Yeah. Read that and get bored for a little bit. And then think to yourself "I wonder how they'll recoup their losses..."
And then come to the thought of "Well duh, LAYOFFS"
....
So. Anyone in need of a good QA senior tester / Director of online community relations / Game Master (for any MMO) / customer support call center guru?
Finding work in this economy blows. Especially in this industry. I am officially unemployed as of an hour from now.
I hear that Infinity Ward might be hiring soon. (Joke)
Someone with your qualifications should have no problems getting a new job, bro. Even if it's something less than desirable, it's work and it'll tide you over until things get back on track.
Yeah. I have a resume that should shoe me in just about anywhere, but the last time I lost my job I couldn't find work for 8 months. I couldn't even get hired working retail while I was looking for a job. The recession sucks.
I should just start up a blog and let advertisers paste unsightly ads all over it and run google ads on my keywords once I have a reader base. =/
And when I joked about Infinity Ward possibly having openings soon, I didn't expect them to have some critical PR foul-ups like they had over the past few days.
Like the Fight Against Grenade Spam ad. (Read the acronym carefully, and note that the ad said grenades are for pussies)
Yeah, I keep up with my industry news. That's just the tip of the iceberg for them, considering the whole activision/dice/infinity ward/treyarc finger pointing, blame passing game where they can't decide who's fault it was for no dedicated servers on PC.
Yeah good luck man. There are quite a few job postings at http://www.gearboxsoftware.com/ | Also, IGN.com posted several jobs on their site like 2 weeks ago and I know one was regarding an MMO tester. I can't seem to find the link, but you may try there as well.
Gearbox is in Texas, and I'm in California. I might just end up going back to big ol' Take Two Interactive, if my old boss calls me back saying there's an opening. I know he really didn't want me to leave, but I got offered a position 4 blocks from my house at Square-Enix instead of the hour long drive to 2K North, so he would probably like to have me back.
I hear that Infinity Ward might be hiring soon. (Joke)
Someone with your qualifications should have no problems getting a new job, bro. Even if it's something less than desirable, it's work and it'll tide you over until things get back on track.
I should just start up a blog and let advertisers paste unsightly ads all over it and run google ads on my keywords once I have a reader base. =/
lol...
I'm gonna call my old boss from 2K tomorrow and ask if he has any open positions. =/
Good luck, bro. :)
And when I joked about Infinity Ward possibly having openings soon, I didn't expect them to have some critical PR foul-ups like they had over the past few days.
Like the Fight Against Grenade Spam ad. (Read the acronym carefully, and note that the ad said grenades are for pussies)
http://bashandslash.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=770&Itemid=111
http://kotaku.com/5396538/square-enix-fire-some-people
I was waiting for that to get posted...
I'll check out IGN.