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I'm in NYC, a Lot of MTG players are Developers/Programmers/SREs/Webmasters etc.

• busterarm 8y ago
  Same but they'll almost never admit to it at work. That, essentially, is the issue. If you don't already know they play Magic, you won't know they play Magic. Gambling, in most traditional forms, is seen as low-class and stupid, while in reality many, many people in this industry are compulsive gamblers.
  • paulie_a 8y ago
    It's called cryptocurrency.
    • busterarm 8y ago
      That is what I was alluding to.
  • kasey_junk 8y ago
    That doesn’t match my experience at all. From backgammon to poker to sports gambling I’ve experienced way more positive bias towards gambling in tech jobs than negative.
    • naravara 8y ago
      Ditto. Maybe it's because I work in data science though. Stats nerds are in their element with games of chance.