Whattz ur plan? · DIGIT-ARC

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... a place to discuss your career plans. What do you want to be?

I'll start. I want to be a video game tester. it'll be fun & cool... Are there any courses or institutes that i can join?

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It will be a living hell after a week..

the games u need to test will nothing like u play...the inteface will be diff..bugs....redundant.....

Imagine playing a single level 100 times again and again....and its full of bugs still....

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dude.. it can't be dat bad?? is it?

Macabre said:
dude.. it can't be dat bad?? is it?

nopes..its much worse...hehehehe...its no where close to those movie/shows where kids are called n thy test a game n bla bla bla....its PRO here...n PRO is Tough n boring if u dnt have passion for it

about me...as soon as am done with ma 12th (xams on 2009..wish me luck)..i'll go in for B-tech or BE from some college(hopefully VIT) and thn directly do MBA after it (hopefully frm someothr countery but depends if i get BIG scholarships)

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good luck man!!!!!!!!!! for your exams. I want to get a gaming job, what should i do?

VIT is cool.. dude.. and MBA?? what will you do after MBA?

My parents want me to do engg+ MBA ,..too... but its bboooooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrring!!
What should i do?????

Macabre said:
dude.. and MBA?? what will you do after MBA?

aabe life bhar padhta hi rahu kya?

after MBA, i'll do job...
all i knw is that Engg+MBA=Cool Job+Big Pay (nearly 10-14lakh annually) :d

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cool job.. kya? all MBAs I know do a very boring job , just deal with other people, listen to alll crrrrrrrrrrrrrrap their boss says, come home to a nagging wife.. its boring .. man. Haan, money is good - but you will not have time to spend the money, even!
Gaming is fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i am dying to know how I get in.. dude!

MBA most probably. Need a easy life.

Macabre said:
cool job.. kya? all MBAs I know do a very boring job , just deal with other people, listen to alll crrrrrrrrrrrrrrap their boss says, come home to a nagging wife.. its boring .. man. Haan, money is good - but you will not have time to spend the money, even!
Gaming is fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i am dying to know how I get in.. dude!

++1 ..very true abt MBAs ..but it depends on one's liking..also remember mjeri is 100 % right..You dont get paid for playing games

..You get paid for discovering bugs in them , creating test plans, scripts, executing ,preparing reports, negotiating with proj manager n developers n blah blah blah..one Digit member who is a game tester has nightmares testing a horror game .....

.........so think twice b4 jumping to video game foray :!:

TBH...

Tech and forum sites are making gaming dev as a "cool" job ..in reality its not that great..

I have 4 friends in EA..Ubi...MS ... None have said Gaming dev is cool or great... they are just like any other development jobs... Its harder than other developing actually... coz in gaming the possibilities of user have to be made endless..

Unlike other s/w jobs where user have a finite amount of possibilities...though testers would beg to differ.. :lol:

Game testing job is..in one word...the crappiest testing...heheheh... pon my word...Its that hard... imagine ur favorite game and its level 1...

U will be testing it...the possible scenes in ur pc screen is..

1. The character is nothing like u see..its just a rectangular image
2. the guns ..ammos stuf.... ooh cool looking na..u will be see partial images...maybe parsed images...
3. the screen..the map...radar... u will be seeing interlaced images...a script running...a logger..
4. awesome sounds..how abt no sounds... or when u shoot it be like clanging a can...heheh..

These are all just maybe's..it be worser than this...or very different... now imagine playing this for a whole day..again and again... each time us see one...u have to exit and log it in a tracking app...maybe diff strategy for others....

Let me tell ya...u can tell game dev..and testing is a COOL job...but it ends there...

and now imagine this in mobile screen res.... already its like scrappy...ehheh..and nowadays mobile game testing is where u start..atleast for a year or 2...

The best cool job be...the one u LOVE...it even could be game testing...

for me atleast a MBA is needed..i am a ppl guys..i hate to be infront of a PC mon all the day...i need humans to interact..i like to negotiate...organize...

lets see it takes me..who knows..i will fall even before i start to walk...hehehehe

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esumitkumar said:
++1 ..very true abt MBAs ..but it depends on one's liking..also remember mjeri is 100 % right..You dont get paid for playing games ..You get paid for discovering bugs in them , creating test plans, scripts, executing ,preparing reports, negotiating with proj manager n developers n blah blah blah..one Digit member who is a game tester has nightmares testing a horror game ..... .........so think twice b4 jumping to video game foray

There has to be a way to get paid while playing games

! What should I do? Animation is also interesting.. Any digit members out there who works in animation/gaming?
What do you do esumit?

^Marry Bill Gates's daughter and play XBOX 360 24 hrs

PS: I am a Test Analyst in US MNC

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Haha! lol! Do you have her phone number?

m-jeri said:
TBH...

Tech and forum sites are making gaming dev as a "cool" job ..in reality its not that great..

I have 4 friends in EA..Ubi...MS ... None have said Gaming dev is cool or great... they are just like any other development jobs... Its harder than other developing actually... coz in gaming the possibilities of user have to be made endless..

Unlike other s/w jobs where user have a finite amount of possibilities...though testers would beg to differ..

Game testing job is..in one word...the crappiest testing...heheheh... pon my word...Its that hard... imagine ur favorite game and its level 1...

U will be testing it...the possible scenes in ur pc screen is..

1. The character is nothing like u see..its just a rectangular image
2. the guns ..ammos stuf.... ooh cool looking na..u will be see partial images...maybe parsed images...
3. the screen..the map...radar... u will be seeing interlaced images...a script running...a logger..
4. awesome sounds..how abt no sounds... or when u shoot it be like clanging a can...heheh..

These are all just maybe's..it be worser than this...or very different... now imagine playing this for a whole day..again and again... each time us see one...u have to exit and log it in a tracking app...maybe diff strategy for others....

Let me tell ya...u can tell game dev..and testing is a COOL job...but it ends there...

and now imagine this in mobile screen res.... already its like scrappy...ehheh..and nowadays mobile game testing is where u start..atleast for a year or 2...

The best cool job be...the one u LOVE...it even could be game testing...

for me atleast a MBA is needed..i am a ppl guys..i hate to be infront of a PC mon all the day...i need humans to interact..i like to negotiate...organize...

lets see it takes me..who knows..i will fall even before i start to walk...hehehehe

m-jerrrrrrrrrrri .. what do you LOVE?

esumitkumar said:
^Marry Bill Gates's daughter and play XBOX 360 24 hrs

PS: I am a Test Analyst in US MNC

Haha! lol! Do you have her phone number?

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1. B.E. Pass Karna hai
2. To start a Blog and Make it successful
3. MBA
4. Job
5. Shaadi

Well, I'm planning to plan not to plan any plan.

Think I'm confused!

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why don't u become a game designer/Programmer.......Game tester may be good.........bu this would be also a safe side for u

Get To learn Visual C++,.Net, and some 3dSoft like Maya...helps to become a game developer

I want to get into hardware development or into manufacturing.

P.S. _need to land up at SE. :lol:

@ma

get a engg degree..get good percentile...do some pgming course and all...aim for a s/w developer...get some exp...during that time...try to do some game dev courses...

i heard one in hyd or something... iCATS..or something like that...

job i love... to consult , manage, organize... in short... boss people around...heheh

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m-jeri.. I checked it out . Its called Image College of Arts, Animation and Technology (ICAT), has centers in Hyd, bang and chennai.

They offer 4 courses: Game design, game development, visual effects and 3d animations.

Any idea on which one which one makes most money? which one is safest? which one is most fun?

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it depends on what u like. the money u make will depend on ur talents.
ok..let me get one thing straight.

If u think game dev or testing is fun..or cool...or anything like that. you will be sorry in a very short time.

Its just like any other boring s/w job.

Mine is thiz:

Pass B.Tech wid atleast 60% marks
Give all exams wid preparation that I can give, GATE(already applied),CAT,GMAT,Civil Services, all for my parent's wish
Finally get together the dough and head U.S or Canada for Game Dev. study and job
IF by my shear bad luck I can't get the step 3 working then a Networking job for me, count few more exams again. Won't be difficult though

If gaming is needed...

shefield hallam university in UK is offering 2 programs in Game devolopment.
Their program is designed after consulting SCE and codemasters UK. so its a very good pgm.

Thanx for the info dude, appreciate it!

Macabre said:
dude.. it can't be dat bad?? is it?

All those who think that working in a Gaming company is all fun in the sun ... pls read this blog

It was written by a wife of an EA [Electronics Art] Programmer

But it applies to all like animators , programmers etc who are in non management position

Warning: You may go from "Wow i wanna work in a gaming company" to "Man! i would rather be unemployed"

*ea-spouse.livejournal.com/274.html

amitava82 said:
Well, I'm planning to plan not to plan any plan.

Think I'm confused!

Under confusion its better not to plan.

Confusion->Relax->Analyse->Think->Then Plan.