Quit my job

You think you will have $8K in your bank account and you're giving poker a shot full time?

live the dream. Try not to crash and burn.

what did the wife say? she mad?

On September 19 2015 04:46 whamm! wrote: what did the wife say? she mad?

We split. I found out she cheated on me a few years ago, she confessed, couldnt forgive her for it, so we called things off.

Pretty risky decision, good luck & hope it works out

Props for following what you love, best of luck

As someone whose played a reasonable amount of 2/5, you're going to have to run really really well at the start to make it playing on 8k... At least you don't have wife/kids to worry about. good luck man.

On September 19 2015 08:05 Spitfiree wrote: Props for following what you love, best of luck

+1

goodluck bro

On September 19 2015 06:58 NewbSaibot wrote: Show nested quote + On September 19 2015 04:46 whamm! wrote: what did the wife say? she mad? We split. I found out she cheated on me a few years ago, she confessed, couldnt forgive her for it, so we called things off.

Major props my man, a really great decision!

Now that is a 180 life spin man, good luck

Do you have any other assets that you aren't mentioning such as 401k? 8k after sale of home and mustang seems on the lower end. for example if you had xxxxx in 401k while it would not be liquid enough to use as a bankroll or anything for your venture, I do think an established nestegg would be relevant to mention.

Don't think it matters really, especially after leaving the wife behind NewbSaibot deserves to do what his heart desires for a while

have fun bro, best of luck

If you are good 8k should be enough unless u hit a sub 5% run right off the bat.

How old are you?

assuming your home is 100k (conservative) the sale of it should deviate by a couple of points each worth 1k . so 8k is just a guess. It seems like it would be smart to grind out another 2-5k to be conservative.

I think you mad an error in your salary negotiation. Since you are actually prepared to leave you have huge leverage in that spot. I think it would be better to ask for 120k planning on settling at 90-100k .

Good luck. LP has your back.

what you are doing is going to be very tough. i wish u good luck ....

one thing i'd recommend is re-thinking your long term goals. just 'crushing 2/5' for one isn't too reasonable (for me either) and for two you have better options to make larger sums of money than doing that.

i found this site helpful in forcing myself to set goals and figuring out exactly where i want to be and what i want to do...

http://milkthepigeon.com/start-here/

On September 19 2015 18:45 Rinny wrote: I think you mad an error in your salary negotiation. Since you are actually prepared to leave you have huge leverage in that spot. I think it would be better to ask for 120k planning on settling at 90-100k .

Also 100% agree with this. I expect them to come with some 75-80k back to you a couple days before you actually leave.

My friend also works in IT and must have been doing something really similar to you, is not really expendable, But he also has his own business and just joined a company to get some schedule/experience. And when he got all that he just said he's gonna leave, handed in the notice. Literally 2 days before the end of his 30 day they offered him some 60% salary increase, and half a year later they bumped him to a corporate position and his salary is more than double, earning more than the boss that hired him that's with the company for many years.

You guys are absolutely right about the negotiation. Under normal circumstances my new position is an 80k position. Under difficult circumstances like it is right now it's a 90k position. You never start the negotiation at the price you want, you start high and hope to get talked down to what you want. Whoops. Oh well I dont really care anyway, it's easy for me to stay at 90 firm since it keeps me focused on what I really want which is to play poker.