wtf is up with all these kids that wanna be game testers?

its like, after they see one of those 'be a game tester' commercials, its their dream job. its misleading bs. theres this guy that sits by me in math, and almost every day he talks about how hes gonna become rich by playing video games all day. bs, theres no way youll become rich by being a game tester. my uncle started as a game tester for pandemic and he said he was paid like $30k a year. this kid thinks that if he get hired, works nonstop every day, hell have a million dollars by the end of a year. just made me lol when he said that. whats even worse, he thinks that what hell do is clock in, play game for hours, clock out, and eventually hell get paid. lol, nobody will pay you to do virtually nothing but take up space. my uncle (same one) said that as a game tester, he played an incomplete build of the game (looks like **** i imagine) and not only did he have to look for bugs, he had to look for it in the code, document it, and every so often hed send his notes to the devs. devs fix it, improve the build, and evertually they have the full game. also, to be a game tester, you need a real education. typically comp programming as your major and art as your minor. this kid wants to just walk into the office of a game studio, and expects that they will hand him some games and he will be paid for playing them. thats never gonna happen, without an education. and even then, the job market there is flooded, so i really dont see why people want that job. does anyone else think theyre just ill informed? be you one of them?

Kids have wild imaginations.bluezy

he is 17. or maybe even 18. im not sure, but hes a hs senior.

Kids have wild imaginations.bluezy

meaning they're normal....so don't make a big deal abt it...

I have friends that are my age and still want to do that :|

Kids think its all fun and games when working with games, its boring, tedious work.

I watched a making of video of halo 3 and they would take hours trying to jump different ways to make sure they can't get outside the boundaries of the levels.

Reality will set in soon enough....

my dad works at ps3zero9167

He works in a PS3? Sheesh, these new-gen consoles are forcing labor upon the pygmy midgets :o

my dad works at ps3zero9167

as a janitor most likely

Tell him to be a mechanical engineer like me, if he is smart that is. It is a growing field, one which if you get lucky and watch you money can very well make you rich.harrisi17

hes smart, but hes lazier, and his laziness is what makes him want to be a game tester.

So many kids want to move to Japan and be "One with the people" because they somehow think that simply because they like Asian girls and anime that they were "meant to be asian" :roll: Little do they know that a lot Japan is a very closed off soceity to foreigners, they would get shunned a lot for trying to live their culture.

So many kids want to move to Japan and be "One with the people" because they somehow think that simply because they like Asian girls and anime that they were "meant to be asian" :roll: Little do they know that a lot Japan is a very closed off soceity to foreigners, they would get shunned a lot for trying to live their culture.

_Marisa_

Did someone just describe what a weeaboo is?

[QUOTE="_Marisa_"]

So many kids want to move to Japan and be "One with the people" because they somehow think that simply because they like Asian girls and anime that they were "meant to be asian" :roll: Little do they know that a lot Japan is a very closed off soceity to foreigners, they would get shunned a lot for trying to live their culture.

blooddemon666

Did someone just describe what a weeaboo is?

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:lol: pbf ftw!! what strip is that from?

:lol: pbf ftw!! what strip is that from?

Xeros606

did someone say Weeaboo?

...lol, nobody will pay you to do virtually nothing but take up space...

Xeros606

http://tinyurl.com/foupf

Now don't you just feel silly?

I can't imagin wasting away being a video game tester. What a fulfilling and rewarding job: Looking for bugs in unfinished games.

Game testing is anything but fun.. Its downright tedious, your playing sometimes the same sequences for hours on end finding bugs.sSubZerOo

Hm, that sounds suspiciously like just about every desk job in existence...

They saw Grandma's Boy.gasmaskman

That's the first thing that popped into my mind when I saw this topic.

I say let them become what they want, after-all its their choice and once they have their heart set on it they probably wont hear reason no matter what. They'll have to see for themselves what kind of job it really is, that way they don't blame you or someone else for the rest of their life because they feel like they missed "the opportunity of a life time" for their dream job.

Besides, we need someone to test games before we get them so we don't have to put up with bugs, don't exactly like having to put up with problems after paying $60 USD for a game :D ;)

Is it just me or does the TC seem a bit jealous? >_>Forerunner-117

[QUOTE="Forerunner-117"]Is it just me or does the TC seem a bit jealous? >_>xaos

Ok just making sure...

i think i was the same when i was in like freshman in high school then i noticed that no colleges in ct have that, i don't feel lke living at school. boring stuff, play the same thing over and over to find bugs. i know sometimes when they are on tight time they have to work long hours.

i'm right now in 2 year school in multimedia.Now i want to be a game artist, i barely did any research but said u need to know how to draw (GOOD)

So many kids want to move to Japan and be "One with the people" because they somehow think that simply because they like Asian girls and anime that they were "meant to be asian" :roll: Little do they know that a lot Japan is a very closed off soceity to foreigners, they would get shunned a lot for trying to live their culture.

_Marisa_

Oh god, i hate japanophiles.