Ever wonder what your dream job would be? What do you want to be when you grow up? At ArenaNet, paid to play video games is a reality. They posted a "Quality Assurance Tester" job. That seems like a fun way to make a living. Many players test Guild Wars for free. Imagine how fun it would be to get paid for it.
Although, game tester is not always a glorious job. Underpaid, overworked, this could be the ultimate illusion. The game you once loved could become a source of contempt. I know it happed with me, as I was once paid to play. It got very boring.
Anyway, you don't need me to make life decisions for you. I just like posting fun things to discuss. I think ArenaNet's job posting is a worthy topic...
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Quality Assurance Tester
ArenaNet is looking for a quality assurance tester with a passion for online role-playing games to join our QA team. Candidates must have extensive experience playing and testing games across a wide variety of genres, be resourceful in an environment of continually changing constraints, and be driven by a strong desire to learn and improve the games they work on.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities: - Identify and report bugs via a database.
- Verify bug fixes and monitor active issues.
- Responsible for the overall quality of products.
Communicate and coordinate activities with team members and other departments.
Qualifications: - 2+ years testing video games.
- Passion for Guild Wars.
- Works well in a creative team environment.
- Reliable and self-motivated.
- Extensive experience playing games.
- Strong communication skills.
- Creative and analytical thinker.
- Strong problem solving abilities.
- Familiarity with Word and Excel.
- Experience in creating and running test cases.
- Experience in a lead role.
- Flexible schedule that adjusts to testing needs.
- Able to work in a fast-paced, fluid environment with minimal supervision.
Please email all resumes to: jobs@arena.net
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I think if this job paid well and they allowed telecommuting, that would be interesting. I suspect this job is for Guild Wars 2, and playing the game months before anyone else is awesome. Unfortunately, this job is probably at the ArenaNet HQ. Would you do it? Would you relocate to pursue a dream job? Would you start at the bottom of a game company and climb your way up the ladder? It's fun to think about.
As with all job postings, you might want to check the ArenaNet job boards to see if the job is still available. Here's the link...
http://arena.net/jobs