What best describes your situation?
I also want to work in the gaming industry after graduating from university. High five! :D I think pursuing your passion is good. I wish you luck on finding a contact and the job hunting! :)
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Voted and good luck with that!! keep going in direction you really feel and it will reward you! fingers crossed!
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You're welcome! let us know when you have any good news :D
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Good for you to follow your dream. Keep working hard and good luck!
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Voted and bumped!
Good luck on your career change! I'm sure you will find what you are looking for! :)
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I'm sorry that's the case, but it also give you a great standing point!
Go into an office where you really want to work and ask them for any position they have! You'd be surprised how many places will pay you above minimum wage just for having the guts to walk in and say, "Hire me, please"
Good luck to you!
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Thanks for your words! (and for the giveaway of course!)
I write to the company where I did practices, but apparently they aren't hiring right now, maybe in september...
Anyway I am sending CVs in different companies, I hope to have more luck (most of them always says more experience is required -,-)
Good luck to you too, I hope you find the job that you really want!
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I dabbled with games journalism a few years ago and in my research, the industry struck me as being very fickle with studios opening and closing for a pastime. Those who succeed are generally the ones that are VERY good at what they do.
Good luck with your decision.
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Thanks! I would like to start out with a larger company before doing an indie game. I have a few friends that might be able to do things together, but it would put too much stress on us and we'd need to do it outside of our normal jobs.
Since I'm the only one who actually wants to get into the industry, it'd really only benefit me :S
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I wish you the best of luck with your pursuit! There's no doubt that you need to do what you want to and enjoy your work. Pay and benefits are one thing, but if you're unhappy where you are and know you want to do something, then your best option is to pursue it! Your friends and family will support you. Sometimes you even notice that other family members are "doing what all the family is doing" because they didn't want to be the ones to break the trend. You may be more of an inspiration than you realize; not looked down upon. May you find a wonderful job and be happy! :D
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Hey everyone! There's no real point to this thread, it's mostly for me to vent. So if you're here just for the GA, skip on down to the bottom :) No judgement.
I'm currently working as a Business Developer in a very small project/program management consulting firm. That basically means my company makes sure other companies do the work they need to in the right amount of time and without spending too much money, and my job is to sell our services to other companies. The pay is good and the work is decent, but it's not what I want to do.
I really want to get into Game Design. It's been a passion of mine for as long as I can remember and has always been greatly rewarding for me. I have worked on a few small games (mostly in college) and have taken away more and more from each experience, but I never considered it as a career for several reasons; the biggest one being I fear being judged. Coming from a family of lawyers, engineers, and doctors, I'd feel like they (and other people I know) would think of me as immature and unprofessional. I have always been the fun, childish one of the family, but that was always seen as good because it was part of my personality, not my work life. They have been very supportive of my decision to change careers, but I still feel like this is a mental block for me.
There are already a few companies I am zeroing in on, and I have applied to several jobs, so I am moving forward! Now the biggest hurtle I need to leap is finding a contact in the industry to talk to. I will do a much better job of selling myself in person than my resume can do when competing against a sea of applicants, and I likely have a lot more flexibility when it comes to type of work. So I'm looking for ways to build my network and hoping to finally find that one person that will be the key to landing a job.
That's it for my rant, so I hope I didn't bore you. Hopefully in a year I will have another update with a new job title! Here's your GA:
GA: Dragon Ball Xenoverse
Reqs: Level 2
End: Fri May 13, 2:30 ET (UST -5:00)
Enjoy! And please bump!
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