i hate to break this to ya fella, but aces > you and it is not even close. way to shoot for the stars though, i freakin admire the man.

Holla

[BIGandRICH]

19 year old punk who takes Yo money

17 year old punk who takes yo money and will be better than aces in a few years.

i hate to break this to ya fella, but aces > you and it is not even close. way to shoot for the stars though, i freakin admire the man.

no shit

notice the "in a few years" though we will have to allow for aces improving to insane levels ofcourse, so better make it like 10 years or so. Look at it like.. will be as good as or better than he currently is, by the time i'm the same age. Atleast that will be the aim.

[The_Cheat]

19 year old punk who takes Yo money

17 year old punk who takes yo money and will be better than aces in a few years.

i hate to break this to ya fella, but aces > you and it is not even close. way to shoot for the stars though, i freakin admire the man.

no shit

notice the "in a few years" though we will have to allow for aces improving to insane levels ofcourse, so better make it like 10 years or so. Look at it like.. will be as good as or better than he currently is, by the time i'm the same age. Atleast that will be the aim.

hey mang, i am not raggin on ya here,

it is better to aim for the stars and land in a tree than to aim for a tree and land in the mud.

[BIGandRICH]

yeh i realise you werent havin a go at me.. sorry, i wrote the reply in a bit of a rush, so i guess it came across slightly the wrong way

[stevedonel]

I did 4 years of a Mechanical Engineering degree. Sounds real close to graduating, huh? I dont feel like getting into my reasons for quitting

[ilikeaces86]

19 year old punk who takes Yo money

17 year old punk who takes yo money and will be better than aces in a few years.

i hate to break this to ya fella, but aces > you and it is not even close. way to shoot for the stars though, i freakin admire the man.

no shit

notice the "in a few years" though we will have to allow for aces improving to insane levels ofcourse, so better make it like 10 years or so. Look at it like.. will be as good as or better than he currently is, by the time i'm the same age. Atleast that will be the aim.

Less posting more playing....