PlaneShift
Gameplay => General Discussion => Topic started by: Proglin on February 05, 2008, 05:21:27 pm
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Who would have guessed that Role-Play in PS can help you get a job? Well, if you told me you could a week or two ago, I would not have believed you. Virtual Reality is at a point where people actually replace real life by it, and even in Planeshift there are people spending more time in RP then in RL. As was I, a few months back. Gradually employers start realizing the power virtual reality can posses and the RL skills people get from that.
I applied for a job of Organiser and got hired. I'll be organising tournaments, just like good ol' Proglin used to do in Yliakum. My Resumé told about some relevant hobbies and whatnot, and a somewhat lengthy part about my experiences hosting events for an RP community. I explained how I used to organise tournaments online and managed a team of 20 players while keeping 100 more entertained. Also wrote down my experiences as a GM. Not 10 minutes later I recieved a reply from the company, asking more about that. They wanted to know what it was I did exactly so I explained and send them a website. Again, not 10 minutes later I was hired without as much as an interview. Naturally, my RP experiences weren't the one reason why I got hired. Most likely my love for sports and theatre weighed in as heavy, just that my brand shiny new employer believed that skills obtained in Virtual Reality are as good as those obtained in Real Life.
So... looking for a job? Do not hesitate to add "Ran a shop in Virtual Reality" to your resumé. You are likely to recieve questions about it, but it might just make the difference and show people you got a nack for organizing stuff as well as have insight in economy.
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Bravo!
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Wow, that's awesome! I had considered doing the same, but wasn't sure. Maybe it depends on the position applied for. Congrats Proggy :D
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Rayken adding Game Master to your resume cannot hurt. It shows that you have skills that are needed to be one and those skills might be needed for the job. We never know what an employer is looking for. It also leads to conversation during an interview.
Proglin I am sure you will do well in your new endeavor. Best of luck to you.
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Somehow I am debating if putting "ran around as an outlaw in a virtual world" would look so good on my application...
hehe sorry just had to :)
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Way to go Proglin! Glad to hear playing PlaneShift has helped you in your real life endevours! :woot:
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Congratulations Prog!
Now that you mention it I realize how much i miss your tournaments though ... :)
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... was the most powerful wizard in Yliakum...
Yeah, that's gonna get me hired.
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Yeah, a friend of mine is a software architect for a POS program for a large company, and when I asked him he advised me not to put it on my resume. Something about making it look like you don't do anything other than sit around playing video games xD. I'm sure it depends on the position though--it worked for Proggy.
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... was the most powerful wizard in Yliakum...
Yeah, that's gonna get me hired.
Especially if you were one of hundreds of the "most powerful wizard in Yliakum" to have graced the game.
"What was your role?"
"Oh, why the greatest and most powerful wizard in all of Yliakum"
"Oh, we've been getting a lot of those. Seems like there were many in Yliakum..."
"No but I was the most powerful. I cast spells in RP that weren't even in the game, and have this quiet demeanor with hidden rage..."
"Yeah we've seen all that. I bet you wear a dark cloak and have a mage staff and..."
"How'd you know all that?"
"Listen son, what else you have to offer?"
"I can juggle!"
"Great, you're Hired!"
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Does this mean I'll be hired to be an Emperor?
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Congratulations Proglin!
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Congrats :)
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Oh wow, this would be really good news to me if, you know... The mafia took resumes :P
Maybe I'll send one to the CIA...
Congrats, Proglin!
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Two types of people in the software industry: Those who know that video games are an important and growing market, and those that think that video games are and always will be a waste of time. People will classify you according to their viewpoint on this, as unfair as it is. And kudos, Proglin!
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Amazing! I wonder if this will work for college...
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Nice congrats Proglin \\o//
Hmm, possibly adding "was a dark an evil mastermind who thought of various plots for world domination" would help me get a seat of power in the U.S.A. Or at least some small country that has a big goal....
Or if I'm really lucky I can be the next voice of Brain from Pinky and the Brain :P
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Aye, I guess that in some cases your PS experiences might not help you get a job. But if you are a good Role-Player like many who posted in this thread are, you can always aim at "Did a lot of improvised creative writing".
I think it depends on how you bring it and how you can explain what you mean. I mean.. shouting "SHUT UP ALL OF YOU!" on IRC could be worded as "Adviced large community on general behaviour." And when you are a Sangwa or a Phinehas can't you just walk in and say "Give me the job, I used to run a Dark Empire"?
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And when you are a Sangwa or a Phinehas can't you just walk in and say "Give me the job, I used to run a Dark Empire"?
No, I've always run the Dark Empire for Sangwa :P
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Well, Sangwa has two plusses then. Team-based organization delegation skills. And good with children.
/me runs off 'Muahahahaha-ing'.
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Well, Sangwa has two plusses then. Team-based organization delegation skills. And good with children.
/me runs off 'Muahahahaha-ing'.
Sometimes I feel you are the only one that gets me.
/me mimics Under The Moon.