if they have, please virbate.
if they have not, i think i would rather ask you to refrain.

just sent my letter of intent & cv applying for this job (tl,dr: writer for Gameloft): http://www.gameloft.com/corporate/jobs/job-opportunities/97/2273?loc=0

I AM SOMEWHAT ANXIOUS. There's nothing more I want to do than do what I love full-time in a field that I think is basically the Hollywood of the 21st century (well, apart from writing awesome books and getting mega bucks for said awesomeness while having hot bi-sexual redheads feed me grapes in the morning).

Things that can go wrong:

1) They will just tell me to FO. I will be sad.
2) They won't tell me to FO but call me, arrange an interview, and then tell me to FO. I will also be sad.
3) Alien attack.
4) They will be cool with me, but will offer an unacceptably low wage. Considering that I have 2 kids and an ex-wife who I don't think even considered going to work in the 4 years that we've been divorced, this might be a problem. But not as big as a problem as points 1, 2 or 3.

Mmm... THE TREPIDATION.

YAY W00T FOR FGR.
who are these people anyway?

Wolfy, Wolfy and Wolfy.

Who is OLD YEARS OLD today! Happy Old-Day, Oldfy!

Never, but it's still possible that they're correlated with success.

In other words, the more people vibrate... The harder I'm screwed?

i voted for '3'

*technicolour*

*discodance*

Hey Koobz, good luck! I hear that 4 out of 5 doctors recommend Massassi Vibes.

Here's what actually happened:

They never replied. I sent a chase mail, no reply, mmmkay. Then the position disappeared from the list of available jobs. Guess they didn't need a writer after all.
**** it I thought, and re-did my CV to fit the Producer / Project Manager role and sent it; they sent 2 (kinda fun) tests for me, which you can find here:

www.tyrovogel.com/gl_motivation.doc
www.tyrovogel.com/test.doc

The next day after I filled in the tests, they sent me an e-mail saying "it is mostly good" and asked me to come in for an interview. Had it the next week, it was fun, but I think the guy was disappointed that I didn't actually play any of their games. I guess he had a point, I don't really game on the phone, and that's what GameLoft pretty much does. So yeah.

We mostly talked about video games and how to improve on them / how to make better sequels, etc. I guess the PM-related side of the questions were covered in the test. Anyway, I didn't get the job. They sent me an e-mail a week later saying that "they'd prefer someone with more industry experience," heh.

PS. I've asked them for $2,303 / month btw. (counting tax), a reasonable rate for such a position in the country I live in IMO.[/SIZE]

Staff writer jobs are extremely rare in the game industry and heavily pursued. Other than EA Edmonton's game writing sweat shop, beginners don't stand a chance because you'll always be competing against people with 15 years of contract experience who are still looking for their first staff job. They needed a writer, and they hired someone.

"Pursue your dreams" in action

Dreams really should be narrowed down by reason

I was reasonably qualified for the PM position. My "dream" is to create stuff. I'm doing that anyway. If somebody would pay me to do it for them, though, I'd be all the merrier. Want to try to make a pen & paper RPG in the next 6 - 8 months. But that, like they say, is a story for a different time...

PS. Also, nobody would pay me, but IT'LL BE FUN. Because DOING COOL **** is FUN. You should read Jonathan Livingstone Seagul by Richard Bach re: your sentiment about being 'realistic' IMO. [/SIZE]

I will also mention that in the future, if you're looking for producer/PM positions in the game industry, it's really important for you to distance yourself from the creative side even if that is your ultimate career goal. The PM's job is to keep everything working smoothly and to resolve problems, and it makes life a lot harder for the actual creative people when the producer is in the mud pit along with them.

7 AM. Time for a morning coffee, smoke smoke what? , coffee & croissant. Vacation rules.

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programmer -> pm -> studio lead is actually a very natural career path.