Viewing Poker as a Profession
For as long as I can remember there has always been a separation between my poker online presence and my professional online presence. I have always kept two blogs, one for all things poker and one for topics relevant to my professional career, such as my resume, information about various projects, and a place for people to contact me. There are several reasons why such a separation makes sense, the first and foremost reason being that playing poker is not my profession. I’m going to school to get a degree in Information Systems with the intent on having a career within that field. So poker ends up being a much lower priority. It’ something I do on the side. In my case it would be more appropriate to categorize poker as a hobby. Looking back, I don’t think that I have treated it as such. I’ve studied the game, invested my money into it and even seen money as a result of playing. The very fact that I have a blog dedicated to poker means I see it as more than just a mere hobby. That blog was a place to discuss my profits and losses and to reflect on the emotional highs and lows that a poker player must endure. It allowed me to think on an objective level. I could get a better view of the big picture by seeing that I wasn’t just in the moment after a losing session, but that it’s just one session, and I can always play another tomorrow. (Maintaining a blog happens to be a great way of reducing tilt.) I could plan goals for the month and for the year. That level of dedication probably kept me from going broke. It allowed me to see poker in the same light as real poker professionals do: as a job.
Resume
Contact Information
Timothy Kelleher
Email: tim@timkelleher.com
Phone: (657) 464-3306
Website: timkelleher.com
Work Experience
- Assistant Systems Administrator at UC Riverside Electrical Engineering Department
May 2008 – Present
I troubleshoot technical problems faced by professors and graduate students. In addition, I maintain the Electrical Engineering web site. - Web Developer at Everchanging Productions
April 2007 – January 2008
I built the web site from scratch with completely custom PHP code, implementing such features as a login system integrated with the vBulletin forum system, dynamic URLs with Apache mod_rewrite, an upload system that could upload images, word documents, and PDF files, and a content management system wherein the administrator could write custom news and tutorials for the site. - Web Developer at TWAComm Inc.
Summer 2004 – Spring 2006
I was hired by TWAComm, Inc, an internet-based company, to completely rewrite their web site, which was in programmed in ASP. I redesigned the site from scratch in PHP. The whole process took about a year. After that, my job consisted of adding new features to the web site, particularly to the backend code.
Education
- Currently working toward a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Information Systems at University of California at Riverside
- Degree highlights:
- Computer Networking
- Instant Message client
- Spanning Tree Protocol demonstration
- Artificial Intelligence
- Nearest Neighbor algorithm
- Introduction to Software Engineering
- Board Game Creator
- Database Management Systems
- Restaurant Application
- Computer Networking
LC3 Help
Purpose
One of the classes I have studied at UCR in 2006 dealt with a fictitious assembly language known as LC-3. After finding no online resource for LC-3, I decided to make one for myself which covers how to download the software simulator and program in LC-3 competently.
LC3-Help continues to be a source of information for students at UCR and several other universities that teach with the LC-3 assembly language.
Features
- Search feature
- Javascript pop-up which provided definition for relevant terms
- PHPBB forum integration with the frontend site
Design
The Banana Stand
Purpose
The Banana Stand was my first database-driven web site written in 2005. I wanted to create a fan site for the canceled television show, Arrested Development.
Features
- Tracks how many hits each image receives
- Displays random quotes from the show at the bottom of the page
- Any errors are stored for later administrator review
