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In Which Chris Finds a Job
I've posted previously about my bad luck at gambling. I've even gone as far as to say that to call it "gambling" would be a misnomer, since that would imply that there is some iota of a chance of me winning. No longer. Last night myself, my girlfriend, and 4 of my friends attended Harrah's Casino, and all 6 of us walked away winners. I lit up the blackjack table for a $50 gain, which included reeling off a string of winning 10 hands in a row.
Because of this, I've decided to halt this whole frustrating job search thing and concentrate on a career as a professional blackjack player. I figure as long as I never lose, I can just work a few hours a week and make more than enough money to live on.
And the best part is that feeling of invincibility you get when you're on a winning streak, or that thrill of victory when you walk out of the casino with some of their money rather than losing a lot of your own. You just don't get that when programming.
So if you don't see me in class for the rest of the semester, I'll be chilling out at home working on my card-counting strategies. If you should happen to see me under the bright lights with a cowboy hat on and a pile of chips in front of me, admire my skills but don't distract me. I'll be hard at work.
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I had a student in class soon after I came here, and he didn't show up after the 3rd week or so (we're talking CS 431 here). This was in the days before webstac, so I had no easy way of telling who was in the class really.
I figured he had dropped the course, but he showed up at the end, and told me that he spent the whole semester gambling at the boats. He had lost a ton of money and hadn't been to any of his classes that semester.
So it's a slippery slope Chris, but if you don't like the gambling, casinos can at least offer lots of second-hand smoke and liquor.
The student? Well he told me he would take the homeworks with him over the summer and finish up his work from home. I bet him 2-1 that he wouldn't do it.
Posted by: rkc at September 28, 2003 9:05 PM
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