Comment Game Tester Says Job Is Fucking Rad (Score 3, Insightful) 363
Hiya;
However, personally I think we have it pretty goddamn good: we spend *our* 12 hour days working on our passion; we know the game from the trenches and are often considered qualified design sources; we are usually respected for our talents and knowlege.
Those that say game testing is a cush job: well, wrong. It is actually fucking hard and stressful and you watch your age increment every morning in the mirror.
Those who say testing is crushing, brutal work-- come on, you know they can't really pay us any less, quit trying to scare off the new hires :) We all know that as seriously as we like to take it, this job is fucking rad.
Thought I'd pipe up for the game-testers-actually-like-their-jobs camp (which seems a little short on support). Dude, most of the people I work with actually *love* the gig. Yeah yeah, long hours and super redundant UI BS. Yeah, carpal tunnel and the Prostitute Caveat (do it for pay, you'll never want to do it for free again...)
However, personally I think we have it pretty goddamn good: we spend *our* 12 hour days working on our passion; we know the game from the trenches and are often considered qualified design sources; we are usually respected for our talents and knowlege.
Those that say game testing is a cush job: well, wrong. It is actually fucking hard and stressful and you watch your age increment every morning in the mirror.
Those who say testing is crushing, brutal work-- come on, you know they can't really pay us any less, quit trying to scare off the new hires
The most amazing thing? Waking up every morning *looking forward* to going to work.
