I know this a bit of a strange post to have on here, but I am feeling totally jealous right now. My little cousin has just landed himself my all time dream job and is soon to become a professional video game tester with a major games publisher in California. I have been playing video games since I was six years old so the thought of getting paid to do something I love seems pretty attractive. What makes the story even funnier is that up until now he was delivering pizzas! So needless to say he is delighted with this turn of events.
He said that getting the video game tester job was actually quite easy, all he did was send his resume out to all the local games publishers, and one of them gave him a call inviting him in for an interview for the job role of video games tester. He has always been pretty good at interviews, and he said that he got it without any problems. He starts work next week, and says that the only downside is that a games tester’s salary is pretty low, but he is hoping to work his way up towards games designing or even marketing in a few years time which will no doubt mean a bump in pay.
I am tempted to see if he can get me a job too. Would that count as progress or should I stick with development? I can just see myself playing games for 12 hours a day whilst raking in the money (I think the salary is paid on an hourly basis)
I will be sure to post up some more details about the set up, as I am sure quite a few of the readers of this blog out there are interested in becoming games testers too, so if I can get any more information, I will be sure to share it with you guys.