For personal reasons, decided to remove the contents of this post. Mods, please delete the entirety of this thread if possible or simply allow it to subside quietly.
Will still be happy to answer questions. If I haven't replied back to you on PM, it's because I've a. been swamped with lot of messages, and b. I've been on my phone when responding to most of these posts and find it difficult to write helpful and succinct answers. I'll get back to you all hopefully eventually.
Cheers
Excellent post! Thank you for this. I have to admit, I've had my share of fuck ups these past few semesters (one which includes a caffeine overdose and subsequently failing a finals, skipping class to trade FX). I'm now finishing up my summer semester. This post inspired me to keep crushing it going forward. Do you brush up on mental math at all, or are you just a freak of nature ?
Haha thanks for sharing! I don’t have the need to practice them anymore (aside calculating the tip when I’m out for dinner with friends). Growing up though, my parents drilled math into my head (by 5th grade, my dad forced me to learn algebra 2) so numbers just became really second nature to me, or as you phrased it, a freak of nature lol.
When I was interviewing though, it was a matter of knowing some tricks and shortcuts - the speed was already there naturally, but there were ways to shave off seconds which depending on who you were interviewing with could find impressive. For example:
When you’re given a 2x2 multiplication problem such as 43x37, another way to view this is as (x+a) multiplied by (x-a) where x = 40 and a = 3. Simple FOIL tells you the product is x^2-a^2 or simply 1600-9=1591
wow very detailed, THANK YOU for sharing your story
So basically you just need to be really smart
I wouldn’t consider myself smart. What I was trying to emphasize was that on paper, I was actually below average (hence why I kept repeating the fact my subpar GPA got me rejected constantly) I was trying to convey that there were other ways to showcase yourself besides just the standard approach and I thought I had a rather unique journey. The only “smart” I think I showed here was a flair for numbers, which is just a small part of the equation
Well, to me being able to solve brainteasers like you did, is a more straightforward way to know how clever you are than getting good grades. But I agree, it's only a part of the equation.
Anyways, you mentioned you played LoL - why did you feel that was worth mentioning? I played it as well, probably wasn't as good as you were - Plat 4. For me, looking back it was just a waste of time and I'm glad I have quit gaming entirely.
You play up to 10/20nl yet a good summer netted you $5000? Something seems off given that $5k is 2.5 buyins which is nothing. I was a professional poker player for 6 years (quit school and eventually went back) so I can def relate to the interviewing struggles it brings. Having said that, I can't believe the card magic shit worked for you, I feel like that'd come off horribly...huge kudos and good luck!
I always envied those who played poker professionally!
Actually, i only played up to $2/5 at the time, and it was also a lot of run good and a pretty small sample size. Whether I made $20k, lost $5k, I think the experience was what mattered in the end.
I’m only really properly rolled for $5/10 at the moment and play $10/20 occasionally.
I think it's great for you that this worked, but I do not agree at all re the experience. Again, kudos to you, but if I'm being honest I feel like you're either amazing at spinning this or you got lucky af with the person who hired you. I had made a bit more than a half million dollars lifetime from poker and could more than talk the talk when it came to the experience. At the end of the day though, when you're interviewing at a firm and multiple people interview you, the negative anti-gambling voice will almost always be hard the loudest. It's a shame but very true in my experience.
Again (for the 4th time?) congrats to you, I don't want to come off like a hater, I just don't see this as being all that impressive, especially considering the success other young people are experiencing at poker, crypto, etc.
What do you do to work on your poker game away from the table?
What site do you play poker on?
would love to see a part 2, let me know!
Hey Andy,
Thank you again for the kind words and encouragement. Unfortunately, I've received some wide-spread feedback and after evaluating, decided I will not post a part 2 for the time being. In hindsight, my post this time around detracted far from what people wanted to see, and in the end I only wish to be helpful, not the opposite.
Hopefully I'll be able to rectify my errors in the futures and able to assist more people. Until then, I'll remain idle but continue answering questions should people reach out to me.
If anyone else is reading this and wonder why I haven't gotten back to you yet on PM, please read above, I explain why. Doing my best to get back to everyone.
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