What do we do for jobs?

[geoffdavison]

The rental market in this area is weird too.. they collect 20 or so apps for a rental property and then decide who they want to rent to.. i'm used to first come first served... weird competing just for a damn place to live

[Decepto]

Software engineer for Electronic Arts. I work on the 3D engine and graphics stuffs for PS3 and 360 games. Program in C/C++ and assembly. Contrary to popular belief, we do not get to play games all day.

Can I ask what routines you are writing in assembly? I remember writing inline assembly with pascal for graphics routines. But, at this day in age, writing assembly for anything other than systems or kernel development seems unnecessary.

Edit: Oh wait. I see ps3, I'm sure you've got to write a bunch of assembly for the cell processors.

[Decepto]

Running a game store here, set it up 4 months ago, and moving to my second store within 2 months. Basicly I sell anything from Xbox 360 to WoW action figures. Having alot of Xbox 1, Gamecube, Dreamcast and Nintendo games for all their consoles, makes it the place to be for gamers...

And yeah making more then enough to pay for 6 WoW's and everything that comes with multi-boxing :thumbsup:

edit: But to keep the anti-MB community happy: "zomg I gotz riches parrants whoes payz my wow's and I be selling gold lotz and also charrakkterz!"

I hope your store does well. I can't speak for anyone else, but in my experience, every game store or comic book store that I've seen open closes within 1 to 2 years. It's really sad. I guess you just have to have the right location. Do you sell on ebay as well?

[elo]

JOATC IT guy with some project management experience working for a flight simulation company. Low level web and SQL programming/scripting skills, general network admin, server admin on Windows and Linux. Basically I fill the gaps for the companies I work for. I ramp up quick and basically get things done where the specialists throw up their hands and say 'not my problem, talk to the ______ guy'. I love it because I get to play with such a great spread of technology and people. Currently I'm working on an SCM system for work that blatantly defies SCM, a 70TB storage upgrade, and some process improvement in the CM realm.

I agree with whoever stated that $75/month isn't a lot for a hobby. Hell I'd surpass that if I played two games of golf a month. Seriously if people think $75/month is a lot for a game they should be spending their extra time working on their career or moonlighting. $75/month is NOT enough margin to deal with life's issues (Dr's visit $30+, tire replacement $75+, speeding ticket $80+, washing machine breaks $80+, etc. etc.).

[Gallo]

I agree with whoever stated that $75/month isn't a lot for a hobby. Hell I'd surpass that if I played two games of golf a month. Seriously if people think $75/month is a lot for a game they should be spending their extra time working on their career or moonlighting. $75/month is NOT enough margin to deal with life's issues (Dr's visit $30+, tire replacement $75+, speeding ticket $80+, washing machine breaks $80+, etc. etc.).

The line I always give people is "Shoot, $75 is less than a lot of people's cell phone bills".

[Los]

holy shit at salaries coming by here, time to move to the u s of a

[Gallo]

holy shit at salaries coming by here, time to move to the u s of a

I don't know where you're from, but it its Europe/UK, remember that currency rates are crazy lately. $1 USD = 2 British Pounds or 1.5 Euros. So, $100k USD is $50k pounds.

[Lynly]

I work as a project manager for a large global law firm, managing back office systems as well as high level analysis of various things. My degrees are in Economics & German Studies with a minor in ComSci.

[yarr]

i'm a new Electrical Engineer for Raytheon (Government contractor)

[Lynly]

Rent for my one bedroom apartment in NYC is $2700. And that's below average. QQ :thumbdown:

LOL... bet you don't spend $500 a month in gasoline though. $2,700 is below the average of a typical mortgage in CA and that's before all the "extras" (taxes, HOA fees, etc.).