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[Hogmelon]

@"Hogmelon", now that we're here in this non basketball thread, how did you come by those math chops? Do you get to have that kind of fun at work?

B.S. in electrical engineering from Texas A&M; M.S.E.E. from MIT (specializing in optimal control theory, which is all math)

Worked for Bell Labs, then General Dynamics (still in control theory, still all math).

Developed optimal card-counting strategies for blackjack, which proved extremely successful (both individually and as part of a team) until I was barred by every casino that mattered.

Then ...

Law school in Austin (t.u.), followed by a litigation practice that morphed into a mediation practice.

Then ...

Poker.  Full-time until recently.

Now ...

Just playing with my grandkids and chillin' ....

Also, mixed in with all of the above, a shitload of adventures in the wonderful worlds of art and music.