[snowbird122]

Speaking of poker, I was once playing poker in vegas when the guy sitting beside me asked me what I did. I replied that I was a "technology consultant". He looked confused. I tried to explain that I wrote software to solve problems in the home automation industry. He thought hard for a moment and a light bulb went off in his head and he sat up and said, "oh computers!". I resigned that I did "computers", and the moment was over.

Just goes to show how the whole world isn't technical.

[mattmaroon]

The people you meet at mid-limit poker tables are the most genuinely reflective sample of the middle-class and up segment of our country that you'll ever find. It's weighted male (though less heavily than it use to be) but you definitely run into all types.

There's a huge digital divide among poker pros. Most tend to either be younger guys like me who use computers as a tool to improve our game (ICM Calculators, equity calcs, stat tracking, etc.) and the old road-gambler types who still think poker is just about reading people. Of course poker is such a mathematical game that the second group is at a tremendous disadvantage, except for the few who've adapted.

[jobeirne]

That's slightly horrifying.