EPTu said u worked for a company that wanted to use games to educate for a while...what else?
Peanut's Tips: How to Get Into the Gaming Industry - Page 2
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Rekrul
Korea (South)17174 Posts
u said u worked for a company that wanted to use games to educate for a while...what else? | ||
Jibba
United States22883 Posts
As a fellow Phi Beta Kappa member (who also made it into Omicron Delta Kappa [Leadership/Service/Academic honor society], Mortarboard [Service/Academic honor society], Pi Sigma Alpha [the APSA's honor society]) and graduated magna cum laude, I can't believe you referenced that. Any suma cum laude's want to step up? There's gotta be a Tau Beta Pi on TL. | ||
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Zim23
United States1681 Posts
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luckyseven
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On December 13 2010 08:58 Jibba wrote: Where have you worked in the gaming community? As a fellow Phi Beta Kappa member (who also made it into Omicron Delta Kappa [Leadership/Service/Academic honor society], Mortarboard [Service/Academic honor society], Pi Sigma Alpha [the APSA's honor society]) and graduated magna cum laude, I can't believe you referenced that. Any suma cum laude's want to step up? There's gotta be a Tau Beta Pi on TL. i feel like an Alpha Omni Krapper after reading this (no jokes about magna cum loads) | ||
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Peanutsc
United States307 Posts
On December 13 2010 08:58 Jibba wrote: Where have you worked in the gaming community? As a fellow Phi Beta Kappa member (who also made it into Omicron Delta Kappa [Leadership/Service/Academic honor society], Mortarboard [Service/Academic honor society], Pi Sigma Alpha [the APSA's honor society]) and graduated magna cum laude, I can't believe you referenced that. Any suma cum laude's want to step up? There's gotta be a Tau Beta Pi on TL. If you were accused of only getting your jobs based on your gender, you might pull those out too. I try not to, generally speaking. | ||
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Zerokaiser
Canada885 Posts
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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
On December 13 2010 15:51 Peanutsc wrote: Yeah, being male I've never heard about my gender getting preferential treatment in the job market.If you were accused of only getting your jobs based on your gender, you might pull those out too. I try not to, generally speaking. I don't do it because being in PBK is nothing more than an $85 commitment. Employers certainly don't care and I'm almost positive no one in the video game industry cares about a phony honor society certificate in the Liberal Arts. I just can't imagine why anyone would name drop that, besides in the sentence "Haha, you wasted $85 on Phi Beta Kappa too?" Is this a tough environment? Sure. But you can still treat it like you would a real life situation. You don't brag about where you went to school or what your GPA was in a real life conversation. Unless you go to Vassar. | ||
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Zeroes
United States1102 Posts
If you want to work for a normal gaming company these seem like good advice to get to know people. | ||
lilsusie
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Zeroes
United States1102 Posts
On December 13 2010 17:20 lilsusie wrote: It  OES* help if you're a cute girl though. My two cents.Nerf cute girls! | ||
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SCC-Faust
United States3736 Posts
On December 13 2010 17:20 lilsusie wrote: It OES* help if you're a cute girl though. My two cents.You know what else cute girls get? British models and small dogs. | ||
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Pyrrhuloxia
United States6700 Posts
On December 13 2010 08:58 Jibba wrote: Where have you worked in the gaming community? As a fellow Phi Beta Kappa member (who also made it into Omicron Delta Kappa [Leadership/Service/Academic honor society], Mortarboard [Service/Academic honor society], Pi Sigma Alpha [the APSA's honor society]) and graduated magna cum laude, I can't believe you referenced that. Any suma cum laude's want to step up? There's gotta be a Tau Beta Pi on TL. Lol I was summa cum laude in Political Science and I didn't even know what the APSA was until I googled it after seeing this post. | ||
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Servius_Fulvius
United States947 Posts
On December 13 2010 05:53 Elian wrote: These tips are kind of important for a lot of jobs where you need to break in as opposed to being able to find jobs easily, and basically it boils down to Networking. Networking is ridiculously powerful anywhere! It's been my experience that most jobs worth having need to be "broken in to". For example, I'm getting my PhD in chemical engineering and in four years or so I'll be looking for a research-based job which will probably be in academia. This task will be next-to-impossible if I don't hunker down, get involved in the department's infrastructure, and get to go to conferences or formal meetings. You don't have to be extroverted to network. By nature I'm talkative and friendly, but I'm an introvert at heart. You don't have to become the best friend of whomever you're talking to, you just need to leave some sort of impression. The more rooms you put yourself in, the better your chances you'll be recognized later thus forming more impressions. Just because you're not incredibly extroverted doesn't mean you can't be friendly, helpful, and gain a positive reputation. Oh, and good luck at the tournament, OP! | ||
MightyAtom
Korea (South)1897 Posts
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Zlasher
United States9129 Posts
Gala is such a greedy, awful, closed minded, ridiculous company. They listen and ignore feedback, they hired (for flyff) GM's and CM's that didn't know a thing about the game, and were quite corrupt, as I've been around several stories having to do with people who bribed their ways out of bans. Flyff was awful, I hope that the game you worked with wasn't as bad as the GM's and CM's that I was around in that game. Because they genuinely made gala look awful, and the game devs too, everything about gpotato was awful lol. | ||
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Pyrrhuloxia
United States6700 Posts
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SCC-Faust
United States3736 Posts
On December 13 2010 18:35 Pyrrhuloxia wrote: gpotato ruined Allods so so so so badly How so? | ||
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Zlasher
United States9129 Posts
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LosingID8
CA10835 Posts
On December 13 2010 08:58 Jibba wrote: Where have you worked in the gaming community? As a fellow Phi Beta Kappa member (who also made it into Omicron Delta Kappa [Leadership/Service/Academic honor society], Mortarboard [Service/Academic honor society], Pi Sigma Alpha [the APSA's honor society]) and graduated magna cum laude, I can't believe you referenced that. Any suma cum laude's want to step up? There's gotta be a Tau Beta Pi on TL. heh my gf was on e-board for TBP | ||
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ohlala
Germany232 Posts
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