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Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :

I have officially past my screening test! I now have essentially a gauranteed job this summer testing video games!

Effin A'!!! [Big Grin]

[ March 26, 2008, 03:14 AM: Message edited by: Blayne Bradley ]

Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :

[Cool]

Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :

Excellent work Blayne. Let us know how it goes.

[Smile]

Posted by Liz B (Member # 8238) on :

Congratulations!

Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :

Glad to hear it, Blayne.

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

Congrats on the job, Blayne.

quote:
Anyone want me to email them the screening test video?

Um, would that, by any chance, be or contain proprietary information? Probably not a good way to get off on the right foot with the company, dood...

Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :

All there is in it is some cruddy baseball game full of bugs, the only logo is an EA logo.

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

The game itself is probably proprietary. Emailing it out may well be grounds for them to fire you.

Which would be a shame -- this seems like a great job for you. [Smile]

Congrats.

Posted by adfectio (Member # 11070) on :

Wow. Congrats. After trying and trying to get a job that fits you it seems you finally have. Cool beans!

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

Mazel Tov, Blayne. Good luck with it.

Posted by EmpSquared (Member # 10890) on :

Yes -- don't share any of the company's information with us. You will lose your job.

Posted by orlox (Member # 2392) on :

If is with EA, they are particularly paranoid and harsh.

But congrats!

Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :

Make that, you will lose your job for unauthorised sharing of proprietary company information.

Giving a link here to a website will get noticed by the company who provides its content. I've often noticed that when some Hatracker posts a link to a smaller-than-LARGE company, that website's computer gets swamped to the point of causing a time-out for those who click the link. And it's easy to find out who posted a link to an address containing proprietary information, unless the linker is very good at going all blackhat.

Plus sharing that particular site would create more competition for your job.

If you want to share, get permission through email first. Some of the job might be viral marketing specific (parts of) games to those who would be interested. But it ain't worth risking a highly-desired job on a lack of provable permission.

[ March 25, 2008, 07:29 PM: Message edited by: aspectre ]

Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :

Good for you
*covet*
Have fun.

Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :

Congratulations, it's always nice to have another cog in the capitalist machine.

I've heard that job can be quite tedious, hope it suits you.

Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :

Congratulations Blayne! I'm happy for you. [Big Grin]

Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :

Congrats, Blayne - hopefully the first in a series of good steps for you.

Posted by BandoCommando (Member # 7746) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Blayne Bradley:
I have officially past my screening test! I now have essentially a gauranteed job this summer testing video games!

Effin A'!!!

Anyone want me to email them the screening test video?

I'm happy to see your proper use of 'passed' tense. [Smile]

edit: I forgot to say, in all sincerity, congrats!

Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :

I'm happy for you, Blayne!

Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :

Congrats man. [Smile]

I wish I could have had that job in my high school/early college days. I lived to play games.

Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :

Wow, that's awesome, Blayne!