Poker Business and Careers Are Tough Yet Looked Down At

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Poker Business and Careers Are Tough Yet Looked Down At

Bank loans, housing applications, Private school entries for your children, master card applications, you name it! You have to place your career or business venture on it right? Mention the words "Poker Professional", "Poker Business Executive" or even "Poker Journalist" and certain people look down at you. Those people that do look down on people in poker related business and careers; I do hope you are reading this! Poker is a Business and Career That's Tough, but it's also profitable!

It takes one hell of a person to work in the poker industry. It takes strength, stamina, charisma, hard work and a mind set that most office executives reading filled in forms could never keep. It does not matter at what level you work in the poker industry - player, journalist, business man, site owner or manager, tournament director, poker room manager, marketer and publicist the list of jobs is endless! Without a doubt with each and everyone of them you need a lot more strength mentally then most jobs people work.

I see poker somewhat like the stock exchange for a player, managing your bankroll and investing your money wisely is a must for success. You invest it correctly and put your money in the right poker stock and play the ups and downs right and your a winner! Regardless of the job you do beyond being a player you are a poker player, so playing the poker stock exchange is in your life!

When it comes to other poker positions and careers there are long winding hours and roads to get through. Most tournament directors and marketing managers spend up to 20 hours a day or more at peak times doing their jobs. This also applies to journalists and live bloggers, cameramen and television crews. I assume those reading our forms when we make applications for things as mentioned in paragraph one do not consider this.

Simply, it does not matter whether you earn even $250,000 a year, it isn't on payslips, it's from gambling and it can be highly frowned on and can go against you. I ask you the reader, what takes more effort? what is harder? what takes more smart? what takes patience and persistence for success and who is the stronger person mentally and physically? The likes of a rental property manager, school principal, bank loan analyst, administration clerk, accountant, business man, I.T. worker or someone in the poker industry? I say without a doubt poker industry workers win hands down. I can actually say this and say it with extensive knowledge based on my previous positions and roles. They are as follows:

• Business Owner Operator
• Business Analyst
• Business Accountant
• Personal Assistant
• 2IC
• I.T. Manager
• Admin Officer
• Property Manager (or resort manager rather)
• Teacher / Lecturer
  

You get the hint, there are a few, some I worked simultaneously. I have been there and done that! I have studied, worked and faced many a challenge where hundreds of thousands of dollars were in my hands and were on the line. It wasn't easy, but it was no where near as hard as working in the poker industry. I stay with the poker industry as it excites my brain and provides a challenge!

Anyway, to get back to the point: Poker Is a Business and a Career That is TOUGH! It's the toughest i have found, its mentally tougher then working high profile position for major corps and even in our defense force. If I am ever to change careers again (which I don't think I will) and happen to have a ton of applications lined up in front of me and one of them has a poker related career worker on them - this will win hands down. This person WILL be seen as a doer, a worker, a goer, a quality manager of finances.

I am hoping that as 2011 draws to an end that poker careers and businesses will be seen by the general public as what they are. That player's and professionals will be acceptable as "humans" and "eligible". People say the music industry and film industry are tough and indeed they are - so is the poker one and people should be adding it to the list too!