tobold, i think this is a trap. companies want to see which applicant is MMO addict. so they can filter out those MMO players out of real applicant lol

btw

what u think about housing in WOW ? will it save blizzz next expansion WOLTK ? i dont think WOLTK will be as successful as TBC considering lot of ppl burned out on TBC.
 

No, it's true. As a warrior, I have found that Charging followed by Shield Slam, Demoralizing Shout and a couple of Heroic Strikes is a very effective means of dealing with subordinates or difficult clients.
 

If my place of employment started giving me experience points instead of bonus money, I'd be out the door faster you could blink. I actually ENJOY work because it feels less like work than raiding, making work MORE like raiding would be a huge step backward!
 

I keep telling the young asian Child that roams the floor, who keeps whispering in my ear...that our company's virtual currency is non-transferrable and that I couldn't buy what he's selling if I wanted to.

I've logged a complaint with HR but they described the situation as "working as intended". Though I am waiting an extra hour now for my inter-office mail to arrive...sigh.
 

Other companies started organizing work like a MMORPG, giving out experience points for tasks, or presenting projects as quests. Rewards can come as, quote: "a virtual currency as a reward system allowing workers to cash in their savings for benefits or extras for their office space."


Christ, how condescending.
 

Christ, how condescending.

So, I get paid to do a job, receive a marginally useless trinket or upgrade to an office item...and it's condescending.

But, I PAY to play WoW, do a job in a raid and receive a marginal upgrade to an item and I keep coming back for more.

Who's the bigger idiot, the guy who places the cheese or the rat that chases it. Not saying you're wrong =##=, just saying there is delicious irony in that statement.
 

Hihi, well it's Ian Hughes. While he does have a certain point, I think chances are that if you do add 40 hours a week played WoW to your resume, they'll mark you as gaming addict or someone with odd priorities and move on.

If folks are so great at organizing groups for long hour activities, why didn't they do it on something material? Like habitat for humanities or coaching a youth sport club?
 

Actually, even if you do organize for habitat for humanities or coaching a youth sport club, you are still likely to be brushed off. Fact is, employers want to have their employees have free time...if they are busy organizing stuff, then that means that they won't have as much ability to devote to DOING THEIR JOB.

"And you wondered why your last raid felt like work. It actually was!"

True, true.
 

I would never, ever, put WoW on a resume. Ever.
 

> I would never, ever, put WoW on a resume. Ever.

Not even if you were applying for a job at Blizzard?

:D
 

This could lead to expande the phenomenon of selling Gold in real life. (Also Tobold Thursday Player housing comes out in LOTRO.)
 

I know at least one person who got his job by meeting his boss in WoW. In fact, they didn't realize they lived in the same city until my friend mentioned that he was looking for a job.
 

My sister is a teacher. One of the guys in her WoW Guild turned out to be one of her students, though neither of them knew it for several months.

The world is smaller than you think, and you never know when or how a friend you make in WoW might benefit you IRL. That WoW Startup tip, about being nice to the people in your group to get invited back, having a good online Rep might pay off in the Real World even more.
 

Guess it all depends on the job you're going for. Flogging games for a living or joining some super-trendy Google-esque IT firm who like to break the mould and make headlines?

Well, perhaps...if you're desperate for padding. In my workplace alas they really would start showing it around while p***ing themselves laughing.

As someone in their late-30s who's weighed up more than few CVs over the years, I'd avoid it like the plague. We all enjoy the games and the social side that goes with them, but to the outside world (ie. 98% of people 40+/employers) it's all elves/pixies or gun-toting psychos in the making.

Ahh well, hopefully gamers will get a better reception in 10 years or so, when the first home-gaming "anoraks" hit their 50s and the current generation of console kids become the mainstream of younger employees.
 

But, I PAY to play WoW, do a job in a raid and receive a marginal upgrade to an item and I keep coming back for more.

Who's the bigger idiot, the guy who places the cheese or the rat that chases it. Not saying you're wrong =##=, just saying there is delicious irony in that statement.


I don't raid, so your point is moot.
 

I've been involved in recruiting and interviewing people. And if I saw on a CV that someone had been a GM or officer in a large, successful guild, I'd certainly be impressed at the management skills.

But I'd also want to be pretty sure they weren't doing it while they were working for me. Because having done that myself, I know exactly how much time and effort it takes and I'm not confident that most people can do that AND put their all into a day job. Sad but true.