Online Role Playing Gamer Nerds Getting High Paid Tech Jobs
From WIRED.COM:
You Play World of Warcraft? You’re Hired!
Why multiplayer games may be the best kind of job training.
By John Seely Brown and Douglas Thomas
In late 2004, Stephen Gillett was in the running for a choice job at Yahoo! - a senior management position in engineering. He was a strong contender. Gillett had been responsible for CNET’s backend, and he had helped launch a number of successful startups. But he had an additional qualification his prospective employer wasn’t aware of, one that gave him a decisive edge: He was one of the top guild masters in the online role-playing game World of Warcraft.
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So next time you want a raise at work, be sure to mention to your boss that in your other life, you’re a Grand Master 57th level Megazordal Scroto-Caster with your own Castle on the Island of Dorkinstall on Worlds of No Life.
(Note: This also applies to when arguing with your mom about moving out of the basement.)
Zeeeeek — On 3-24-2006 at 11:25 am
Oh sure. You mock. BUt some of us remember your SWG money-making scheme.
Porter Venn — On 3-24-2006 at 12:17 pm
That wasn’t me, that was some other guy. Yea… some Dork named Retrop Nnev. Geesssh.
Haha — On 3-25-2006 at 4:28 pm
your not funny.
ps2 mod chip — On 4-18-2006 at 9:40 am
Is there really any BETTER training than running a guild of 50 - 100 people online? Just think of the organizational tasks. I mean, if you can run a guild with 50 people who you’ve never met - then it MUST be easy to run that same “guild” with people you HAVE met and work with daily..
Or maybe I am just off in Lala land