How Old Are You

[$Elementchen$]

My brother likes to test... there are also added benefits like e3 and free stuff, not to mention you getpaid to work on video games. But year... My brother says it can
get really hard and boring.

 

[Huxley]

My brother likes to test... there are also added benefits like e3 and free stuff, not to mention you getpaid to work on video games. But year... My brother says it can
get really hard and boring.

I seriously doubt any developer has ever paid for testers to travel to E3.

But yeah, testing is the best way in to the games industry if you want to be a designer...just be prepared to sit around doing menial jobs for years. If you want to be an artist of some sort, try and get a degree or something similar that will prove you're shit hot. Similar story with programmers.

I'm not speaking as a games industry professional here - I wanted to get in to the games industry myself so I thought it would be cool to do a degree in videogames. They were brand-spaking new when I started my first year, and I was full of hope and optimism. The course was poorly designed and badly managed as all start-up courses are, but the real disappointment came when I left. NO-ONE is even willing to look at you unless you have industry experience of some sort. So, despite having a 1st class degree under my belt, I'd still have to take the tester route to even entertain the hope of becoming a games designer some day. In all honesty, I was so pissed off with the attitude of the people I was dealing with that I decided to retrain myself and get a job elsewhere. The games industry has its head so far up its own ass it can't see where it's going.

Anyway...that's just my sob story. Follow your dream and do whatever you want to. If you try hard enough and don't give up like I did, anything is possible.

 

[$Elementchen$]

ill become a tester!!!
ill get that degree!!!
ill become a programer!!!
ill make my own company!!!
ill make millions and ill hire you!!!
ill give you that job you never had....all thanks to the gp32 forum

PS: with dental

 

[Huxley]

I'll hold you to that

Good luck!

 

[$Elementchen$]

So did EVERYBODY vote?

 

[mattmagoo]

Total Answers : 163
Total Members : 3215

Not quite there yet

 

[kknd_cf]

wow, that's some perfect and interesting correlation. That rarely happens in the real world.

 

[$Elementchen$]

Somehow I gotta get everyone to vote...anyideas?

 

[OmarNawaz]

i am 18 now but i bought the thing a couple years back and shortly after had it destroyed by someone who took a disliking to the choice of content used to showcase the new video player. :blink:

 

[jmetal88]

15, nearing 16

B'ville's OK! (Sry, couldn't resist)