7 Reasons You Don’t Want To Work in the Video Game Industry

[Mizel]

Thought this was interesting…. although even after reading this and knowing people that have… I’d totally still jump at the chance... especially being a video game tester.

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[paecmaker]

It doenst need to be that way, Avalanche(or was it massive) got award for the best work place in sweden.

[hidekipooj]

I have a friend who did Quality Assurance. He said it's a great job if you like to do the same things over and over and over and over again....also write lots of reports.

[Kink3bird]

oh man i would never want to work in the gaming industry, especially with a media/reporter/writer based job. i thought about it, thought it would be a dream job combining my love of crafting words and virtual reality.. but the community.. I'll pass. i feel bad for the kotaku and destructoid writers constantly being glorified like gods or slaughtered like lambs by the elitist-based gaming community.
too much ''nerd rage'' in my opinion. i couldn't enjoy working in a industry where everyone thinks their opinion is shared by god himself.
i might be acting a little grim but sometimes i cant stand scrolling past the score in a gaming review article to see the foothills of hate that is the comment section.

[forumhookers]

Even if we work good they Fire us :(

Thats sad to hear what happend to L.A.Noire Developer.

Why the Hire us if they Fire us after the sucess?

[Exentenzed]

Don't care. Im currently working towards becoming a 3D animator and Game Designer.

I am having great fun just learning these things! :)

plus, programming is sort of awesome. I am creating worlds with words, polygons and 1'n'0'es! :D

[thedeparted]

I always wanted to be a test as a teen, then i grew up and listened to actual testers on neogaf and was like omg totally not me.

[catsassracing21]

i think it would be sweet,i just dont have the talent