I will now be making 8$ an hour to.... TEST PLAY VIDEO GAMESS!!!!!
Posted by Little_Doctor (Member # 6635) on :
Sweet.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Hah! Cool and congrats. Posted by JennaDean (Member # 8816) on :
Perfect!
Posted by Shawshank (Member # 8453) on :
I've heard that that job actually really sucks. Can give you hand cramps and carpal tunnel and ridiculously long hours near deadlines.
But- oh how I would love to test video games....
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
Beta-testing games is grueling, often tedious work. Seriously. It is NOT "playing games all day."
It is "trying to break games all day."
Often, your boss will give you mandates like "we need you to bump up against every tree in the game world to make sure we've eliminated that clipping issue."
$8/hr. is actually the low end of the pay scale for a professional tester, not least because it's rather difficult work and turnover is high.
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
but its still 50 awesome cents more then my last job!!!! ^^!!!
Posted by Demonstrocity (Member # 9579) on :
Professional video game testing is one of two jobs that teenage boys all wanted to have that ultimately ends up sucking the life out of their favorite things.
The other being gynecologist.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
Isn't that Canadian money though?
(Demonstrocity, you slay me. )
-pH
Posted by ricree101 (Member # 7749) on :
What company is it for? Hopefully it will be for cool games.
Good luck with it. I've heard that it is a pretty unpleasant job, but that it is also a great way to get into the video game industry.
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
Ya I'm not allowed to dir4ectly mention who Ill be working for.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
Guy I knew started testing for Activision, he didnt have anything good to say about it.
Posted by blacwolve (Member # 2972) on :
quote:Originally posted by TomDavidson: Often, your boss will give you mandates like "we need you to bump up against every tree in the game world to make sure we've eliminated that clipping issue."
$8/hr. is actually the low end of the pay scale for a professional tester, not least because it's rather difficult work and turnover is high.
Hmm, what would you say an average starting salary would be? For enough money, I could very easily bump into every tree in the game world.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
I've never, ever known a guy who wanted to be a gynecologist as a boy.
Playboy photographer maybe...
I'd need more than 8 dollars an hour to do that. Especially if it was Canadian money.
I thought from the thread title and the poster that he'd been made Canadian ambassador to China or something.
Posted by Zeugma (Member # 6636) on :
Well, I won't rain on your parade, the job I want isn't much better.
Congratulations, you're gonna have a great time there for a while, and you'll meet a lot of people who are at least as into games as you. My bet is that you'll be very happy. Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
Just remember, the grass is always greener after you adjust your monitor.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
quote:I've heard that it is a pretty unpleasant job, but that it is also a great way to get into the video game industry.
This is also sadly becoming less and less true; testing is turning into a dead-end job.
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
meh, for now I can laugh at my parents for saying I wont get anywhere by playing obscene amounts of video games.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Congratulations on the new job, Blayne. Sounds better that the deli, I'd say. Let us know how it goes.
Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :
So this means your job won't interfere with Crusader Kings anymore, am I right? Cool! See you Friday; I've decided it's time to restore Saxon dominance of England.
Incidentally, my friend the Pope is offering a very good deal on 'not getting excommunicated'. You should make him an offer; he's surprisingly reasonable at times when a repentant sinner shows his repentance. You are repentant, aren't you?
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
WHO WHAT! Ok make sure ot contact me on ICQ before hand so I dont forget considering Im ot used ot this as of yet.
Posted by Vasslia Cora (Member # 7981) on :
I know it could get unpleasant and tedious but I think it would still be pretty fun.
So what games are you going to test?
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Originally posted by Lyrhawn: I thought from the thread title and the poster that he'd been made Canadian ambassador to China or something.
When I saw the thread title and originator, I immediately thought that Blayne had figured a way to get paid to play games.
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
quote:Originally posted by Lyrhawn: I've never, ever known a guy who wanted to be a gynecologist as a boy.
Seriously? I think every guy I knew in middle/high school wanted to at some point.
Except me, but only because my mom worked for an optometrist. She told me about a gynecologist who came in because he had gotten gonnorhea IN AN EYE. And that reminded me that while I'm sure it's thrilling to be invited to look at naughty bits for about 20 seconds, the realization then hits you that you get to look at the bits of unattractive people, and diseased bits, and even the bits of the beautiful likely get boring through sheer repetition after the first, oh, I dunno, day.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
Oh man, there was a Friends episode about that.
Where Rachel meets a male gynecologist, and he's like, "What do you do? She says, "I'm a waitress..." Doctor: "Well, do you ever get to the end of the day, and you're just like, if I see ONE MORE cup of coffee...."
-pH
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