>be me >studying game design at uni >professor emails me over thanksgiving break >says that I'm doing so well in the class that there isn't anything I can actually get out of it >recommends I don't even finish my education and go straight into the industry to be a professional game tester >I'm going to get paid to play games >I get to try all the games early that Sup Forums wants to play, master them, and then MY input goes into the game's development to change things or make them better >All the fun of being a gamer, all the power of being a game developer/director
you have 10 seconds to explain how fucking jelly you are.
I wish I got the email sooner so I could have told my whole family at thanksgiving dinner
Jonathan Flores
>studying game design at uni stopped reading there
Lincoln Johnson
>play tester >been there done that
Go ahead, I'm not jelly at all. Kek.
Hudson Wood
>Game design >Enjoying testing
fuckin lol 11/10
Jackson Wilson
>studying game design at uni
Jacob Campbell
i dropped out of college and i make $150/hr doing piss-easy web dev why would i be jealous of you?
Ian Green
Teacher master race. I get to shape young minds with massive amounts of time off topped off with a good salary and absolute job security. Turning your hobby into a job has a decent chance to ruin your love of it
Charles Wilson
>spend all your working time playing games >have to rigorously test continually broken alpha / beta messes >learn to hate them >can't enjoy games on your downtime
yeah not jealous at all
Brayden Clark
>game design
Julian Sanders
LAVREN IS CUTE
Levi Anderson
I... need... MEMES
Jayden Collins
Shut up man, why let him know ? Lol
Ethan Martinez
I know this is bait, I'm just surprised no one else does
Joseph Reed
I'm doing this. I think it's going to be great as long as I don't have to teach niggers
Aiden Sanchez
I'm learning programming, any tips? What should I learn?
Austin Sanchez
You won't enjoy it. If you do, the enjoyment will last about a week. And then you're gonna hate every second of it afterwards.
Angel Hill
>studying game design >become tester what the fuck? Im SE and am already gearing up to make a game for the Hololens, how shitty is a game design specific degree anyway?
Kayden Moore
>jelly I feel we're past this even being ironic, normalfags don't even say this.
Noah Bennett
No matter where you are, niggers will always be around. I've gotta kick at least one out of one of my classes a day
Henry Williams
Programming.
Jason Hughes
the folks i'm working for right now have me working in ember.js, and my last job was all python back-end bs. just find something you really like that is still being used and you're basically guaranteed a career.
Dylan Flores
>no part where your teacher made you their personal cock sleeve What was the point of this story?
Matthew Bell
Youre on Sup Forums. I dont believe you. Straight up. Dont lie.
Andrew Thomas
>be me >prof for game design at uni >have one dumb fuck in class that can't learn anything >so dumb he should just drop out of uni >send him an email over thankgiving break to give him the bad news as gently as I can >tell him instead of finishing uni, he can just be a beta tester since it doesn't require any real skill >wish him the best of luck >satisfied in knowing I don't have to see that dumb fuck for the rest of the year
Nathaniel Morales
>studying game design, and not computer science >don't even finish education >become a professional wage slave
Jace Martinez
working in the game industry myself, let me tell you that every play-tester we hand over games to looks like they're ready to blow their brains out
Ryder Myers
>studying game design >play testing >lauren mayberry how badly should op kill himself
Michael Martinez
>you have 10 seconds to explain how fucking jelly you are. Are you retarded? QA is a shitty job.
Colton Martin
Nigger not all of us are completely socially and economically inept retards. Some of us can keep our shit on lock in public and can hold down a career
Gavin Long
>recommends I don't even finish my education and go straight into the industry to be a professional game tester
He's telling you that you're a failure.
>I get to try all the games early that Sup Forums wants to play, master them, and then MY input goes into the game's development to change things or make them better
It doesn't work that way. You don't get to play games, you play situations over and over again to look for bugs. It's not fun and you get no input.
Asher Rodriguez
If hes recommending you to test games rather than try joining a dev team, thats a subtle way of saying you have no talent.
Testers rarely become devs and are generally not thought of being part of the team. They're disposable and usually treated as such.
If you have actual talent you should be working in game jams and trying to get a real position on a team.
Evan Ward
9.5/10, he might be able to come to his senses, drop game design and go into comp sci, but he set himself back and is obviously a gullible idiot.
Eli Lee
Pretty good bait OP but you should have sprinkled in: >I do so well in my classes that all I do is rewatch Extra Credits episodes
Chase James
>Tester Enjoy running into every fucking seam of every fucking map that the dev has instead of actually playing the game. Testers don't play games to see if they're enjoyable, they're forced to do mindless repetitive shit in games in order to find bugs while autistically logging every single action that they perform in a journal.
Jaxson Ross
Kek
Noah Nelson
You wouldn't believe the type of people who visit Sup Forums
Ethan King
>game design degree >starting out not as a designer >starting out as a fucking game tester >u jelly?
Luis Peterson
Stop posting my waifu, Sup Forumsm.
Robert Hernandez
Does anyone on this fucking site go to school for a real job? or is it constantly video games/computers with you people?
Cameron Hughes
this is the worst fucking bait I've ever seen.
Ethan Howard
Why do so many posters take it serious then?
Charles Edwards
Half of Sup Forums is literally autistic. They don't get to choose what they respond to.
Joshua Cooper
A hobby shouldn't be confused with what will be your life's work, if you want to argue semantics like a huge faggot
Jeremiah Stewart
I have a real job.
Tyler Cook
>professional game tester Dude they take people from off the street to do that shit, and you get 0 say in the direction of the game.
Gavin Barnes
In school to be a teacher
Jaxon Kelly
Thanks for the laugh OP
Brandon Gonzalez
>all the power of being a game developer/director Haha, no. You'd be a glorified NEET, being paid less than average welfare.
Caleb Cook
Biochemistry major here, currently doing thesis and lab work at a university.Have some experience in the private sector already so I'm not sure if I'm going to pursue a Masters or just do lab work for mad $$$.
Mason Brown
>teacher calling their students niggers on Sup Forums I wonder what kind of teacher you are.
Colton Morales
all of this. "Game tester" requires as much skill as flipping burgers.
Logan Wright
Holy shit is this a new pasta?
Oliver Collins
>be me
You're Lavren Mayberry?
Josiah Myers
I dont think so but I expect to see it reposted a bunch of times
Robert Turner
>>All the fun of being a gamer, all the power of being a game developer/director
>board specifically for video games/computers >confused when visitors of said board persue careers in their interest
Not even a computer major, but you're one dumb asshole.
Cooper Rodriguez
Your teacher just wants you out of the course because you're a waste of time. Thats why he recommended QA, its the same shit over and over and over and over on the same game for months, have fun getting bored of your hobby on games you might not even want to play.
Joshua Thomas
A normal one.
Jordan Martin
Nigga everyone knows it's bait, it's just fun talking shit about faggot OP
Hudson Stewart
Trying to turn your hobby into a career literally never works out unless your hobby is something that is already a career
Juan Kelly
im a doctor im super jealous of the guy working as a games tester tho wow
Jack Smith
"Normal"
Mason Turner
Plenty of people do it anyway, or at least try to.
David Richardson
t. Not a teacher
Ryder Brown
Thats why I don't envy people who play video games "professionally". What do you do if they don't make a sequel, or you age above 30, it just gets sad.
Xavier Campbell
grimes is better than lavren in every conceivable way
Sebastian Nguyen
Got any funny teacher stories? You seem to be that type of teacher who fucks around with the shitty students. Those were the best.
Oliver Rivera
You shouldn't learn any language but python, if no one asks or pays you to
Mason Gomez
>studying game design at uni >mfw not you right now Good luck finding a job. Good luck trying to get a stable income. Good luck with the debts you've already accrued that you won't pay back because of your shit major.
Jaxon Lopez
C to learn how computers work the learn c#/Java to get a job.
Nathaniel Rodriguez
If it's the same as engineering then it's good to get a couple years of work experience then possibly pursue a Master's.
Luis Ortiz
If it pays the bills/debts, it's a real job. Period.
Jordan Morris
Then what should I do, o wise one?
Jayden Perez
>tfw your teacher is a meme loving fuck
wtf i love school now
Benjamin Robinson
Yo, where the lolis at?
Judging from OPs pic I expected lolis in here.
Landon Rodriguez
Shitposting from work for a couple of hours now.
Brody Cooper
semi-similar boat as in. Bio major who managed to get work in a pharmacuetical company with actual salary + benefits.
beyond fucking lucky considering what a slouch i was; i know Masters has to be in the semi-near future to progress but i know fuckall how to push forward and studying for the GRE after full work day + commute is a drag
David Reyes
like turning tricks on a street corner?
Cooper Allen
>Gets into gamedesign >Doesnt even know what testing really entails
Wyatt Reyes
...
Austin Ross
I've never done it myself, but I know you can practically walk into a game testing center and become a tester. Then you play awful trash games over and over again until you hate playing video games entirely.
So yeah, not jealous at all.
Daniel Fisher
I'm studying physics but I'm lazy as fuck and I can't figure out if I should start working hard and go into research or give in to laziness and go towards teaching
Asher Adams
user, let me tell you right now. If you sign up to become an entry level tester, your ability to contribute to a game's design will be negligible. As a tester, you don't play games, you complete list of check boxes. The same lists multiple times a day, every day. Checks like does the character's 2D portrait match his in game 3D model. Did you actually get credited the quest items displayed on the victory screen?
If you want to have actual impact on a game's design, I suggest you look more into an actual game designer position (you should be really good at excel formulas if you want to do well. Those xp curves don't write themselves).
Benjamin Howard
What's a decent job that doesn't require a degree?
Angel Gray
wow user! congrats on your shitty minimum wage QA job at EA
Levi Cox
>Confirmed 19 and ready to be swindled.
Ryan Harris
manwhore
Robert Ward
>video game related career at all >don't finish your education
it's a fucking trap switch careers the industry can find so many people to replace you and work will never be consistent theres nothing professional about being a game tester it's just there to make it seem better than it actually is and give you a confidence boost about yourself
William Parker
I'm going to marry Lavren!
Carson Thompson
OP confirmed for autism.
Tyler Wilson
studying for civil engineering and trying to run a really small scale 1 man business at my own pace
Adrian Allen
How do I become a teacher?
Do I need a teaching degree?
Angel Turner
>go straight into the industry to be a professional game tester Yeah, drop out so you can work a no respect job where you earn as much as a burger flipper
Jordan Thompson
>recommends I don't even finish my education and go straight into the industry to be a professional game tester
Isn`t that your fields equivalent of a highschool teacher stapling a McDonalds appliance form to your test
Cameron Hernandez
Depends where and what you wanna teach, you can always just move to gook land and teach English where you don't need any formal qualifications outside of a cookie cutter degree.
Hudson Johnson
>drop uni to be a game tester
That's like dropping Harvard to stock shelves, way to go bro.
Dominic Cruz
>taking class for credit and eventual degree >professor recommends I drop class and drop school
Sounds like you're going places, user
Jonathan Davis
Just be a faggot and learn HTML + CSS + JavaScript and make tons of money for no reason. I hate you web dev faggots so much.
Isaiah King
I'm not jelly at all because you've grossly miscalculated what being a game tester is like. You're literally going to be running into walls on Barbie Simulator for the 3DS for hours and hours and then writing long, boring reports that will most likely just get thrown out.
You're a fucking idiot if you think it's fun at all.
Nathaniel Morales
If you want to make actual money teaching English, you'll have to get the ESL/CELTA/TEFL certificates and work in China. Gookland is overrun with disguisting weebs, which means low pay and zero respect.