Laziness is both the bane and best friend of anyone in the job hunt. As many of our readers seems to be interested in the game industry, many of our readers must also know that it's a difficult industry to break into. Job hunting is a difficult process, often resulting in dead ends, and sometimes it's just easier to kick back than search through one more listing.
Luckily for the lazy, game designer and blogger Yehuda has done all of the hard work. Over two blog posts, he's compiled a frighteningly exhaustive list of worldwide game industry positions open right now. The list runs the gamut from media positions to lead programming jobs -- internships, full-time, part-time and everything in between. Since these positions were listed when he first did the research, potential applicants should be warned that not all the jobs might still be available. Still, the quicker you act, the quicker you might nab that dream job. Special thanks go out to Yehuda for doing all the dirty work.
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Reader Comments (14)
Posted: Oct 9th 2007 1:16AM (Unverified) said
just gotta choose whether you prefer a game-related job or your current home...
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Posted: Oct 9th 2007 1:21AM (Unverified) said
I guarantee you that I have submitted my resume/demo reel to at least 95% of the companies on that list twice each. Been searching for a job in game design (or anything in animation, modeling or graphics for that matter) for half a year thus far to no avail. Oh well, sorry for the short rant.
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Posted: Oct 9th 2007 1:22AM D3m0sthenes said
Awesome! I found my dream job! I'll apply in the morning!
!!!
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!!!
Posted: Oct 9th 2007 1:26AM kenofthedead said
It's not that hard to get a job in the industry, it's hard to get noticed at times. Just apply as many places as you can, make sure you either have a easy to find portfolio or easy to find examples of what you can do.
For those who do want to get into the industry, here are three sites that keep regular updates.
http://www.gamesjobnews.com/charts.asp
www.gamedev.net
www.gamesindustry.biz
Just make sure to learn something extra for the type of job you want. Learning MEL for example if you plan to look for a job that uses Maya.
Programers are always in demand.
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For those who do want to get into the industry, here are three sites that keep regular updates.
http://www.gamesjobnews.com/charts.asp
www.gamedev.net
www.gamesindustry.biz
Just make sure to learn something extra for the type of job you want. Learning MEL for example if you plan to look for a job that uses Maya.
Programers are always in demand.
Posted: Oct 9th 2007 1:32AM Dirtyboy said
Gamasutra has a much easier to use search for game jobs.
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/jobs_display.php
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http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/jobs_display.php
Posted: Oct 9th 2007 2:52AM (Unverified) said
if anyone is interested in landing a job in the industry my advice is just find any job you can, just get in the door. I started off as an executive assistant, moved up to licensing, than game producer. this holds true especially with small publishers and developers because there is always opprotunities to apply yourself and wear many different hats. unlike in a big company where everyone has an assigned job at small developers and publishers its more like, who wants to head the next project?....okay, give it a go. of course the pay is not as consistent, and you may not get health insurance or perks like 401k plans but you will learn more than at a larger company, something to think about.
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Posted: Oct 9th 2007 10:10AM Erron Kelly said
Out of all those listings there are less than 10 in Canada. Out of that Canadian handful, none as closer to Nova Scotia than Toronto -- halfway cross the country from me.
So, no, it isn't laziness in my case.
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So, no, it isn't laziness in my case.
Posted: Oct 9th 2007 3:29PM DonaldMick said
Speaking as a fellow Nova Scotian, I am not shocked in the least.
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Posted: Oct 9th 2007 7:26PM Erron Kelly said
Two people from the middle of nowhere have a better chance of running into each other on the internet than one of them finding a job in the gaming industry, apparently. I can't even land a job at an EB Games, despite checking in every other week or so to see if someone quit.
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Posted: Oct 10th 2007 11:17AM (Unverified) said
Erron,
Did you follow the Head Gamez debacle which was to have provided jobs for 1500 people in Nova Scotia, only to uh, not?
I know how you feel about the gaming industry living in Israel, and I think that your location matters a lot.
Yehuda
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Did you follow the Head Gamez debacle which was to have provided jobs for 1500 people in Nova Scotia, only to uh, not?
I know how you feel about the gaming industry living in Israel, and I think that your location matters a lot.
Yehuda
Posted: Oct 25th 2007 9:34PM Erron Kelly said
It's pretty ridiculous, but it's nothing surprising. Why make jobs available here in Nova Scotia when companies could go to Toronto or somewhere else, y'know?
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