This is Difficult...

They call it grinding because it's a grind. If you are serious about starting with $25 and building your bankroll, it's going to take some time and feel pointless for most of it.

play $1 sit n gos until you get to $100 and move up to the $3 games . . . .
you can do it, it just takes time

i'm doing it. started out w/ like $4.56 and in about 4 hours i was up to ~$17. Yeah, sounds pointless i know, but i am keeping my head on straight and keeping the goal in mind. Next step is to move up, where i make more money. Once i dominate that stake, move up, make more money, until i'm at like 100nl, which would mean i have a lot of monies

Keep the goal in mind!!! and only get a stake if you know that you can dominate and pay it back.

Well, the only thing is this.. I don't know if you guys have loans, bills, rent, but I do. And I really appreciate the glory of grinding, but I can't help but to feel like it's a total waste to micromanage 5-10ptb /100 when it's only equating $1 an hour. I mean if I was still in College I would have no problem, wouldn't have to worry because all the expenses will be in the future. Unfortunately, that future has come to present. That's the only reason I'm contemplating a Stake.

[edit] I have got to quit skim reading my bad
do u have aim or something? throw me a PM

hilariously ironic blog name

On June 26 2009 13:55 SeanBam wrote: Unfortunately, this job search has been going absolutely terrible. I have a Bachelor's Degree which I think absolutely hinders me. I went for an interview for a job working at a front desk for a gym for $10 / hr, she said that I was "over qualified" for the position since I'll probably leave for greener pastures. In response, I said "Have you been out there looking for jobs recently? There is no such thing as "overqualified" anymore" It's terrible for that job there were 14 interviewees. And for a cheese clerk position there was 12. Luckily I was one of the 3 finalist where I had to spend a volunteer hour working to see if I could beat out the other candidates. I don't even know how much the job pays, but it's probably not much, and the woman said that if I didn't get a call before the weekend then I didn't have the job. I applied at Dunkin' Donuts as well, where there was actually a sign that said "Help Wanted" The man gave me a puzzled look after looking at past experiences and education.

This is so true. I have a bachelor's degree as well and seriously cant get a job to save my life, so I'm going to grad school. I was accepted into the Ph. D. program and theyre giving me a 37k a year stipend and free tuition. I figure its best to have the degree anyway even though I was hoping to just get a job right out of school, but found that impossible. I've applied to everything from pharmaceutical jobs to working at gamestop, nothing. It's fucking terrible.

OP you sound like me in 2 years. Currently I am in school going for a bachelor's, been here 3 years. although I do not yet have to repay student loans it is hanging over me as well, along with bills associated with living on my own. although I currently grind 100NL, I still feel it is much too swingy to rely on it as income. I'm still seesawing between applying at gap or banana republic this summer and taking it easy or going in grind mode so that i don't have to deal with the "general public" and underutilize my time getting paid hourly.

that said, if I'm considering a job at 100nl you should def not be living off microstakes. best of luck and let me know how it goes for ya

oh nvm misread your paragraph, yeah being overqualified sucks but gl in poker

Yeah, it does suck, it's just funny because I really didn't think it was going to be this hard to find a job just outside of NYC. Especially because I've worked so many random jobs and have experience in basically everything. I should have focused more on poker when I was in College

ouch... gl with whatever you end up doing. I'm glad I have my job

Post your resume on Careerbuilder, I had 5 offers to sell insurance in the first two weeks. People are desperate for sales people currently, look into that avenue.

On June 26 2009 15:39 egood wrote: Show nested quote + On June 26 2009 13:55 SeanBam wrote: Unfortunately, this job search has been going absolutely terrible. I have a Bachelor's Degree which I think absolutely hinders me. I went for an interview for a job working at a front desk for a gym for $10 / hr, she said that I was "over qualified" for the position since I'll probably leave for greener pastures. In response, I said "Have you been out there looking for jobs recently? There is no such thing as "overqualified" anymore" It's terrible for that job there were 14 interviewees. And for a cheese clerk position there was 12. Luckily I was one of the 3 finalist where I had to spend a volunteer hour working to see if I could beat out the other candidates. I don't even know how much the job pays, but it's probably not much, and the woman said that if I didn't get a call before the weekend then I didn't have the job. I applied at Dunkin' Donuts as well, where there was actually a sign that said "Help Wanted" The man gave me a puzzled look after looking at past experiences and education. This is so true. I have a bachelor's degree as well and seriously cant get a job to save my life, so I'm going to grad school. I was accepted into the Ph. D. program and theyre giving me a 37k a year stipend and free tuition. I figure its best to have the degree anyway even though I was hoping to just get a job right out of school, but found that impossible. I've applied to everything from pharmaceutical jobs to working at gamestop, nothing. It's fucking terrible.

Be sure to find out something about the schools job placement program, 0 experience and a PH.D or masters makes it very very difficult to get a job because your degree will price you out of jobs you qualify for based on experience and the jobs your degree qualifies you for you won't have enough experience. Sometimes the job market is just so extremely fucking lame.

CareerBuilder.com I heard about it but thought it was pointless. But I will definitely give it a try thanks cooper.

can't say that I didn't try
gl

On June 26 2009 17:53 Cooper83 wrote: Be sure to find out something about the schools job placement program, 0 experience and a PH.D or masters makes it very very difficult to get a job because your degree will price you out of jobs you qualify for based on experience and the jobs your degree qualifies you for you won't have enough experience. Sometimes the job market is just so extremely fucking lame.

Yeah will def look into that.