EPTGoing on "Leave" from University to play DotA 2 - Page 22
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Kamakiri
Sweden312 Posts
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thragar
Canada450 Posts
Good luck in April! | ||
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Kznn
Brazil9072 Posts
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Itsmedudeman
United States19229 Posts
On October 30 2012 03:23 Heh_ wrote: If you're putting off an engineering career (what he's doing) then millions of dollars of lost opportunity is correct. Good luck finding a job when there's a 5 year gap on your resume, and are 5 years older than thousands of fresh graduates. I don't know any engineers who make millions of dollars in the span of 2-5 years. | ||
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Brainling
United States660 Posts
On October 30 2012 03:23 Heh_ wrote: If you're putting off an engineering career (what he's doing) then millions of dollars of lost opportunity is correct. Good luck finding a job when there's a 5 year gap on your resume, and are 5 years older than thousands of fresh graduates. As an actual professional in an engineering field, this is BS. It takes me nearly 10 years to make anywhere near a million dollars, let alone millions, and that's if I never consider taxes. Second, I have a three year gap in my resume when I went on a world trip and sabbatical. Guess how hard it was to get a new job? It wasn't. I took a pay cut of course (which I've recouped and surpassed now), but I had a job within a month of starting to look, because I'm talented and driven and my explanation of taking time off in my mid-20's to go on a world tour was perfectly acceptable. Good luck to you Envy, follow your dreams. The real world isn't going anywhere. | ||
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Vaelone
Finland4400 Posts
I'm sure theres a few billion people working in their boring jobs they hate, earning their precious money. So having a few dreamers around isn't all that bad. I'l stick to my boring work for now since I lack the drive you have. Hoping that the community didn't scare you away a year ago. | ||
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Leeoku
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Dankleteer
United States1430 Posts
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zZygote
Canada898 Posts
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Aldehyde
Sweden939 Posts
That. There is nothing more to it. Do whatever the fuck you want, don't worry so much about what might happen later. | ||
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xVoiid
Canada199 Posts
I can't congratulate you enough, I'm so happy to see that it payed off. Best of luck in the future! | ||
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wanghis
United States320 Posts
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Implenia
Austria3846 Posts
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foeffa
Belgium2115 Posts
 You sure have the talent/skills imho, thinking of your HoN-career, so sure hope it works out! | ||
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chaosfreak11
Singapore367 Posts
On October 27 2012 13:09 kellymilkies wrote: Don't worry guys  He is going to get into a prestigious new team soon :> He is in the same team as Loda. I see. | ||
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TylerThaCreator
United States906 Posts
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AnomalySC2
United States2073 Posts
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zz_
Sweden1022 Posts
On October 30 2012 20:30 TylerThaCreator wrote: There is an abnormally large amount of people in this topic who care more about making lots of money than doing what actually makes them happy...I actually thought I was reading a bunch of troll messages for a moment. The only compelling argument against the OP's plan was that in terms of Engineering, this was career suicide. But what if he was studying in another field? Would the response have been the same? +1 I find it sad that even here, where we all come for the simple reason that we like professional gaming, it is stigmatized. Is it really so hard to imagine that some people do not choose their future based on the size of the paycheck, but rather based on their desires? | ||
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MotherOfRunes
Germany2862 Posts
and the consquences i mentioned can be really devastating. since the financial and economical situation of the world will only go further down to hell, you maybe wanna realize that the number of poor people will grow and it will be harder to get jobs....and lets say ur 21 now and stop your real life for 3 years of dota, lets even say you become really good and succesful for 4-5 years. then this guy would be 25-26 when he realizes he cant make a living with it anymore. and believe me there is nothing worse when a human resources manager reviews your application and sees a hole for 4-5 years in your timeline. and then you ahve to explain it with computer games? even if its on professional level the most guys reading your application will think your a lazy slacker who just spend his time playing computer games all his life . being in a situation like that, when the job market will be a hard battlefield in the near future, can be really horrible. and something must be wrong with you if the thing that makes you REALLY happy or happy the most, is playing computer games allday, even if its on professional level. normally it indicats sociopaths who have problems in real life (no girlfiends or rarely having girlfriends, being to lazy for school/work or people who just dont liek "real" people around him) stay in school kids and try to rethink what u really want from life because the real thing is outthere, and not in this small box | ||
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Brainling
United States660 Posts
And eSports is on the rise. StarCraft players and many LoL players are already making livable salaries, and Dota 2 isn't far behind. Basically, MotherOfRunes might as well have said "I have no idea what I'm talking about, but I'm going to get up on this soap box and tell you how to live your life, even though I know nothing about you, nothing about your situation, nothing about the job market in north American, nothing about engineering or how it works...really I don't know a lot, but let me preach to you"...and it would have read exactly the same way. And how dare you tell someone to rethink what they want out of life, implying that this isn't it, and somehow you would know better? You have to be a special kind of fool to think it's your place to tell others what they want out of life. | ||
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