Off-Topic > The Pit

How do you get into QA? (game testing)

(1/2) > >>

Arturo Sanchez:
Its that eternal problem of getting a position in an entry level job where people ask for experience in a job where you apply to get experience.

I just applied to a few, hoping harassing Keyvias is called experience. Plus I do have a dev key for the dev app and do wanna do some beta testing (when it's finally needed), guess that counts as being a beta tester?

But yeah... how do you get experience in a job you haven't got professional experience in?


As for my realistic chances. I ain't getting my hopes up.

Canon Whitecandle:
QA pays shit and doesn't give you any roads into development at almost all the big developers. I can't tell if you're uninformed or masochistic...

Arturo Sanchez:

--- Quote from: Canon Whitecandle on January 05, 2015, 01:05:37 am ---QA pays shit and doesn't give you any roads into development at almost all the big developers. I can't tell if you're uninformed or masochistic...

--- End quote ---

Oh at this point I'm just looking for a job. From one dead end job to another. I'd pick QA. I'm not new to being paid peanuts.

And the company I'm applying for is a localisation company based in london. So all I'd be doing is getting sneak peaks on awesome foreign games (mostly from japan). Position I'm applying for is localisation QA as well as functional QA.

Queso:
Communication skills are a huge necessity for QA. Make sure you make any experience in that regard obvious. That's about all I got :P

Squidslinger Gilder:
QA was a thing back when console games released in final forms and couldn't be updated. Nowadays, its a function that is outdated and pointless. All companies have to do is do closed betas or alphas and utilize tons of players to do the QA work for free instead of being paid. At most all you'd want is a small pool of internal testers but like in the past, its an underpaid, overworked, kind of job.

I remember a mag did an interview with one over a decade back when everyone wanted to be a game tester. The guy wouldn't give his name/etc but he basically dispelled all the myths around the job by stating how its actually like. Really made a lot of folks realize it kinda sucks being forced to play games all day long.

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page